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PROFILE: Diana E. E. Kleiner, Founding Project Director and Principal Investigator, Open Yale Courses

by Emmanuel Quartey

Diana E.E. Kleiner, Founding Project Director and Principal Investigator, Open Yale Courses; Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics, Yale University.

If you’re curious about the changing nature of higher-ed, you absolutely can’t afford to miss this fantastic interview with, Diana E.E. Kleiner as she discusses the lessons learned from spearheading the Open Yale Courses project. Near the end, she also hints at a fascinating new initiative from OYC.

This post is particularly topical because OYC announced the addition of SEVEN new courses today, which coincides with the publication of the first three books in The Open Yale Courses Series - the result of a collaboration between OYC and the Yale University Press!

PROFILE: Richard Collins, Yale Summer Session Online Learning Program Manager

by Emmanuel Quartey

A few weeks ago, I discovered that Yale will be offering accredited online classes this summer. I met up with Richard Collins, Yale Summer Session’s new Online Learning Manager, to discuss how the University is approaching it’s first accredited online learning initiative.

Take Yale classes online. For credit. But actually.»

by Emmanuel Quartey

photo credit: Lauren Manning via photopin cc

I don’t know why this isn’t a bigger deal on the interwebs, but you can now take nine Yale Summer Session courses for full Yale credit in Summer 2012. The courses are:

SESSION A (June 4-July 6)

ENGL S220E Milton, John Rogers

MUSI S265E Jazz and Race in America, Tom Duffy

PSYC S110E Introduction to Psychology, Kristina Olson

PSYC S171E Sex, Evolution, and Human Nature, Laurie Santos

SESSION B (July 9-August 10)

ECON S285E The Welfare Economics of Public Policy, Don Brown

ENVE S105E Introduction to Green Energy, Yehia Khalil

MUSI S120E Listening to Classical Music, Craig Wright

PHIL S152E Moralities of Everyday Life, Paul Bloom

PLSC S394E/MMES S481E Introduction to Middle East Politics, Ellen Lust

Note that you’ll have to pay for these classes, so they’ll put you back a few thousand dollars, but it’s still a huge move for the University. You can take free online courses through Open Yale Courses, but to the best of my knowledge, this is Yale’s first serious entry into for-profit long-distance learning. I wonder who is driving this initiative, and whether there’re any plans to extend the program into the academic year.

For full course descriptions please click here.

For application information please click here.

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The Best Classes*v2 Course Site at Yale: Roman Architecture with Diana Kleiner

by Emmanuel Quartey

So, I’m calling it right now: the Classes*v2 site for HSAR 252b: Roman Architecture is easily the best demonstration of the power of the platform that I’ve seen in my 3+ years at Yale.

Unsurprisingly, this class is taught by Diana E. E. Kleiner, the Founding Project Director of Open Yale Courses, whose commitment to improving Yale’s online offering comes through in every single page of her class site.

MIT launches new online learning initiative, MITx»

by Emmanuel Quartey

Image credit: Francisco Diez

Seems like MIT agrees with John Katzman that institutions of higher learning must embrace online education, or else. The school has announced an online learning platform known internally as MITx.