A new course brings MIT "mens et manus" ("mind and hand") mojo to online learning — at scale, with interactive assignments and hands-on learning components.
MOOCs (aka online courses) pair technology -- video lectures, interactive assignments, online forums and discussion groups -- with academic experts from top tier universities.
Currently, the startup's platform includes video lectures with interactive quizzes, mastery-building interactive assignments, and collaborative community forums that encourage students to participate actively with classmates from across the globe.
Current Topics in the Biosciences, especially, included many interactive assignments so I developed a good connection with the instructor and even saw the personalities (and heard the recorded voices!) of other students through discussion threads and journal article presentations.
In addition to Cline Davis continuing with the health-care and interactive assignments, Mr. Ewing said, Pfizer will continue using Digitas as the direct marketing and relationship marketing agency for Viagra, an assignment awarded to the Digitas New York office in April.
Wickersham Hunt Schwantner in Boston, for instance, which is owned by Snyder Communications, has agreed to acquire Berenson Isham & Partners, a Boston agency with billings estimated at $40 million that manages interactive assignments for such advertisers as Club Med, The Financial Times and Fidelity Investments.
And Red Sky Interactive in San Francisco, which is affiliated with the Communicade interactive division of Omnicom, will handle interactive assignments.
These courses are promoted as ideal for those with jobs or family commitments elsewhere; students have access to tailored support, interactive assignments and online discussion forums to make up for the lack of a physical student community.
QSIA – Questions Sharing and Interactive Assignments – offers a unified infrastructure for developing, collecting, managing and sharing of knowledge items.
The layoffs, attributed to the economy and reduced client spending, will be made at the Minneapolis headquarters office and will affect employees working on advertising and interactive assignments.
