## <h2class="mission-quote">“${_('The mission of <spanclass="edx">{edX}</span> is to enhance human fulfillment worldwide through online ## learning, transforming education in quality, efficiency and scale through technology and research, for the benefit of campus-based ## students and the worldwide community of online learners.').format(edX="edX")}”</h2>
<p>${_("{EdX} is a not-for-profit enterprise of its founding partners {harvard_university} and the {massachusetts_institute_of_technology} that features learning designed specifically for interactive study via the web. Based on a long history of collaboration and their shared educational missions, the founders are creating a new online-learning experience with online courses that reflect their disciplinary breadth. Along with offering online courses, the institutions will use {edX} to research how students learn and how technology can transform learning–both on-campus and worldwide. Anant Agarwal, former Director of {MIT}'s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, serves as the first president of {edX}. {EdX}'s goals combine the desire to reach out to students of all ages, means, and nations, and to deliver these teachings from a faculty who reflect the diversity of its audience. {EdX} is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is governed by {MIT} and {Harvard}.").format(edX="edX", EdX="EdX", harvard_university="Harvard University", Harvard="Harvard", MIT="MIT", massachusetts_institute_of_technology="Massachusetts Institute of Technology")}</p>
<p>${_("{harvard_university} is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. {Harvard} faculty are engaged with teaching and research to push the boundaries of human knowledge. The University has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the {radcliffe_institute_for_advanced_study}.").format(harvard_university="Harvard University", Harvard="Harvard", radcliffe_institute_for_advanced_study="Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study")}</p>
<p>${_("Established in 1636, {Harvard} is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. {Harvard} has more than 360,000 alumni around the world.").format(Harvard="Harvard")}</p>
<h2>${_("{massachusetts_institute_of_technology}").format(massachusetts_institute_of_technology="Massachusetts Institute of Technology")}</h2>
<p>${_("The {massachusetts_institute_of_technology} — a coeducational, privately endowed research university founded in 1861 — is dedicated to advancing knowledge and educating students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute has close to 1,000 faculty and 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It is organized into five Schools: Architecture and Urban Planning; Engineering; Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; {Sloan} School of Management; and Science.").format(massachusetts_institute_of_technology="Massachusetts Institute of Technology", Sloan="Sloan")}</p>
<p>${_("{MIT}'s commitment to innovation has led to a host of scientific breakthroughs and technological advances. Achievements of the Institute's faculty and graduates have included the first chemical synthesis of penicillin and vitamin A, the development of inertial guidance systems, modern technologies for artificial limbs, and the magnetic core memory that made possible the development of digital computers. 78 alumni, faculty, researchers and staff have won Nobel Prizes.").format(MIT="MIT")}</p>
<p>${_("Current areas of research and education include neuroscience and the study of the brain and mind, bioengineering, cancer, energy, the environment and sustainable development, information sciences and technology, new media, financial technology, and entrepreneurship.")}</p>
</article>
</section>
<sectionclass="partners">
</section>
</section>
<sectionclass="container">
<h1>${_("Vision")}</h1>
<p>${_("This page left intentionally blank. It is not used by edx.org but is left here for possible use by installations of Open edX.")}</p>
<p>${_("We are always seeking feedback to improve our courses. If you are an enrolled student and have any questions, feedback, suggestions, or any other issues specific to a particular class, please post on the discussion forums of that class.")}</p>
<h2>${_("General Inquiries and Feedback")}</h2>
<p>${_('If you have a general question about {platform_name} please email {email}. To see if your question has already been answered, visit our {faq_link_start}FAQ page{faq_link_end}. You can also join the discussion on our {fb_link_start}facebook page{fb_link_end}. Though we may not have a chance to respond to every email, we take all feedback into consideration.').format(
<p>${_('If you have suggestions/feedback about the overall {platform_name} platform, or are facing general technical issues with the platform (e.g., issues with email addresses and passwords), you can reach us at {tech_email}. For technical questions, please make sure you are using a current version of Firefox or Chrome, and include browser and version in your e-mail, as well as screenshots or other pertinent details. If you find a bug or other issues, you can reach us at the following: {bug_email}.').format(
<p>${_('Please visit our {link_start}media/press page{link_end} for more information. For any media or press inquiries, please email {email}.').format(
<p>${_('{platform_name} strives to create an innovative online-learning platform that promotes accessibility for everyone, including students with disabilities. We are dedicated to improving the accessibility of the platform and welcome your comments or questions at {email}.'.format(platform_name="EdX", email='<ahref="mailto:{email}">{email}</a>'.format(email="accessibility@edx.org")))}</p>
</div>
</section>
<sectionclass="container">
<h1>${_("Contact")}</h1>
<p>${_("This page left intentionally blank. It is not used by edx.org but is left here for possible use by installations of Open edX.")}</p>
<p>${_("{MIT} and <i>{MITx}</i> are trademarks of the {MIT_long}, and may not be used without permission.").format(MIT="MIT", MITx="MITx", MIT_long="Massachusetts Institute of Technology")}</p>
</div>
<sectionclass="container">
<h1>${_("Copyright")}</h1>
<p>${_("This page left intentionally blank. It is not used by edx.org but is left here for possible use by installations of Open edX.")}</p>
<p>${_('{EdX} is a not-for-profit enterprise of its founding partners, the {MIT_long} ({MIT}) and {harvard_u} that offers online learning to on-campus students and to millions of people around the world. To do so, {edX} is building an open-source online learning platform and hosts an online web portal at <ahref=\"http://www.edx.org\">www.edx.org</a> for online education.').format(EdX="EdX", edX="edX", MIT_long="Massachusetts Institute of Technology", MIT="MIT", harvard_u="Harvard University")}</p>
<p>${_("{EdX} currently offers {HarvardX}, {MITx} and {BerkeleyX} classes online for free. Beginning in fall 2013, {edX} will offer {WellesleyX} , {GeorgetownX} and the {UTexas} classes online for free. The {UT} System includes nine universities and six health institutions. In 2014, {edX} will further expand its consortium, including several international schools, when it begins offering courses from {EPFL}, {McGill}, {Toronto}, {ANU}, {Delft}, and {Rice}. The {edX} institutions aim to extend their collective reach to build a global community of online students. Along with offering online courses, the three universities undertake research on how students learn and how technology can transform learning both on-campus and online throughout the world.").format(
EdX="EdX",
edX="edX",
HarvardX="HarvardX",
MITx="MITx",
BerkeleyX="BerkeleyX",
WellesleyX="WellesleyX",
GeorgetownX="GeorgetownX",
UTexas="University of Texas System",
UT="UT",
EPFL=u"École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne",
McGill="McGill University",
Toronto="University of Toronto",
ANU="Australian National University",
Delft="Delft University of Technology",
Rice="Rice University",
)}
</p>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("Will {edX} be adding additional X Universities?").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<p>${_("More than 200 institutions from around the world have expressed interest in collaborating with {edX} since {Harvard} and {MIT} announced its creation in May. {EdX} is focused above all on quality and developing the best not-for-profit model for online education. In addition to providing online courses on the {edX} platform, the {x_consortium} will be a forum in which members can share experiences around online learning. {Harvard}, {MIT}, {Berkeley}, the {UTexas} and the other {consortium} members will work collaboratively to establish the {x_consortium}, whose membership will expand to include additional \"{X_Universities}.\" As noted above, {edX}'s newest {consortium} members include {Wellesley}, {Georgetown}, {EPFL}, {McGill}, {Toronto}, {ANU}, {Delft}, and {Rice}. Each member of the {consortium} will offer courses on the {edX} platform as an \"{X_University}\". The gathering of many universities' educational content together on one site will enable learners worldwide to access the offered course content of any participating university from a single website, and to use a set of online educational tools shared by all participating universities.").format(
EdX="EdX",
edX="edX",
Harvard="Harvard",
MIT="MIT",
x_consortium="\"X University\" Consortium",
consortium="consortium",
X_Universities="X Universities",
X_University="X University",
Berkeley="UC Berkeley",
Wellesley="Wellesley",
Georgetown="Georgetown",
UTexas="University of Texas System",
EPFL=u"École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne",
McGill="McGill University",
Toronto="University of Toronto",
ANU="Australian National University",
Delft="Delft University of Technology",
Rice="Rice University",
)}</p>
<p>${_("{EdX} will actively explore the addition of other institutions from around the world to the {edX} platform, and looks forward to adding more \"{X_Universities}\".").format(EdX="EdX", edX="edX", X_Universities="X Universities")}
</p>
</article>
</section>
<sectionid="students"class="category">
<h2>${_("Students")}</h2>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("Who can take {edX} courses? Will there be an admissions process?").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<p>${_("{EdX} will be available to anyone in the world with an internet connection, and in general, there will not be an admissions process.").format(EdX="EdX")}</p>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("Will certificates be awarded?")}</h3>
<p>${_("Yes. Online learners who demonstrate mastery of subjects can earn a certificate "
"of mastery. Certificates will be issued at the discretion of {edX} and the underlying "
"\"{X_University}\" that offered the course under the name of the underlying \"{X_University}\" from where the course originated, i.e. {HarvardX}, {MITx} or {BerkeleyX}. "
"For the courses in Fall 2012, those certificates will be free. There is a plan to "
