Solutions for Higher Education with Southern Utah University President Scott L Wyatt

048: Innovation: MOOCs and Quality - The Georgia Tech Master's Degree in Computer Science

Episode Summary

The current series of podcasts is focused on innovation, and we're excited to showcase ideas from various industries and people worldwide. In episode 48, President Scott L Wyatt and Professor Steve Meredith invite Dr. Zvi Galil, the John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of the Georgia Tech College of Computing, to share how he has helped established Open Online, a collection of massive open online courses (MOOCs). Georgia Tech offers dozens of MOOC courses, including the incredibly popular and successful master’s degree in computer science which graduates over 1,000 students annually.

Episode Notes

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There are some aspects where our courses in our program are superior. Not all—face-to-face has its advantages, especially for very small classes like 20, 30, lots of interaction, you can change directions many times…this is not achieved. But even with larger classes on campus, if you have 300 students in the class, in the classroom, it’s very limited. After three questions, the professor says, “Hey, I cannot answer anymore. I have to continue.”

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