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First, the courses will be taught entirely online—an option that Southern Methodist has never before offered to undergraduates.

taught by professors at other universities

ourses, offered through the online-education company 2U, will come from a consortium of colleges participating in 2U’s Semester Online program

Learning Fellows are talented Dartmouth undergraduates interested in teaching and education. Learning Fellows work directly with Dartmouth professors to enhance and streamline classroom learning environments. In class, Learning Fellows help facilitate group problem solving sessions, lead small group dialogues, provide academic support to their peers during lectures and labs, and promote deeper engagement with course material. There are several “types” of Learning Fellows on campus, each trained to addressed specific needs of faculty and students.

Facebook is testing new features in its developer community that, if rolled out across the platform, could let anyone on the social networking service teach online courses.

initiative, known as Developers Circles,

The company is working with online education provider Udacity to create training programs for developers who participate in the circles.

According to a new study from the Brookings Institution, students who are the least well prepared for traditional college also fare the worst in online courses. F

Thus, while online courses may have the potential to differentiate course work to meet the needs of students with weaker incoming skills, current online courses, in fact, do an even worse job of meeting the needs of these students than do traditional in-person courses,”

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