Harvard Business School launches a learning platform with innovative, interactive tools

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Harvard Business School has developed a new learning platform called HBX that uses technology to complement Harvard’s and MIT’s edX venture platform.

HBX incorporates real-word case studies, interactive tools and a “cold call” feature through which students must answer questions on the spot while their peers rate their responses. Soon it will introduce HBX Live, a virtual classroom that allows remote participants to directly interact with one another.

The first offering on the HBX platform consists of three non-credit courses: Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting. It is designed for undergraduate students, graduate students in non-business fields, and people just starting business careers. The fee for the program is $1,500 per student.

“Our offerings must be highly differentiated from existing alternatives. Our challenge is to establish a standard for excellence in online business education and pedagogy, just as we have established the standard for excellence in our case method classrooms,” says Dean Nitin Nohria.

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