"charge a modest fee for certificates in the future. Note: At this time, {edX} is "
"holding certificates for learners connected with Cuba, Iran, Syria and Sudan "
"pending confirmation that the issuance is in compliance with U.S. embargoes.").format(edX="edX", X_University="X University", HarvardX="HarvardX", MITx="MITx", BerkeleyX="BerkeleyX")}</p>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("What will the scope of the online courses be? How many? Which faculty?")}</h3>
<p>${_('Our goal is to offer a wide variety of courses across disciplines. There are currently {link_start}fifteen{link_end} offered on the {edX} platform.').format(link_start='<ahref="/courses">', link_end='</a>', edX="edX")}</p>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("Who is the learner? Domestic or international? Age range?")}</h3>
<p>${_("Improving teaching and learning for students on our campuses is one of our primary goals. Beyond that, we don't have a target group of potential learners, as the goal is to make these courses available to anyone in the world - from any demographic - who has interest in advancing their own knowledge. The only requirement is to have a computer with an internet connection. More than 150,000 students from over 160 countries registered for {MITx}'s first course, 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics. The age range of students certified in this course was from 14 to 74 years-old.").format(MITx="MITx")}</p>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("Will participating universities' standards apply to all courses offered on the edX platform?")}</h3>
<p>${_("Yes: the reach changes exponentially, but the rigor remains the same.")}</p>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("How do you intend to test whether this approach is improving learning?")}</h3>
<p>${_("{EdX} institutions have assembled faculty members who will collect and analyze data to assess results and the impact {edX} is having on learning.").format(EdX="EdX", edX="edX")}</p>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("How may I apply to study with {edX}?").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<p>${_('Simply complete the online {link_start}signup form{link_end}. Enrolling will create your unique student record in the {edX} database, allow you to register for classes, and to receive a certificate on successful completion.').format(link_start='<ahref="#signup-modal"rel="leanModal">', link_end='</a>', edX="edX")}</p>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("How may another university participate in {edX}? ").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<p>${_('If you are from a university interested in discussing {edX}, please email {email}').format(email='<ahref="mailto:university@edx.org">university@edx.org</a>', edX="edX")}</p>
</article>
</section>
<sectionid="technology-platform"class="category">
<h2>${_("Technology Platform")}</h2>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("What technology will {edX} use?").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<p>${_("The {edX} open-source online learning platform will feature interactive learning designed specifically for the web. Features will include: self-paced learning, online discussion groups, wiki-based collaborative learning, assessment of learning as a student progresses through a course, and online laboratories and other interactive learning tools. The platform will also serve as a laboratory from which data will be gathered to better understand how students learn. Because it is open source, the platform will be continuously improved by a worldwide community of collaborators, with new features added as needs arise.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
<p>${_("The first version of the technology was used in the first <em>{MITx}</em> course, 6.002x Circuits and Electronics, which launched in Spring, 2012.").format(MITx="MITx")}</p>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3>${_("How is this different from what other universities are doing online?")}</h3>
<p>${_("{EdX} is a not-for-profit enterprise built upon the shared educational missions of its founding partners, {Harvard_long} and {MIT}. The {edX} platform will be available as open source. Also, a primary goal of {edX} is to improve teaching and learning on campus by experimenting with blended models of learning and by supporting faculty in conducting significant research on how students learn.").format(edX="edX", EdX="EdX", Harvard_long="Harvard University", MIT="MIT")}</p>
<h3class="question">${_("How do I sign up to take a class?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_0">
<p>${_("Simply create an {edX} account (it's free) and then register for the course of your choice (also free). Follow the prompts on the {edX} website.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("What does it cost to take a class? Is this really free?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_1">
<p>${_("{EdX} courses are free for everyone. All you need is an Internet connection.").format(EdX="EdX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("What happens after I sign up for a course?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_2">
<p>${_("You will receive an activation email. Follow the prompts in that email to activate your account. You will need to log in each time you access your course(s). Once the course begins, it\'s time to hit the virtual books. You can access the lectures, homework, tutorials, etc., for each week, one week at a time.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Who can take an {edX} course?").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_3">
<p>${_("You, your mom, your little brother, your grandfather -- anyone with Internet access can take an {edX} course. Free.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Are the courses only offered in English?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_4">
<p>${_("Some {edX} courses include a translation of the lecture in the text bar to the right of the video. Some have the specific option of requesting a course in other languages. Please check your course to determine foreign language options.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("When will there be more courses on other subjects?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_5">
<p>${_("We are continually reviewing and creating courses to add to the {edX} platform. Please check the website for future course announcements. You can also \"friend\" {edX} on Facebook - you\'ll receive updates and announcements.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("When does my course start and/or finish?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_7">
<p>${_("You can find the start and stop dates for each course on each course description page.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Is there a walk-through of a sample course session?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_8">
<p>${_(" There are video introductions for every course that will give you a good sense of how the course works and what to expect.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("I don't have the prerequisites for a course that I am interested in. Can I still take the course?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_9">
<p>${_("We do not check students for prerequisites, so you are allowed to attempt the course. However, if you do not know prerequisite subjects before taking a class, you will have to learn the prerequisite material on your own over the semester, which can be an extremely difficult task.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("What happens if I have to quit a course? Are there any penalties? Will I be able to take another course in the future?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_10">
<p>${_("You may unregister from an {edX} course at anytime, there are absolutely no penalties associated with incomplete {edX} studies, and you may register for the same course (provided we are still offering it) at a later time.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
</section>
<sectionid="classes_faq"class="category">
<h2>${_("The Classes")}</h2>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("How much work will I have to do to pass my course?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_0">
<p>${_("The projected hours of study required for each course are described on the specific course description page.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("What should I do before I take a course (prerequisites)?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_1">
<p>${_("Each course is different - some have prerequisites, and some don\'t. Take a look at your specific course\'s recommended prerequisites. If you do not have a particular prerequisite, you may still take the course.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("What books should I read? (I am interested in reading materials before the class starts).")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_2">
<p>${_("Take a look at the specific course prerequisites. All required academic materials will be provided during the course, within the browser. Some of the course descriptions may list additional resources. For supplemental reading material before or during the course, you can post a question on the course\'s Discussion Forum to ask your online coursemates for suggestions.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_(" Can I download the book for my course?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_3">
<p>${_("{EdX} book content may only be viewed within the browser, and downloading it violates copyright laws. If you need or want a hard copy of the book, we recommend that you purchase a copy.").format(EdX="EdX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Can I take more than one course at a time?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_4">
<p>${_("You may take multiple edX courses, however we recommend checking the requirements on each course description page to determine your available study hours and the demands of the intended courses.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("How do I log in to take an {edX} class?").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_5">
<p>${_("Once you sign up for a course and activate your account, click on the \"Log In\" button on the edx.org home page. You will need to type in your email address and {edX} password each time you log in.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("What time is the class?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_6">
<p>${_("{EdX} classes take place at your convenience. Prefer to sleep in and study late? No worries. Videos and problem sets are available 24 hours a day, which means you can watch video and complete work whenever you have spare time. You simply log in to your course via the Internet and work through the course material, one week at a time.").format(EdX="EdX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("If I miss a week, how does this affect my grade?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_7">
