{"491131":{"#nid":"491131","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Strengthening Georgia Tech\u0027s Leadership in the Online Space: Announcing the Launch of GTx","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EToday, we proudly announce the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/01\/26\/georgia-tech-partners-edx-offer-online-courses\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Elaunch of GTx\u003C\/a\u003E, a new educational brand created in partnership with edX. Under the GTx label, Georgia Tech will utilize the edX platform to offer online content for learners around the world.\u0026nbsp; With this new partnership, we become a charter member of the edX Consortium, further strengthening Georgia Tech\u2019s leadership role in the online space. By adding edX to already successful partnerships with Coursera, Udacity, and NovoEd, Georgia Tech becomes the first major research institution to offer the online experience on all major MOOC platform providers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe educational landscape all over the world is truly changing rapidly.\u0026nbsp; That is also true at Georgia Tech. Since offering our first open online course in 2012, more than 1 million students have accessed Georgia Tech\u2019s content, allowing our faculty to deliver education experiences that are responsive to the demands of today\u2019s learner in ways we could have only imagined just a few years ago.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach of our partners brings unique strengths. Coursera\u2019s worldwide reach and more than 140 university partners has been ideal for offering massive on-line open courses on a large variety of subjects that showcase the breadth of Georgia Tech. Coursera has become a global education innovation lab. Learners have had the opportunity to receive certificates of completion in several of the offerings. The opportunity for certificates on \u201cSpecializations,\u201d sequences around a subject matter with a capstone project, is now in development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECoursera has also served as a launching pad for our increasing use of online material in \u201cblended\u201d or \u201cflipped\u201d classrooms. Udacity, along with key philanthropic support from AT\u0026amp;T, has been our very close partner in delivering our Online Master of Science in Computer Science (OMS-CS). This is a one-of-a-kind professional master degree. With more than 3,000 degree seeking learners, we had our first graduates this past December. This has been a transformational success.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUdacity\u2019s focus on computer science and \u201cnanodegrees\u201d makes this particular relationship a natural. NovoEd is a social learning platform, co-founded by Georgia Tech alumnus Amin Saberi. NovoEd\u2019s collaborative capabilities and the interest in working with the Scheller School of Business promises even more innovation for Scheller\u2019s corporate offerings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn contrast to our other partners edX is a non-profit organization, founded by MIT and Harvard. As such, there is a natural affinity of culture and thinking, as well as the stability associated with the founding institutions. We expect that the bulk of our offerings, under the GTx brand, will be in developing master degree programs, full length courses that could become part of our residential programs as a well as available to others, and program offerings through \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Professional Education (GTPE)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has had decades of experience with online education via our distance learning activities, and now through GTPE. Nevertheless, the last three to four years have been an extraordinary learning experience that has engaged a large segment of our community. Under the leadership of GTPE and \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/c21u.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EC21U\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, with the engagement of all our colleges and other units in our \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/educational-innovation-ecosystem\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEducation Innovation Ecosystem\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, we will continue learning. It is an exciting future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut that future is not only about online learning. The traditions of higher education are rapidly being redefined and challenge us as an institution to respond in ways that are strategic and intentional. \u0026nbsp;Most importantly, these challenges force us to ask vital questions about the future of education here at Georgia Tech. To answer those questions I have convened the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/commission-creating-next-education\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECommission on Creating the Next in Education (CNE)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, co-chaired by Profs. Bonnie Ferri and Rich DeMillo. CNE will be the subject of my next blog.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;- Rafael L. 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