Online ’#university_of_anywhere' opens to refugees
An online university is offering 500 refugees from Syria’s civil war free places on its degree courses.
▻http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36738442
#réfugiés #asile #migrations #université #open_university
U.S. launch offers free online university courses to refugees
Refugees worldwide are now able to take more than 1,000 online university courses for free
▻http://news.trust.org/item/20160621164629-pb2un
#université #asile #migrations #solidarité #USA #Etats-Unis #MOOC #cours_online #Coursera
Scholarships Without Borders. Higher Education for Displaced Students
#Franklin_University Switzerland wishes to show its solidarity with displaced students by offering scholarships to recognized refugees in Switzerland through its #Scholarships_Without_Borders (#SWB) program.
▻http://www.fus.edu/academic-programs/scholarships-without-borders
#Suisse #université #asile #migrations #solidarité
#Oxford_University students launch scholarship campaign to help get refugees back into education
Developments come as US government reveals refugees from across the world will be able to take more than 1,000 online university courses for free
▻http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/refugee-crisis-oxford-university-oxbridge-scholarships-education-a709
#Oxford
Top universities join free online teaching platform | Education | guardian.co.uk
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jul/17/top-universities-free-online-classes
Twelve leading universities in the US and Europe have joined an internet platform created by two Stanford University scientists which provides free online access to classes designed by academics at elite institutions.
The move, announced on Tuesday, marks a significant expansion of online university teaching. Observers say it heralds a shakeup of the classic lecture theatre model.
Sebastian Thrun Aims to Revolutionize #University #Education With Udacity
►http://singularityhub.com/2012/01/28/sebastian-thrun-aims-to-revolutionize-university-education-with-udac
Udacity, the online university created by Stanford artificial intelligence professor and Google autonomous vehicle leader, Sebastian Thrun. At the time Thrun was gearing up to teach his Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course to a class of 200 at Stanford. (...) Thrun and fellow AI giant Peter Norvig created an online version of the course, and anyone that wanted to enroll could – for free. (...)
Online, the course went viral. Over 100,000 people enrolled in the initial weeks. By the time the lessons began Thrun and Norvig were instructors for a class size of 160,000. With students all over the world, they enlisted the help of some 2,000 volunteer translators to translate the classes into 44 different languages. Discussion groups were set up on social networks like Facebook so students could help each other, forming what Thrun called an “entire counterculture.”