<p>${_("It is certainly possible to pass an {edX} course if you miss a week; however, coursework is progressive, so you should review and study what you may have missed. You can check your progress dashboard in the course to see your course average along the way if you have any concerns.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("How can I meet/find other students?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_8">
<p>${_("All {edX} courses have Discussion Forums where you can chat with and help each other within the framework of the Honor Code.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("How can I talk to professors, fellows and teaching assistants?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_9">
<p>${_("The Discussion Forums are the best place to reach out to the {edX} teaching team for your class, and you don\'t have to wait in line or rearrange your schedule to fit your professor\'s - just post your questions. The response isn\'t always immediate, but it\'s usually pretty darned quick.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Getting help.")}</h3>
<divclass="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_10">
<p>${_("You have a vibrant, global community of fellow online learners available 24-7 to help with the course within the framework of the Honor Code, as well as support from the TAs who monitor the course. Take a look at the course\'s Discussion Forum where you can review questions, answers and comments from fellow online learners, as well as post a question.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Can I re-take a course?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_11">
<p>${_("Good news: there are unlimited \"mulligans\" in {edX}. You may re-take {edX} courses as often as you wish. Your performance in any particular offering of a course will not effect your standing in future offerings of any {edX} course, including future offerings of the same course.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Enrollment for a course that I am interested in is open, but the course has already started. Can I still enroll?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_12">
<p>${_("Yes, but you will not be able to turn in any assignments or exams that have already been due. If it is early in the course, you might still be able to earn enough points for a certificate, but you will have to check with the course in question in order to find out more.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Is there an exam at the end?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_13">
<p>${_("Different courses have slightly different structures. Please check the course material description to see if there is a final exam or final project.")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Will the same courses be offered again in the future?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="classes_faq_answer_14">
<p>${_("Existing {edX} courses will be re-offered, and more courses added.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
<p>${_("Online learners who receive a passing grade for a course will receive a certificate of mastery at the discretion of {edX} and the underlying {X} University that offered the course. For example, a certificate of mastery for {MITx}\'s 6.002x Circuits & Electronics will come from {edX} and {MITx}.").format(edX="edX", X="X", MITx="MITx")}</p>
<p>${_("If you passed the course, your certificate of mastery will be delivered online through edx.org. So be sure to check your email in the weeks following the final grading - you will be able to download and print your certificate. Note: At this time, {edX} is holding certificates for learners connected with Cuba, Iran, Syria and Sudan pending confirmation that the issuance is in compliance with U.S. embargoes.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("How are {edX} certificates delivered?").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<p>${_("{EdX} certificates are delivered online through edx.org. So be sure to check your email in the weeks following the final grading - you will be able to download and print your certificate.").format(EdX="EdX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("What is the difference between a proctored certificate and an honor code certificate?")}</h3>
<p>${_("A proctored certificate is given to students who take and pass an exam under proctored conditions. An honor-code certificate is given to students who have completed all of the necessary online coursework associated with a course and have signed <link> the {edX} honor code </link>.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Can I get both a proctored certificate and an honor code certificate?")}</h3>
<p>${_("The Discussion Forums are the best place to reach out to the {edX} teaching team for your class, and you don\'t have to wait in line or rearrange your schedule to fit your professor\'s - just post your questions. The response isn\'t always immediate, but it\'s usually pretty darned quick.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
</div>
</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("The only certificates distributed with grades by {edX} were for the initial prototype course.").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<p>${_("You may unregister from an {edX} course at anytime, there are absolutely no penalties associated with incomplete {edX} studies, and you may register for the same course (provided we are still offering it) at a later time.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
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<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Will my university accept my {edX} coursework for credit?").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
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<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("I lost my {edX} certificate - can you resend it to me?").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<p>${_("Please log back in to your account to find certificates from the same profile page where they were originally posted. You will be able to re-print your certificate from there.")}</p>
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<h2>${_("edX & Open Source")}</h2>
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<h3class="question">${_("What\'s open source?")}</h3>
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<p>${_("Open source is a philosophy that generally refers to making software freely available for use or modification as users see fit. In exchange for use of the software, users generally add their contributions to the software, making it a public collaboration. The {edX} platform will be made available as open source code in order to allow world talent to improve and share it on an ongoing basis.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
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</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("When/how can I get the open-source platform technology?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="open_source_faq_answer_1">
<p>${_("We are still building the {edX} technology platform and will be making announcements in the future about its availability.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
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<h2>${_("Other Help Questions - Account Questions")}</h2>
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<h3class="question">${_("My username is taken.")}</h3>
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<p>${_("Now\'s your chance to be creative: please try a different, more unique username - for example, try adding a random number to the end.")}</p>
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</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Why does my password show on my course login page?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="other_help_faq_answer_1">
<p>${_("Oops! This may be because of the way you created your account. For example, you may have mistakenly typed your password into the login box.")}</p>
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</article>
<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("I am having login problems (password/email unrecognized).")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="other_help_faq_answer_2">
<p>${_("Please check your browser\'s settings to make sure that you have the current version of Firefox or Chrome, and then try logging in again. If you find access impossible, you may simply create a new account using an alternate email address - the old, unused account will disappear later.")}</p>
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<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("I did not receive an activation email.")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="other_help_faq_answer_3">
<p>${_("If you did not receive an activation email it may be because:")}</p>
<ul>
<li>${_("There was a typo in your email address.")}</li>
<li>${_("Your spam filter may have caught the activation email. Please check your spam folder. ")}</li>
<li>${_("You may be using an older browser. We recommend downloading the current version of Firefox or Chrome. ")}</li>
<li>${_("JavaScript is disabled in your browser. Please check your browser settings and confirm that JavaScript is enabled. ")}</li>
</ul>
<p>${_("If you continue to have problems activating your account, we recommend that you try creating a new account. There is no need to do anything about the old account. If it is not activated through the link in the email, it will disappear later.")}</p>
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<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("Can I delete my account?")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="other_help_faq_answer_4">
<p>${_("There\'s no need to delete you account. An old, unused {edX} account with no course completions associated with it will disappear.").format(edX="edX")}</p>
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<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("I made a mistake creating my username - how do I fix it?")}</h3>
<p>${_("In most cases it would simplest and fastest to create a new account. Your old unused account will vanish naturally. If you were not aware of your mistake until much later, you should send us a detailed change request and we will do our best to edit your username. Please bear in mind that usernames are unique, and the one you want may be taken.")}</p>
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<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("I am experiencing problems with the display. E.g., There are tools missing from the course display, or I am unable to view video.")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="other_help_faq_answer_5">
