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Anant Agarwal

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Name: Anant Agarwal

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 4 reports

International Monetary Fund

IMF to offer financial courses through edX

The International Monetary Fund will begin offering courses on financial and economic issues through edX, the online education collaborative created by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the global development and finance ... [Published Boston Globe - 11 hours ago]

Entities: International Monetary Fund, Anant Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Organism

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Intel Corporation

Tilera targets Intel, AMD with 100-core processor

Tilera on Monday announced new general-purpose CPUs, including a 100-core chip, as it tries to make its way into the server market dominated by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.The two-year-old startup's Tile-GX series of chips are targeted at servers ... [Published ARN - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Tilera, Anant Agarwal, Intel Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices Inc

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Reinventing education for millennials: Anant Agarwal at TEDGlobal 2013

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Anant Agarwal runs EdX.org , the Harvard-MIT open-education site, and he’s here to talk MOOCs, those “massive open online courses” that have generated both excitement and skepticism throughout the chattering world ... [Published TED Blog - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Anant Agarwal, Education, James Duncan Davidson

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Tech Impact: The speakers in session 11 at TEDGlobal 2013

Technology is such an integral part of everyday life, it can be hard to remember how far we’ve come — and how fast. This session at TEDGlobal 2013 introduces a cadre of technological innovators who are helping to change the world yet further–and thinking ... [Published TED Blog - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Alessandro Acquisti, Anant Agarwal, Interaction

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professors Take Lessons From Online Teaching

CAMBRIDGE — David E. Pritchard has dedicated his life to physics, conducting pioneering work in atom optics and mentoring Nobel Prize winners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.But now Pritchard, whose aviator glasses and flyaway gray hair give ... [Published Career College Central - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Anant Agarwal, Teaching

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

San José State University

The edX Student

She is a 51-year-old mother of three who registered for an online course after reading an op-ed article about the rise of massive open online courses that left her “intrigued.”He wanted to prove that he could earn course credit online equal to the amount ... [Published Harvard Crimson - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Anant Agarwal, Education, San José State University

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Online learning taking over Boston

EdX, a non-profit education think tank, was created in Boston to continue to raise the standard of learning and is catching on quickly. The company plans to change education through massive open online courses, or MOOCs.“EdX is building an open source ... [Published Suffolk Journal - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Boston (Massachusetts, United States), Thomas Menino, Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

TED Global newsmakers: A closer look at Laptop U, plus the first all-female race in Beirut, and more

With TEDGlobal 2013 just 17 days in the distance, we in the TED office are getting very excited to “Think Again.” Here, a look at the conference speakers who made the news this week. Education innovator Anant Agarwal is interviewed in The New Yorker ... [Published TED Blog - May 23 2013]

Entities: Beirut, Anant Agarwal, Elizabeth Loftus

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Cambridge, Mass.-based learning intiative edX adds new institutions, doubles in size

EdX, a nonprofit online learning initiative composed of many of the globe’s leading institutions, announced May 21 it was doubling in size – adding 15 prestigious institutions to a list that already includes the likes of Harvard University and the Massachusetts ... [Published India New England - May 22 2013]

Entities: Anant Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

edX, pioneer of online courses founded by Harvard and MIT, doubles in size

A year after Harvard University and MIT launched edX, a not-for-profit initiative that offers online classes at no charge, the group announced Tuesday that it is doubling the number of participating universities, including the Berklee College of Music ... [Published Boston Globe - May 22 2013]

Entities: Harvard University, Anant Agarwal, Berklee College of Music

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

MOOC Provider edX More Than Doubles Its University Partners

, 3:07 pm By Fifteen more universities have agreed to offer free massive open online courses through edX, a nonprofit provider of MOOCs founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, more than doubling its membership, from ... [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - May 22 2013]

Entities: Anant Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles Vest

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

edX Adds 15 American and International Universities

Massive open online course (MOOC) provider edX has added 15 universities, more than doubling the number of participating universities for a total of 27. Universities welcomed into the initiative in the latest round of expansion include institutions from ... [Published Campus Technology - May 21 2013]

Entities: Anant Agarwal, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Davidson College

Quotes

"this collaboration with the imf demonstrates another innovative use of the edx platform" said edX President Anant Agarwal

IMF and edX Join Forces to Pilot Online Economics and Financial Courses [Published Digital Journal - 13 hours ago]

"This collaboration with the IMF demonstrates another innovative use of the edX platform," said edX President Anant Agarwal. "we have seen universities use our platform to deliver educational content in ever-evolving ways - from blended learning to flipped classrooms to richer on-campus learning experiences. it is a natural progression for us to work with a variety of other institutions seeking a flexible, feature-rich and massively-scalable platform to deliver their own educational programs."

