Syllabus: More than Digital Content:
Syllabus: More than Digital Content: Long Live Your CourseWhen MIT announced that it was providing free access to the materials from all of its courses, I was immediately called by several reporters all asking variations of the question: "If MIT is giving away their courses for free, why would anyone pay for courses from UMassOnline?" I would ask the reporter if MIT was giving away access to their classes, their academic credit, their faculty, their students, their campus, their library, or any other aspect of their educational environment. The answer was always no. MIT is planning to give away free access to some or maybe even most of their content. That is all. Of the entire value chain of higher education, content is the least valuable part.
- May 2002 TOC
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