<p>${_("Please check your browser and settings. We recommend downloading the current version of Firefox or Chrome. Alternatively, you may re-register with a different email account. There is no need to delete the old account, as it will disappear if unused.")}</p>
</div>
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<articleclass="response">
<h3class="question">${_("How can I help {edX}?").format(edX="edX")}</h3>
<divclass ="answer"id="edx_basics_faq_answer_6">
<p>${_("You may not realize it, but just by taking a course you are helping {edX}. That\'s because the {edX} platform has been specifically designed to not only teach, but also gather data about learning. {EdX} will utilize this data to find out how to improve education online and on-campus.").format(edX="edX", EdX="EdX")}</p>
<p>${_("By enrolling in a course on {edX}, you are joining a special worldwide community of learners. The aspiration of {edX} is to provide anyone in the world who has the motivation and ability to engage coursework from the {MIT_long}, {Harvard_long} and the {Berkeley_long} the opportunity to attain the best {MIT}, {Harvard} and {Berkeley}-based educational experience that internet technology enables. You are part of the community who will help {edX} achieve this goal.").format(edX="edX", MIT_long="Massachusetts Institute of Technology", Harvard_long="Harvard University", Berkeley_long="University of California, Berkeley", MIT="MIT", Harvard="Harvard", Berkeley="UC Berkeley")}</p>
<p>${_("{EdX} depends upon your motivation to learn the material and to do so with honesty. In order to participate in {edX}, you must agree to the Honor Code below and any additional terms specific to a class. This Honor Code, and any additional terms, will be posted on each class website.").format(edX="edX", EdX="EdX")}</p>
<h1>${_("Do You Want to Change the Future of Education?")}</h1>
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<h2>${_("Our mission is to transform learning.")}</h2>
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<p>${_("“EdX represents a unique opportunity to improve education on our campuses through online learning, while simultaneously creating a bold new educational path for millions of learners worldwide.”")}</p>
<cite>—Rafael Reif, MIT President </cite>
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<p>${_("“EdX gives Harvard and MIT an unprecedented opportunity to dramatically extend our collective reach by conducting groundbreaking research into effective education and by extending online access to quality higher education.”")}</p>
<cite>—Drew Faust, Harvard President</cite>
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<h3>${_("EdX is looking to add new talent to our team! ")}</h3>
<palign="center"><em>${_("Our mission is to give a world-class education to everyone, everywhere, regardless of gender, income or social status")}</em></p>
<p>${_("Today, EdX.org, a not-for-profit provides hundreds of thousands of people from around the globe with access to free education. We offer amazing quality classes by the best professors from the best schools. We enable our members to uncover a new passion that will transform their lives and their communities.")}</p>
<p>${_("Around the world-from coast to coast, in over 192 countries, people are making the decision to take one or several of our courses. As we continue to grow our operations, we are looking for talented, passionate people with great ideas to join the edX team. We aim to create an environment that is supportive, diverse, and as fun as our brand. If you’re results-oriented, dedicated, and ready to contribute to an unparalleled member experience for our community, we really want you to apply.")}</p>
<p>${_("As part of the edX team, you’ll receive:")}</p>
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<li>${_("Competitive compensation")}</li>
<li>${_("Generous benefits package")}</li>
<li>${_("Free lunch every day")}</li>
<li>${_("A great working experience where everyone cares and wants to change the world (no, we\'re not kidding)")}</li>
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<p>${_("While we appreciate every applicant’s interest, only those under consideration will be contacted. We regret that phone calls will not be accepted. Equal opportunity employer.")}</p>
<p>${_("All positions are located in our Cambridge offices.")}</p>
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<p>${_("If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <a href=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>.")}</p>
<h3><strong>${_("DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SERVICES")}</strong></h3>
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<li>${_("Delivering 20 new courses in 2013 in collaboration with the partner Universities")}
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<li><p>${_("Reporting to the Director of Education Services are the Video production team, responsible for post-production of Course Video. The Director must understand how to balance artistic quality and learning objectives, and reduce production time so that video capabilities are readily accessible and at reasonable costs.")}</p>
<li>${_("Reporting to the Director are a small team of Program Managers, who are responsible for managing the day to day of course production and operations. The Director must be experienced in capacity planning and operations, understand how to deploy lean collaboration and able to build alliances inside edX and the University. In conjunction with the Program Managers, the Director of Education Services will supervise the collection of research, the retrospectives with Professors and the assembly of best practices in course production and operations. The three key deliverables are the use of a well-defined lean process for onboarding Professors, the development of tracking tools, and assessment of effectiveness of Best Practices.")}</li>
<li>${_(" Also reporting to the Director of Education Services are content engineers and Course Fellows, skilled in the development of edX assessments. The Director of Education Services will also be responsible for communicating to the VP of Engineering requirements for new types of course assessments. Course Fellows are extremely talented Ph.D.\'s who work directly with the Professors to define and develop assessments and course curriculum.")}</li>
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<li>${_("Training and Onboarding of 30 Partner Universities and Affiliates")}
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<p><strong>${_("Responsibilities:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Work across a talented team of product developers, video producers and content experts to identify training needs and proactively develop training curricula for new products and services as they are deployed.")}</li>
<li>${_("Develop the means for sharing and showcasing edX best practices for both internal and external audiences.")}</li>
<li>${_("Apply sound instructional design theory and practice in the development of all edX training resources. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Work with program managers to develop training benchmarks and Key Performance Indicators. Monitor progress and proactively make adjustments as necessary.")}</li>
<li>${_("Collaborate with product development on creating documentation and user guides. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Provide on-going evaluation of the effectiveness of edX training programs.")}</li>
<li>${_("Assist in the revision/refinement of training curricula and resources. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Grow a train-the-trainer organization with edX partners, identifying expert edX users to provide on-site peer assistance. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Deliver internal and external trainings.")}</li>
<li>${_("Coordinate with internal teams to ensure appropriate preparation for trainings, and follow-up after delivery.")}</li>
<li>${_("Maintain training reporting database and training records.")}</li>
<li>${_("Produce training evaluation reports, training support plans, and training improvement plans. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Quickly become an expert on edX\'s standards, procedures and tools.")}</li>
<li>${_("Stay current on emerging trends in eLearning, platform support and implementation strategy.")}</li>
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<li>${_("Minimum of 5-7 years experience developing and delivering educational training, preferably in an educational technology organization. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Lean and Agile thinking and training. Experienced in Scrum or Kanban.")}</li>
<li>${_("Excellent interpersonal skills including proven presentation and facilitation skills.")}</li>
<li>${_("Strong oral and written communication skills.")}</li>
<li>${_("Proven experience with production and delivery of online training programs that utilize asychronous and synchronous delivery mechanisms. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Flexibility to work on a variety of initiatives; prior startup experience preferred.")}</li>
<li>${_("Outstanding work ethic, results-oriented, and creative/innovative style.")}</li>
<li>${_("Proactive, optimistic approach to problem solving.")}</li>
<li>${_("Commitment to constant personal and organizational improvement.")}</li>
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<li>${_("Bachelor's or Master's in Education, organizational learning, or other related field preferred. But we're all about education, so let us know how you gained what you need to succeed in this role: projects after completing 6.00x or CS50x, Xbox cheevos, on-line guilds led, large scale innovations championed.")}</li>
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<p>${_("If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <ahref=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>.")}</p>
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<h3><strong>${_("TRAINER")}</strong></h3>
<p>${_("All those Universities on the edX homepage are full of incredible professors and teaching teams, designing on-line courses that will change the face of education. The edX team is constantly training whole new university teams on how to make their visions shine using edX software. We\'re looking for some truly talented people to help train people on the tools that are enabling the future of education.")}</p>
<p><strong>${_("Responsibilities:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Facilitate training programs as required ensuring that best practices are incorporated in all learning environments.")}</li>
<li>${_("Create and design learning materials for training curriculums, incorporate edX best practices into training curriculum.")}</li>
<li>${_("Incorporate key performance metrics into training modules; participate in strategic initiatives")}</li>
<li>${_("Measure, monitor and share training results with business units to identify future training opportunities.")}</li>
