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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Pinto: Online learning can never fully replace a university education

Pinto: Online learning can never fully replace a university education

January 6, 2015

Lynda.com says it’s an “online learning company that helps anyone learn … skills to achieve personal and professional goals.” Udemy calls itself the “world’s online learning marketplace,”...

Several Northwestern professors are piloting Canvas, a learning management system, in their classes this quarter. The system is one potential replacement for Blackboard, which NU has used since 1999.

Northwestern profs pilot potential Blackboard replacement

November 4, 2013

Northwestern has established a program piloting potential replacements for Blackboard, its course management system since 1999. In Fall 2012, NU’s Education Technology Advisory Committee discussed...

Semester Online, a new online for-credit education platform, incorporates weekly video conferences with classmates and individual assignments.

Shifts in Semester Online participants raise concerns over cost, quality

May 14, 2013

As the registration deadlines near for taking the new for-credit Semester Online classes, concerns over cost and educational value have provoked shifts among participating universities. Since it was...

Northwestern will offer an Integrated Marketing Communications course on SemesterOnline in Fall 2013. The platform allows students to take courses from top universities for credit.

Questions remain as for-credit online course registration looms

April 18, 2013

Although Northwestern is set to launch its first for-credit online platform for students this fall, exactly how the classes will fit into the undergraduate academic experience remains to be seen. “We...

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