Draft report of the MITx subcommittee of the faculty policy committee
Silbey, Susan · Chuang, Isaac · Gamarnik, David · Henderson, Diana · Kim, Dennis · Stubbe, JoAnne · Vliet, Krystyn Van · Hayes, Peter · Charan, Ravi · McDonnell, Colin · Tallapragada, Naren · Day, Daniel · Xu, Kelli
| Published | February 2014 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-17 |
| Publisher | MIT |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
The MITx Subcommittee of the FPC met over the course of two semesters to consider how to (a) provide faculty governance and oversight, (b) assign credit for online courses while assuring academic integrity, and (c) preserve the quality of the MIT educational program. Our recommendations for managing intersections between MITx and other online coursework and the residential program are summarized below and elaborated in the report.| Keywords | academia and policy · OER accreditation · OER policy · OER quality |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| URL | http://web.mit.edu/faculty/reports/pdf/draftMITx2014.pdf |
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