<li>${_("Identify and leverage existing resources to maximize partner efficiency and productivity. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Work with both Universities and edX to provide strategic input based on future training needs.")}</li>
<li>${_("Communicate effectively in oral and written presentations.")}</li>
<li>${_("Analyze learners training needs and identify cross training opportunities.")}</li>
<li>${_("Mentor and train others on training tools to expand training efficiency and uniformity.")}</li>
<li>${_("Build relationships with universities to be viewed as a trusted training partner. ")}</li>
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<p>${_("<strong>Requirements:</strong>")}</p>
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<li>${_("Minimum of 1-3 years experience developing and delivering educational training, preferably in an educational technology organization. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Lean and Agile thinking and training. Experienced in Scrum or Kanban preferred.")}</li>
<li>${_("Excellent interpersonal skills including proven presentation and facilitation skills.")}</li>
<li>${_("Strong oral and written communication skills.")}</li>
<li>${_("Flexibility to work on a variety of initiatives; prior startup experience preferred.")}</li>
<li>${_("Outstanding work ethic, results-oriented, and creative/innovative style.")}</li>
<li>${_("Proactive, optimistic approach to problem solving.")}</li>
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<li>${_("Willingness to travel to partner sites as needed.")}</li>
<li>${_("Bachelors or Master's in Education, organizational learning, instructional design or other related field preferred. But we're all about education, so let us know how you gained what you need to succeed in this role: projects after completing 6.00x or CS50x, Xbox cheevos, on-line guilds led, large scale innovations championed.")}</li>
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<p>${_("If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <ahref=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>.")}</p>
<p>${_("The Instructional Designer will work collaboratively with the edX content and engineering teams to plan, develop and deliver highly engaging and media rich online courses. The Instructional Designer will be a flexible thinker, able to determine and apply sound pedagogical strategies to unique situations and a diverse set of academic disciplines.")}</p>
<li>${_("Work with the video production team, product managers and course staff on the implementation of instructional design approaches in the development of media and other course materials.")}</li>
<li>${_("Based on course staff and faculty input, articulate learning objectives and align them to design strategies and assessments.")}</li>
<li>${_("Develop flipped classroom instructional strategies in coordination with community college faculty.")}</li>
<li>${_("Produce clear and instructionally effective copy, instructional text, and audio and video scripts")}</li>
<li>${_("Identify and deploy instructional design best practices for edX course staff and faculty as needed.")}</li>
<li>${_("Create course communication style guides. Train and coach teaching staff on best practices for communication and discussion management.")}</li>
<li>${_("Serve as a liaison to instructional design teams based at our partner Universities.")}</li>
<li>${_("Consult on peer review processes to be used by learners in selected courses.")}</li>
<li>${_("Ability to apply game-based learning theory and design into selected courses as appropriate.")}</li>
<li>${_("Use learning analytics and metrics to inform course design and revision process.")}</li>
<li>${_("Collaborate with key research and learning sciences stakeholders at edX and partner institutions for the development of best practices for MOOC teaching and learning and course design.")}</li>
<li>${_("Support the development of pilot courses and modules used for sponsored research initiatives.")}</li>
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<p>${_("<strong>Qualifications:</strong>")}</p>
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<li>${_("Master's Degree in Educational Technology, Instructional Design or related field. Experience in higher education with additional experience in a start-up or research environment preferable. But we're all about education, so let us know how you gained what you need to succeed in this role: projects after completing 6.00x or CS50x, Xbox cheevos, on-line guilds led, large scale innovations championed.")}</li>
<li>${_("Experience in higher education with additional experience in a start-up or research environment preferable.")}</li>
<li>${_("Excellent interpersonal and communication (written and verbal), project management, problem-solving and time management skills. The ability to be flexible with projects and to work on multiple courses essential.")}</li>
<li>${_("Ability to meet deadlines and manage expectations of constituents.")}</li>
<li>${_("Capacity to develop new and relevant technology skills. Experience using game theory design and learning analytics to inform instructional design decisions and strategy.")}</li>
<li>${_("Technical Skills: Video and screencasting experience. LMS Platform experience, XML, HTML, CSS, Adobe Design Suite, Camtasia or Captivate experience. Experience with web 2.0 collaboration tools.")}</li>
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<p>${_("Eligible candidates will be invited to respond to an Instructional Design task based on current or future edX course development needs.")}</p>
<p>${_("If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <ahref=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>.")}</p>
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<h3><strong>${_("PROGRAM MANAGER")}</strong></h3>
<p>${_("EdX Program Managers (PM) lead the edX's course production process. They are systems thinkers who manage the creation of a course from start to finish. PMs work with University Professors and course staff to help them take advantage of edX services to create world class online learning offerings and encourage the exploration of an emerging form of higher education.")}</p>
<p><strong>${_("Responsibilities:")}</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>${_("Create and execute the course production cycle. PMs are able to examine and explain what they do in great detail and able to think abstractly about people, time, and processes. They coordinate the efforts of multiple teams engaged in the production of the courses assigned to them.")}</li>
<li>${_("Train partners and drive best practices adoption. PMs train course staff from partner institutions and help them adopt best practices for workflow and tools. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Build capacity. Mentor staff at partner institutions, train the trainers that help them scale their course production ability.")}</li>
<li>${_("Create visibility. PMs are responsible for making the state of the course production system accessible and comprehensible to all stakeholders. They are capable of training Course development teams in Scrum and Kanban, and are Lean thinkers and educators.")}</li>
<li>${_("Improve workflows. PMs are responsible for carefully assessing the methods and outputs of each course and adjusting them to take best advantage of available resources.")}</li>
<li>${_("Encourage innovation. Spark creativity in course teams to build new courses that could never be produced in brick and mortar settings.")}</li>
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<p><strong>${_("Qualifications:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Bachelor's Degree. Master's Degree preferred. But we're all about education, so let us know how you gained what you need to succeed in this role: projects after completing 6.00x or CS50x, Xbox cheevos, on-line guilds led, large scale innovations championed.")}</li>
<li>${_("At least 2 years of experience working with University faculty and administrators.")}</li>
<li>${_("Proven record of successful Scrum or Kanban project management, including use of project management tools. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Ability to create processes that systematically provide solutions to open ended challenges.")}</li>
<li>${_("Excellent interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills, the ability to define and solve technical, process and organizational problems, and time management skills.")}</li>
<li>${_("Proactive, optimistic approach to problem solving.")}</li>
<li>${_("Commitment to constant personal and organizational improvement.")}</li>
<p>${_("When the power of edX is at its fullest, individuals become the students they had always hoped to be, Professors teach the courses they had always imagined and Universities offer educational opportunities never before seen. None of that happens by accident, so edX is seeking a Product Manager who can keep their eyes on the future and their heart and hands with a team of ferociously intelligent and dedicated technologists.")}
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<p>${_("The responsibility of a Product Manager is first and foremost to provide evidence to the development team that what they build will succeed in the marketplace. It is the responsibility of the Product Manager to define the product backlog and the team to build the backlog. The Product Manager is one of the most highly leveraged individuals in the Engineering organization. They work to bring a deep knowledge of the Customer - Students, Professors and Course Staff to the product roadmap. The Product Manager is well-versed in the data and sets the KPI\'s that drives the team, the Product Scorecard and the Company Scorecard. They are expected to become experts in the business of online learning, familiar with blended models, MOOC\'s and University and Industry needs and the competition. The Product Manager must be able to understand the edX stakeholders.")}
</p>
<p><strong>${_("Responsibilities:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Assess users\' needs, whether students, Professors or Universities.")}</li>
<li>${_("Research markets and competitors to provide data driven decisions.")}</li>
<li>${_("Work with multiple engineering teams, through consensus and with data-backed arguments, in order to provide technology which defines the state of the art for online courses.")}</li>
<li>${_("Repeatedly build and launch new products and services, complete with the training, documentation and metrics needed to enhance the already impressive brands of the edX partner institutions.")}</li>
<li>${_("Establish the vision and future direction of the product with input from edX leadership and guidance from partner organizations.")}</li>
<li>${_("Work in a lean organization, committed to Scrum and Kanban.")}</li>