IMF and edX Join Forces to Pilot Online Economics and Financial Courses [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - 13 hours ago]

"you can have three or four streets coming in but ... it's hard to imagine 30 streets coming into an intersection" Agarwal said. The mesh architecture used in Tilera chips is expandable as the square gets bigger, he said

Tilera targets Intel, AMD with 100-core processor [Published ARN - Jun 15 2013]

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IMF to offer financial courses through edX [Published Boston Globe - 11 hours ago]
IMF says to extend reach with online economics ... [Published International Business Times Australia - 12 hours ago]
IMF says to extend reach with online economics ... [Published West Australian - 12 hours ago]
IMF and edX Join Forces to Pilot Online Economi... [Published Digital Journal - 13 hours ago]
IMF and edX Join Forces to Pilot Online Economi... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - 13 hours ago]
IMF entering university market [Published BBC - 13 hours ago]
Tilera targets Intel, AMD with 100-core processor [Published ARN - Jun 15 2013]
Reinventing education for millennials: Anant Ag... [Published TED Blog - Jun 14 2013]
Tech Impact: The speakers in session 11 at TEDG... [Published TED Blog - Jun 13 2013]
Professors Take Lessons From Online Teaching [Published Career College Central - Jun 11 2013]
Outsourced Lectures Raise Concerns About Academ... [Published Today's Campus - Jun 11 2013]
The edX Student [Published Harvard Crimson - Jun 10 2013]
TEDGlobal 2013 Kicks Off, Asks People to "Think... [Published Street Insider - Jun 10 2013]
TEDGlobal 2013 Kicks Off, Asks People to "Think... [Published TickerTech.com - Jun 10 2013]
Online learning taking over Boston [Published Suffolk Journal - Jun 07 2013]
The globalisation of education [Published Research Information - Jun 03 2013]
How online learning is reinventing college [Published Yahoo! News - Jun 02 2013]
Online education companies bring MOOCs to the m... [Published MSN News - May 30 2013]
Online college classes, once aimed at advanced ... [Published Morning Call - May 30 2013]
Outsourced Lectures Raise Concerns About Academ... [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - May 28 2013]
TED Global newsmakers: A closer look at Laptop ... [Published TED Blog - May 23 2013]
Aspen Institute Announces Ideas Fest Lineup [Published Haute Living Magazine - May 23 2013]
MOOC Provider edX Adds 15 Universities, Expands... [Published EducationNews.org - May 23 2013]
Cambridge, Mass.-based learning intiative edX a... [Published India New England - May 22 2013]
edX, pioneer of online courses founded by Harva... [Published Boston Globe - May 22 2013]
MOOC Provider edX More Than Doubles Its Univers... [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - May 22 2013]
Head of NRA to join captains of industry, polit... [Published The Aspen Business Journal - May 21 2013]
edX Adds 15 American and International Universi... [Published Campus Technology - May 21 2013]
Davidson Joins Leading Online Learning Consorti... [Published Newswise - May 21 2013]
EdX adds 15 schools to online roster [Published Boston Herald - May 21 2013]

Blogs

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Reinventing education for millennials: Anant Ag... [Published TED Blog - Jun 14 2013] Photo: James Duncan Davidson Anant Agarwal runs EdX.org , the Harvard-MIT open-education site, and he’s here to talk MOOCs, those “massive open online courses” that have generated both excitement and skepticism throughout the chattering world ...
Tech Impact: The speakers in session 11 at TEDG... [Published TED Blog - Jun 13 2013] Technology is such an integral part of everyday life, it can be hard to remember how far we’ve come — and how fast. This session at TEDGlobal 2013 introduces a cadre of technological innovators who are helping to change the world yet further–and thinking ...
TED Global newsmakers: A closer look at Laptop ... [Published TED Blog - May 23 2013] With TEDGlobal 2013 just 17 days in the distance, we in the TED office are getting very excited to “Think Again.” Here, a look at the conference speakers who made the news this week. Education innovator Anant Agarwal is interviewed in The New Yorker ...
It was only a matter of time: Udacity and Georg... [Published GigaOM Network - May 15 2013] Massive open online courses (MOOCs) just took another giant step: Udacity , the Georgia Institute of Technology and AT&T this week announced that they would join forces for a completely online computer science master’s degree that will cost students ...
It was only a matter of time: Udacity and Georg... [Published GigaOM Network - May 15 2013] Massive open online courses (MOOCs) just took another giant step: Udacity , the Georgia Institute of Technology and AT&T this week announced that they would join forces for a completely online computer science master’s degree that will cost students ...

Audio/Video

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Could online ed end college as we know it? [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Mar 19 2013]

Press Releases

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edX expande-se internacionalmente e duplica o n... [Published PR Newswire - Feb 21 2013]