{"170941":{"#nid":"170941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Burnett and Head Win Grant from Gates Foundation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Corporation received the grant and will work with the Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U), the College of Sciences, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts to develop the innovative online learning courses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERich DeMillo, director of C21U observes that these \u201cawards address one of higher education\u2019s most pressing problems: bending the cost curve and improving learning outcomes for introductory courses. The Georgia Tech courses being funded by these grants all represent innovation in pedagogy, teaching and technology. If we are successful, courses like these will be a shift in both quality and cost for the vast majority of American college students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Rebecca Burnett and Assistant Professor Karen Head in the School of Literature, Media and Communication will lead First-Year Composition 2.0. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarlier this year, Georgia Tech announced a partnership with Coursera to offer online courses. Currently, registration is open for eight courses led by Georgia Tech professors. The courses have a combined enrollment of more than 140,000 students. The first class, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/course\/compinvesting1\u0022\u003EComputational Investing, Part 1\u003C\/a\u003E, began in October.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Composition Courses Offered Free Through Coursera"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlthough most MOOCS tend to feature advanced topics, the three courses that received a $150,000 grant from the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation are among the first to target\u0026nbsp; students who have yet to pursue or complete a college degree. The three new Georgia Tech courses will cover introductory topics in the subjects of English composition, physics and psychology. Each will be available free through Coursera and is scheduled to begin in January 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"LMC professors are part of $150,000 grant to develop massive open online courses (MOOCs)."}],"uid":"27725","created_gmt":"2012-11-13 16:25:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:10","author":"Carol Senf","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"}],"keywords":[{"id":"34321","name":"composition"},{"id":"38281","name":"Coursera"},{"id":"11435","name":"Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College"},{"id":"43811","name":"MOOCs"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["karen.head@lmc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}