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<p><strong>${_("Qualifications:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Bachelor\'s degree or higher in a Technical Area, MBA or Masters in Design preferred. But we're all about education, so let us know how you gained what you need to succeed in this role: projects after completing 6.00x or CS50x, Xbox cheevos, on-line guilds led, large scale innovations championed.")}</li>
<li>${_("Proven ability to develop and implement strategy")}</li>
<li>${_("Exquisite organizational skills")}</li>
<li>${_("Deep analytical skills")}</li>
<li>${_("Social finesse and business sense")}</li>
<li>${_("Scrum, Kanban")}</li>
<li>${_("Infatuation with technology, in all its frustrating and fragile complexity")}</li>
<li>${_("Top flight communication skills, oral and written, with teams which are centrally located and spread all over the world.")}</li>
<li>${_("Personal commitment and experience of the transformational possibilities of higher education")}</li>
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<p>${_("Content engineers help create the technology for specific courses. The tasks include:")}</p>
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<li>${_("Developing of course-specific user-facing elements, such as the circuit editor and simulator. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Integrating course materials into courses.")}</li>
<li>${_("Creating programs to grade questions designed with complex technical features.")}</li>
<li>${_("Knowledge of Python, XML, and/or JavaScript is desired. Strong interest and background in pedagogy and education is desired as well.")}</li>
<li>${_("Building course components in straight XML or through our course authoring tool, edX Studio.")}</li>
<li>${_("Assisting University teams and in house staff take advantage of new course software, including designing and developing technical refinements for implementation.")}</li>
<li>${_("Pushing content to production servers predictably and cleanly.")}</li>
<li>${_("Sending high volumes of course email adhering to email engine protocols.")}</li>
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<p><strong>${_("Qualifications:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Bachelor's degree or higher. But we're all about education, so let us know how you gained what you need to succeed in this role: projects after completing 6.00x or CS50x, Xbox cheevos, on-line guilds led, large scale innovations championed.")}</li>
<li>${_("Thorough knowledge of Python, DJango, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and backbone.js.")}</li>
<li>${_("Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously without splintering.")}</li>
<li>${_("Tactfully escalate conflicting deadlines or priorities only when needed. Otherwise help the team members negotiate a solution.")}</li>
<li>${_("Unfailing attention to detail, especially the details the course teams have seen so often they don't notice them anymore.")}</li>
<li>${_("Readily zoom from the big picture to the smallest course component to notice when typos, inconsistencies or repetitions have unknowingly crept in.")}</li>
<li>${_("Curiosity to step into the shoes of an online student working to master the course content.")}</li>
<li>${_("Solid interpersonal skills, especially good listening.")}</li>
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<p>${_("If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <ahref=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>.")}</p>
<p>${_("EdX is looking for engineers who can contribute to its Open Source learning platform. We are a small team with a startup, lean culture, committed to building open-source software that scales and dramatically changes the face of education. Our ideal candidates are hands on developers who understand how to build scalable, service based systems, preferably in Python and have a proven track record of bringing their ideas to market. We are looking for engineers with all levels of experience, but you must be a proven leader and outstanding developer to work at edX.")}</p>
<p>There are a number of projects for which we are recruiting engineers:<br>
<p>${_("<strong>Learning Management System</strong>: We are developing an Open Source Standard that allows for the creation of instructional plug-ins and assessments in our platform. You must have a deep interest in semantics of learning, and able to build services at scale.")}</p>
<p>${_("<strong>Forums</strong>: We are building our own Forums software because we believe that education requires a forums platform capable of supporting learning communities. We are analytics driven. The ideal Forums candidates are focused on metrics and key performance indicators, understand how to build on top of a service based architecture and are wedded to quick iterations and user feedback.")}</p>
<p>${_("<strong>Analytics</strong>: We are looking for a platform engineer who has deep MongoDB or no SQL database experience. Our data infrastructure needs to scale to multiple terabytes. Researchers from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley and edX Universities will use our analytics platform to research and examine the fundamentals of learning. The analytics engineer will be responsible for both building out an analytics platform and a pub-sub and real-time pipeline processing architecture. Together they will allow researchers, students and Professors access to never before seen analytics.")}</p>
<p>${_("<strong>Course Development Authoring Tools</strong>: We are committed to making it easy for Professors to develop and publish their courses online. So we are building the tools that allow them to readily convert their vision to an online course ready for thousands of students. ")}</p>
<p>${_("<strong>Requirements:</strong>")}</p>
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<li>${_("Real-world experience with Python or other dynamic development languages.")}</li>
<li>${_("Able to code front to back, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Django, Python.")}</li>
<li>${_("You must be committed to an agile development practices, in Scrum or Kanban.")}</li>
<li>${_("Demonstrated skills in building Service based architecture.")}</li>
<li>${_("Test Driven Development.")}</li>
<li>${_("Committed to Documentation best practices so your code can be consumed in an open source environment.")}</li>
<li>${_("Contributor to or consumer of Open Source Frameworks.")}</li>
<li>${_("BS in Computer Science from top-tier institution. But we're all about education, so let us know how you gained what you need to succeed in this role: projects after completing 6.00x or CS50x, Xbox cheevos, on-line guilds led, large scale innovations championed.")}</li>
<li>${_("Acknowledged by peers as a technology leader. ")}</li>
</ul>
<p>${_("If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <ahref=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>.")}</p>
<p>${_("In 2012, edX reinvented education. In 2013, the edX learning sciences team is charged with reinventing education, again. The goal of the team is to prototype and develop technologies which will radically change the way students learn and instructors teach. We will engage in projects in learning analytics, crowdsourced content development, intelligent tutoring, as well as radical changes to the ways course content is structured. We are looking to opportunistically build a small (3 person), fast-moving team capable of rapidly bringing advanced development projects to prototype and to market. All members of the team must be spectacular software engineers capable of working in or adapting to dynamic, duck typed, functional languages (Python and JavaScript). In addition, we are looking for some combination of:")}</p>
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<li>${_("Deep expertise in mathematics, and in particular, advanced linear algebra, machine learning, big data, psychometrics, and probability. ")}</li>
<li>${_("UX design. Capable of envisioning user interface for software that does things that have never been done before, and bringing them through to market. Skills should be broad and range the full gamut: graphic design, UX, HTML5, basic JavaScript, and CSS. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Interest and experience in both research and practice of education, cognitive science, and related fields. ")}</li>
<li>${_("Background in social networks and social network analysis (both social science and mathematics) is desirable as well.")}</li>
</ul>
<p>${_("More than anything, we're looking for spectacular people capable of very rapidly building things which have never been built before. We're capable of providing both traditional employment, and potentially, in partnership with MIT, more academic opportunities.")}</p>
<p>${_("If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <ahref=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>.")}</p>
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<h3><strong>${_("SALES ENGINEER, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM")}</strong></h3>
<p>${_("A great relationship with edX begins long before the first student signs up. We are "
"looking for some talented, self-motivated people to help set a solid foundation for "
"our emerging corporate customers, NGO's, and governmental partners. As the Sales "
"Engineer you will be expected to provide oversight if requested over more junior "
"staff. This may include skills development, knowledge transfer, sharing technical "
"expertise, and review of demos prior to presentation. The Sales Engineer should "
"have familiarity with instructional design and competency in that area is a plus.")}</p>
<p>${_("Experience teaching and mentoring, needs assessment and prior management "
"responsibility, and LMS experience, also a plus. This is a team atmosphere with "
"many constituencies working to develop a new global perspective regarding higher "
"education and online learning. Respect and patience, along with knowledge and "
"understanding of the development process is critical to success in order to maintain "
"strong bonds between development teams, sales team, and prospect/client "
"implementation teams. In addition the Sales Engineer may also work with our "
"xUniversity partners and the affiliated professors joining the edX movement. This "
"position requires customer facing skills, comfort in demonstrating the product, and "
"ability to code 'demos' as required. Additionally you will be contributing to "
"proposals, so clear documentation and writing skills are critical. The job will "
"require travel to client sites around the US upon occasion, and possibly "
"internationally as well. Job also requires good speaking skills, and a willingness and "
"ability to communicate clearly and respond quickly to prospect and customer "
"requests. This is a salaried position and will on occasion require work and "
"responsiveness to both the edX team and customers 'after hours'. This position "
"reports to the VP, Business Development and will be dotted lined to the "
"development and program management teams.")}</p>
<p><strong>${_("Responsibilities:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Can code demos and evaluate demos of others")}</li>
