Stanford online 2013 in review

Posted on May 3rd, 2014

Stanford University has released a 32-page report summarizing the past year of its Stanford Online initiative, which is coordinated by their Office of the Vice Provost for Online Learning (VPOL). The goal of the initiative is “to advance the understanding and use of new technologies and teaching methods in support of Stanford students and faculty, in service to higher education and to promote lifelong learning.” The VPOL has awarded 66 faculty seed grants to support faculty-driven initiatives, and has helped more than 145 faculty members from all seven schools produce 246 online offerings for campus or public use, delivered through three different online platforms (Stanford OpenEdX, Coursera, and NovoEd). Of these offerings, 171 represented distinct courses or course components. The remainder represent repeated courses or course components that were iteratively improved with each run. Of the 171 distinct offerings, 94 (55 percent) were offered to Stanford students as flipped or blended classes, 51 were offered free to the public as MOOCs, and 26 were offered as course components, or as courses for continuing and professional education or other specialized audiences.

http://www.stanford.edu/2013-Report/Stanford-Online-2013-In-Review.pdf