A leading corporation adopts edX platform to deliver an improved training experience

Tenaris, the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of steel, has adopted the Open edx software to enhance their existing training programs. By developing blended learning models and migrating some existing training courses online, this company will deliver an improved training system to nearly 27,000 employees worldwide through its own Tenaris University. The xConsortium university partners will develop courses specifically designed for Tenaris' employees. They will also license specific edX courses to use in their training programs around the world. "This partnership with edX is particularly exciting because introducing the most technologically advanced methods of education is part of our goal to continuously improve and innovate in the training of our people,” said Paolo Rocca, Tenaris Chairman and CEO. The edX Consortium has also customized premium course packages for the International Monetary Fund.

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This MOOC and blended learning portal – which was launched last week – will feature courses from leading and high-quality universities in China, including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Zhejiang University, Nanjing University, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Renmin University Of China, Beijing Normal University, China Agricultural University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and National Tsinghua University. While powered by edX’s open source platform, XuetangX will be independent, separate and distinct from edX.org. (Update.) On the other hand, last month MITx –a division of MIT that offers courses on edX– announced that certificates would be offered to students who completed a prescribed syllabus of courses.

Desire2Learn joins Blackboard and Instructure in the MOOCs market

Desire2Learn unveiled a MOOC-enabled version of its online-learning platform, joining two competitors, Blackboard and Instructure (Canvas). Desire2Learn Open Courses integrates online assets commonly used for classroom instruction and the MOOC system, preventing students and faculty members from having to log into different accounts. It allows professors and institutions to import content from the existing Desire2Learn platform, create their own MOOCs, and maintain copyrights on their own materials.

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Harvard Business School seeks to be the top provider of online business education

Harvard Business School (HBS) is preparing a plan to become the world's top provider of high quality online business education, according to Bloomberg Business Week. This century-old elite business school, one of the world's best-known educational brands, will get high visibility with this initiative among students all over the world according to experts. Harvard's initiative follows Wharton and Stanford's major business education initiatives: On September, Wharton added three courses to its Coursera offering, making its entire first-year MBA curriculum available free. This October, the Stanford Graduate School of Business will offer –on the NovoEd platform– an eight-week course focused on retirement finance and pension polity.

France adopts the edX platform to create national online learning portal

This year France's Ministry of Higher Education and Research opened a digital university called France Université Numerique, which will serve as an online clearinghouse for MOOCs offered by various French universities. While powered by edX’s open source platform, France’s new MOOC and blended learning portal will be independent, separate and distinct from edX.org, but the French government might pay edX for support services. The first courses will began early next year. "France is the first country to adopt OpenEdX at a ministerial level. (…) France’s adoption of the edX platform is a testament to the power of online education and the potential of edX’s open source platform,"said Anant Agarwal, president of edX. EdX, which was founded by Harvard University and MIT, recently made the source-code for its platform available. (Disclosure: one of IBL Studios' premier services is the installation and maintenance of edX platforms).

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