<li>${_("Prepare and deliver standard and custom demonstrations")}</li>
<li>${_("Handle all pre-sales technical issues professionally and efficiently")}</li>
<li>${_("Maintain in-depth knowledge of products and pending new releases")}</li>
<li>${_("Maintain a working knowledge of documentation and training")}</li>
<li>${_("Maintain a working knowledge of workflow systems")}</li>
<li>${_("Respond to technical questions from universities looking to expand their on-line offerings")}</li>
<li>${_("Provide feedback to Product Development regarding new features, improving product performance, and eliminating bugs in the product")}</li>
<li>${_("Prepare Professional Services for efficient onboarding - professionally managing the transition from pre-sales to post-sales")}</li>
<li>${_("Deliver high-level presentation and associated 'click-thru' demonstrations")}</li>
<li>${_("and be able to customize to prospect's requirements")}</li>
<li>{(_"Understand and articulate the underlying technology concepts")}</li>
<li>${_("Understand and articulate how all products components fit together technically as well as how they integrate and work with external technologies and cross functional applications found within clients organizations.")}</li>
<li>${_("Build relationships with our prospects and universities, to be viewed as a trusted training partner.")}</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>${_("Qualifications:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Minimum of 5 years of experience working closely with relationship based sales organizations, preferably in an educational technology organization.")}</li>
<li>${_("Excellent interpersonal skills including proven presentation and facilitation skills.")}</li>
<li>${_("Strong oral and written communication skills.")}</li>
<li>${_("Flexibility to work on a variety of initiatives; prior startup experience preferred.")}</li>
<li>${_("Outstanding work ethic, results-oriented, and creative/innovative style.")}</li>
<li>${_("Proactive, optimistic approach to problem solving.")}</li>
<li>${_("Commitment to constant personal and organizational improvement.")}</li>
<li>${_("Willingness to travel to partner sites as needed.")}</li>
<li>${_("Lean and Agile thinking and training. Experienced in Scrum or Kanban.")}</li>
<li>${_("Bachelors or Master's in Education, organizational learning, or other related field preferred. But we're all about education, so let us know how you gained what you need to succeed in this role: projects after completing 6.00x or CS50x, Xbox cheevos, on-line guilds led, large scale innovations championed.")}</li>
</ul>
<p>${_("If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <ahref=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>.")}</p>
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<h3><strong>${_("FRONT END DEVELOPER")}</strong></h3>
<p>${_("edX is looking for a Front End Developer to join our Product and Engineering Teams to shape the experience of all of edX's online learning tools. Thousands of students learn with us every day - the way they connect with their courses, their professors and edX is through our ever more powerful front end. Our ideal candidates not only know modern front end development best practices, but make organization standards and teach others with them; sweat the mechanical, visual, and transactional details when bring a design to life in the browser; can instinctually bring organization to their HTML/CSS/JavaScript, documentation, or project; and thrive on collaborating with both designers and developers throughout a project's lifecycle.")}</p>
<p><strong>${_("As an edX Front End Developer, you:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${("Translate flat design comps, wireframes, and prototypes to production-ready interactive interfaces with joy and passion.")}</li>
<li>${("Are very familiar with cutting-edge front-end development practices and technology (CSS3, media queries, responsive web design, HTML5, etc.).")}</li>
<li>${("Write JavaScript without the use of a library while still being familiar with popular libraries such as jQuery.")}</li>
<li>${("Can abstract layouts, design patterns, and UI components while building out the interface to a product or application.")}</li>
<li>${("Appreciate that web standards, accessibility, and usability are essential to uphold.")}</li>
<li>${("Generally have experience with server-side templating and data extraction code while enjoying learning more from the development team.")}</li>
<li>${("Maintain the sanctity of a project's information architecture, interaction design, and visual design details while contributing to the effort.")}</li>
<li>${("Know how to test and refactor your code across browsers and with QA teams.")}</li>
<li>${("Work well with designers, developers, and colleagues.")}</li>
<li>${("Take pride in your communicative and collaborative abilities.")}</li>
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<p><strong>${_("Front End Developers must also:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Have at least two years of professional, post-collegiate experience.")}</li>
<li>${_("Have a BS, BFA or equivalent work experience. But we're all about education, so let us know how you gained what you need to succeed in this role: projects after completing 6.00x or CS50x, Xbox cheevos, on-line guilds led, large scale innovations championed.")}</li>
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<p><strong>${_("About the Product Design and Development Teams:")}</strong></p>
<p>${_("We are a small team with a startup, lean culture, committed to building tools that help our users learn and teach online. Working alongside developers, course staff, product owners, and project stakeholders, our Designers shepherd the experience of an idea or tool through research and strategy phases and lead the Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Visual Design, and Front End Development efforts in bringing that experience to life.")}</p>
<p>${_("If you wish to apply, please send your resume (PDF, text, or Word Doc), a thoughtful email that includes specifics about how your previous experience matches the Front End Developer role at edX, and online samples of your work to <ahref=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>. Candidates who do not provide these will not be considered. EdX is open to considering candidates outside of the Boston/Cambridge, MA area who are willing to relocate.")}</p>
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<h3><strong>${_("TEST ENGINEER")}</strong></h3>
<p>${_("EdX is looking for a Software Engineer in Test to help architect and implement improvements to our testing infrastructure and write code to validate and verify development and deployment of our MOOC platform.")}</p>
<p>${_("You are an experienced professional who is passionate about and current with cutting edge methodologies and practices for delivering high quality software. For example, you understand and can articulate the difference between BDD and TDD. You champion for developers to be confident in the quality of their code by giving them the tools they need to create and execute their own tests. You write unit tests that follow best practices for each layer of an MVC architecture. You work side by side with the DevOps team to define environments and automate their buildouts.")}</p>
<p><strong>${_("Responsibilities:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Review software designs with a focus on code quality, risk, and testability")}</li>
<li>${_("Build tools and frameworks that enable fellow engineers be more productive, write better code and test it themselves")}</li>
<li>${_("Code test automation at all levels including class library, web application framework, javascript, and end-to-end")}</li>
<li>${_("Enable metrics collection to measure adoption and expand the reach of the delivered tools")}</li>
<li>${_("Fix framework bugs and improve test architecture, including adding required unit tests")}</li>
<li>${_("Train and mentor other team members")}</li>
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<p><strong>${_("Qualifications:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("Excellent coding skills across a number of languages: Python or other high level programming languages, Javascript, bash, etc.")}</li>
<li>${_("Experience in building test automation frameworks")}</li>
<li>${_("Comfortable with source code in various languages (Python/Django, Ruby/Rails, Javascript/Backbone/JQuery, etc.)")}</li>
<li>${_("Highly proficient in a Unix/Linux environment")}</li>
<li>${_("Experience with database technologies from SQLite to MongoDB")}</li>
<li>${_("Familiar with deployment automation (Puppet, Jenkins, AWS)")}</li>
<li>${_("Open Source development experience preferred, extra points for sharing your GitHub / StackOverflow / etc. profile")}</li>
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<p>${_("If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <ahref=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>.")}</p>
<h3><strong>${_("COORDINATOR OF UNIVERSITY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS")}</strong></h3>
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<li>${_("To ensure all visits to and from the edX offices by any partners and affiliates are managed, coordinated, and documented. This involves developing itineraries, booking flights and schedules, and managing meetings and events in concert with members of our executive team in University Relations and Business Development and our consortium of partners.")}</li>
<li>${_("To maintain a database of partners and prospects and manage any data flows/reporting required.")}</li>
<li>${_("To manage the information flow, recording activity on the edX Wiki page by synthesizing data and analysis from all visits and meetings and create updates on the edX Wiki page.")}</li>
<li>${_("To act as a central point of contact for all relationship and event activity within this scope.")}</li>
<li>${_("Provide support and coordinate activities for these 3 executives")}</li>
<li>${_("Acquire strong user knowledge of related systems, processes and tools")}</li>
<li>${_("Participate in the new partner on-boarding process")}</li>
<li>${_("Provide an escalation point for Sales personnel for systems, procedures and policies")}</li>
<li>${_("Maintain Salesforce database for client/partner set up and support information, generating reports as needed")}</li>
<li>${_("Document proofreading, editing as directed for proposals, contracts, contact and call reports")}</li>
<li>${_("Coordinate and manage travel, events and meetings, including invitations, RSVP's, hotel/meeting space contracts, and providing event materials to attendees")}</li>
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<p><strong>${_("Qualifications:")}</strong></p>
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<li>${_("5-7 years of experience in a similar project/coordinator type position with progressively responsible administrative experience")}</li>
