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"Yale, Cornell University, and Columbia University, backed by a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, have launched a pilot program to conduct classes in uncommonly taught languages, including Indonesian, Yoruba, and Zulu, across the different campuses using videoconferencing technology. In doing so, they're reviving not only language programs on the brink of extinction, but also a familiar concept in distance education. At a time when asynchronous instruction reaching hundreds of thousands of students is increasingly common, these universities are returning to a mode of distance learning geared toward small classes in which students all meet at the same time."

Interesting to see the emphasis on very high end, very expensive tech.

"The classrooms can do international videoconferencing, too; one class in the spring will feature interaction with a class in South Africa, says Mark Kornbluh, dean of the University of Kentucky's College of Arts and Sciences."

Interested in distance and cross-cultural learning (using videoconferencing and web programs);

Very cool, especially the animals. :)

ACS New Paradigm

A Liberal-Arts Consortium Experiments With Course Sharing

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