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

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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...

Northwestern partners with Coursera to continue online education development

February 22, 2013

Northwestern announced Wednesday that it has partnered with Coursera, a digital platform for massive open online courses. The University’s foray into the growing field of MOOCs, along with 28 other...

Regan: Give learning in Snuggies a chance

Regan: Give learning in Snuggies a chance

November 28, 2012

According to a poll that went up on The Daily’s website last week, 58 percent of Northwestern students are either interested in taking online courses in the fall of 2013 or might be interested depending...

Through Semester Online, students will watch a live feed of a professor and students participating in the lecture in an interactive split screen. They will be able to see who is in the virtual classroom as well as the materials the professor is presenting.

Northwestern announces groundbreaking online courses for undergraduate students

November 15, 2012

Northwestern announced Thursday plans to partner with nine peer institutions to offer a state-of-the-art online curriculum to undergraduates. Semester Online, the new interactive platform, will offer...

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