{"id":47947,"date":"2014-11-17T11:21:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=47947"},"modified":"2014-11-17T11:21:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:21:57","slug":"history-channel-bringing-online-courses-to-higher-ed-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/11\/17\/history-channel-bringing-online-courses-to-higher-ed-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"History Channel bringing online courses to higher ed [Smith]"},"content":{"rendered":"

History Channel bringing online courses to higher ed<\/strong><\/a> –from edtechmagazine.com by D. Frank Smith<\/p>\n

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Television and higher education are being married through a new partnership between A&E Network’s History Channel and the University of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

The network\u00a0has announced a 16-week, paid, online course focusing on U.S. history from 1865 to the present. The accredited course will involve video lectures produced by History Channel staff, quizzes, discussion groups and social interactions. The series is priced at $500 for college students, and $250 for lifelong learners.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also from their press release (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em>
\nHistory\u00ae Digital partners with the University of Oklahoma to offer the first TV network-branded online course for college credit<\/strong><\/a> — from\u00a0 historychannel.ou.edu<\/p>\n

New York, NY (October 28, 2014) \u2013 A+E Network\u00ae\u2019s HISTORY\u00ae Channel will partner with the University of Oklahoma to offer the very first TV Network-branded online course for transcripted college credit or for the lifelong learner. HISTORY\u00ae Channel\u2019s United States, 1865 to the Present<\/em><\/strong> course enrollment will launch on October 28 at History.com\/courses<\/a> and will be taught by award winning teacher, OU professor, and renowned historian Steve Gillon. The announcement was made today by Dan Suratt, EVP, Digital Media, A+E Networks and University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren.<\/p>\n

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The groundbreaking 16-week interactive, immersive course, which will be offered during the Spring Semester, officially begins on January 12, 2015. Utilizing the strengths of both HISTORY\u00ae Channel and OU, \u201cUnited States, 1865 to the Present\u201d has been rigorously designed by an academic team<\/strong> <\/span>from OU and will be taught by Professor Steve Gillon, the scholar-in-residence at HISTORY\u00aeChannel and professor at OU. Combining professionally-produced and engaging video lectures with quizzes, discussion groups and social interactions between student and professor, as well as selectively integrated multimedia assets from HISTORY\u00ae Channel, this course has been created to offer a singular and collaborative learning experience to a wide range of students. <\/span><\/p>\n

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From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
\n Interesting partnership\/collaboration effort here…again, this endeavor gets at the idea of using teams of specialists to create and deliver content.\u00a0 Also interesting here are the lower pricing structures and the idea of addressing lifelong learners.
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