Students who sign up for Vicki May’s online course, “The Engineering of Structures Around Us,” may live in California or Haiti. They may be high school students interested in careers in engineering or retirees who want a deeper understanding of architecture. Regardless, May, an associate professor at Thayer School of Engineering, wants them to use their hands.
[more]The first DartmouthX open online course offering, “Introduction to Environmental Science” with Professor Andrew Friedland, opened its pre-course material on Jan. 27, and the six-week course will begin Feb. 3.
[more]When Lisa Baldez joined Dartmouth’s government department a decade ago, the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL) was just forming—and Baldez, who officially took over as director of DCAL in November, thought she already knew how to teach.
[more]Here’s how to sign up for Dartmouth’s first open online course, “Introduction to Environmental Science.” On a quiet day in mid-December, a group of nearly 20 faculty, students, and staff filed into the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL) to conduct an experiment.
[more]Through a partnership with the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation—the first such partnership for an Ivy League school—Dartmouth’s most promising undergraduates have a new opportunity to pursue action-based learning during their junior and senior years.
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