Dive Brief:
- Beyond MOOCs and the "flipped classroom," colleges are finding ways to incorporate online learning into their traditional curricula.
- One such method is the Semester Online program, in which seven schools including Northwestern and Notre Dame are banding together to offer courses for credit to their own students and others.
- Math instruction is another area where technology has had a big impact: At some schools, students are taking self-directed courses online with help from tutors available.
Dive Insight:
Colleges are treating online learning as inevitable, but are still experimenting with what works best — often in concert with other institutions, as the Semester Online program demonstrates. Those seven schools are joining up with 2U Inc. to run their program, which features classes with an average of 12 students and live online gatherings in real time for lectures.