<li>${_("Self-starter, possessing tenacity and a desire for challenges, not afraid to take risks, and the initiative to get things done with little direction ")}</li>
<li>${_("Superior interpersonal and communications skills, including concise writing and editing skills")}</li>
<li>${_("Strong organizational skills to manage multiple competing priorities and projects with attention to detail ")}</li>
<li>${_("Exceptional ability to effectively interact with multiple external and internal stakeholders ")}</li>
<li>${_("Adept at analyzing complex issues with the ability to synthesize data and perform gap analyses")}</li>
<li>${_("Performs well with a variety of disciplines while remaining effective in a high-volume, fast-pace start-up environment with high workload")}</li>
<li>${_("Must be proficient in: MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel, Salesforce.com, and online tools such as Google docs and Wiki, and knowledge of Kanban is also helpful")}</li>
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<p>${_("If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <ahref=\"mailto:jobs@edx.org\">jobs@edx.org</a>.")}</p>
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<p>${_("We\'ve included visual guidelines on how to use the {edX} logo within the download zip which also includes Adobe Illustrator and eps versions of the logo. ").format(edX="edX")}</p>
<p>${_("For more information about {edX}, please contact <strong>{dan_oconnell}, Associate Director of Communications</strong> via <ahref=\"mailto:oconnell@edx.org?subject=edXInformationRequest(fromMediaKit)\">oconnell@edx.org</a>.").format(dan_oconnell="Dan O'Connell", edX="edX")}</p>
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<p><strong>${_("NOTICE: on September 26, 2012 {edX} adopted an amended Privacy Policy, providing as follows:").format(edX="edX")}</strong></p>
<h2>${_("Confidentiality & Security of Personal Information")}</h2>
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<p>${_("This Privacy Policy only applies to information that we collect through the {edX} Website (the “Site,” which consists of all content and pages located within the edX.org web domain) and does not apply to information that we may collect from you in other ways (for example, this policy does not apply to information that you may provide to us over the phone, by fax or through conventional mail). In addition, please note that your education records are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) to the extent FERPA applies. ").format(edX="edX")}</p>
<h2>${_("Usernames and Postings")}</h2>
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<h2>${_("What You Consent to by Using Our Site")}</h2>
<p>${_("By accessing, browsing, or registering for the Site, you consent and agree that information about you collected through the Site may be used and disclosed in accordance with the Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service and as permitted or required by law, and that such information may be transferred to, processed in and stored in the United States and elsewhere. If you do not agree with these terms, then please do not access, browse, or register for the Site. If you choose not to provide us with certain information required to provide you with various services offered on our Site, you may not be able to establish a user account and we may not be able to provide you with those services.")}</p>
<p>${_("As used in this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information about yourself that you may provide to us when using the Site, such as when you sign up for a user account or enter into a transaction through the Site, which may include (but is not limited to) your name, contact information, gender, date of birth, and occupation.")}</p>
<h2>${_("Information We Collect and How We Use It")}</h2>
<p>${_("We collect information, including Personal Information, when you sign up for a user account, participate in online courses, send us email messages and/or participate in our public forums. We collect information about student performance and patterns of learning. We track information indicating, among other things, which pages of our Site were visited, the order in which they were visited, when they were visited and which hyperlinks and other user interface controls were used.")}</p>
<p>${_("We may log the IP address, operating system and browser software used by each user of the Site, and we may be able to determine from an IP address a user's Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of his or her point of connectivity. Various web analytics tools are used to collect this information. Some of the information is collected through cookies (small text files placed on your computer that store information about you, which can be accessed by the Site). You should be able to control how and whether cookies will be accepted by your web browser. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the “Help” section of the toolbar. If you reject our cookies, many functions and conveniences of this Site may not work properly. ")}</p>
<p>${_("Among other things, we and the educational institutions that provide courses through {edX} (the “Universities”) may use the information about you collected through the Site (including your Personal Information) in connection with the following:").format(edX="edX")}</p>
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<li>${_("To enable the Universities to provide, administer and improve the courses.")}</li>
<li>${_("To help us and the Universities improve {edX} offerings, both individually (e.g., by course staff when working with a student) and in aggregate, and to individualize the experience and to evaluate the access and use of the Site and the impact of {edX} on the worldwide educational community. ").format(edX="edX")}</li>
<li>${_("For purposes of scientific research, particularly, for example, in the areas of cognitive science and education. ")}</li>
<li>${_("For the purpose for which you specifically provided the information, for example, to respond to a specific inquiry or provide you with access to the specific course content and/or services you select.")}</li>
<li>${_("To track both individual and aggregate attendance, progress and completion of an online course, and to analyze statistics on student performance and how students learn.")}</li>
<li>${_("To monitor and detect violations of the Honor Code, the Terms of Service, as well as other misuses and potential misuses of the Site. ")}</li>
<li>${_("To publish information, but not Personal Information, gathered about {edX} access, use, impact and student performance.").format(edX="edX")}</li>
<li>${_("To send you updates about online courses offered by {edX} or other events, to send you communications about products or services of {edX}, {edX} affiliates, or selected business partners that may be of interest to you, or to send you email messages about Site maintenance or updates.").format(edX="edX")}</li>
<li>${_("To archive this information and/or use it for future communications with you.")}</li>
<li>${_("To maintain and improve the functioning and security of the Site and our software, systems and network.")}</li>
<li>${_("For purposes described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy (including, e.g., Sharing with Third Parties).")}</li>
<li>${_("As otherwise described to you at the point of collection, pursuant to your consent, or as otherwise permitted by law.")}</li>
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<p><strong>NOTICE: on September 26, 2012 edX adopted amended Terms of Service, providing as follows:</strong></p>
<p>Welcome to edX. Please read these Terms of Service ("TOS") and edX's <ahref="${reverse('privacy_edx')}">Privacy Policy</a> and <ahref="${reverse('honor')}">Honor Code</a> prior to registering for edX.org or using any portion of the edX website (the "Site," which consists of all content and pages located within the edX.org web domain), including accessing any course material, chat rooms, or other electronic services. These TOS, the Privacy Policy and the Honor Code are agreements (the "Agreements") between you and edX. By using the Site, you accept and agree to be legally bound by the Agreements, whether or not you are a registered user. If you do not understand or do not wish to be bound by the terms of the Agreements, you should not use the Site.")</p>
<p>EdX reserves the right to modify these TOS at any time without advance notice. Any changes to these TOS will be effective immediately upon posting on this page, with an updated effective date. By accessing the Site after any changes have been made, you signify your agreement on a prospective basis to the modified TOS and all of the changes. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of these TOS.</p>
<h2>Description of edX</h2>
<p>EdX offers online courses that include opportunities for professor-to-student and student-to-student interactivity, individual assessment of a student's work and for students who demonstrate their mastery of subjects, a certificate of mastery.</p>
<h2>Rules for Online Conduct</h2>
<p>You agree that you are responsible for your own use of the Site and for your User Postings. "User Postings" include all content submitted, posted, published or distributed on the Site by you or other users of the Site, including but not limited to all forum posts, wiki edits, notes, questions, comments, videos and file uploads. You agree that you will use the Site in compliance with these TOS, the Honor Code and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations, including copyright laws, any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence, and all United States export control laws.</p>
<p>As a condition of your use of the edX services, you will not use the Site in any manner intended to damage, disable, overburden or impair any edX server or the network(s) connected to any edX server or to interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any edX server through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information stored on the Site, its servers or associated computers through any means not intentionally made available through the Site.</p>
<h2>The following list of items is strictly prohibited on the Site:</h2>
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<li>Content that defames, harasses or threatens others;</li>
<li>Content that discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them;</li>
<li>Content that infringes another's intellectual property, including, but not limited to, copyrights or trademarks;</li>
<li>Profane, pornographic, obscene, indecent or unlawful content;</li>
<li>Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation;</li>
<li>Content related to partisan political activities;</li>
<li>Viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, corrupted files, malware, spyware or any other similar software that may damage the operation of another's computer or property; and</li>
<li>Content that contains intentionally inaccurate information or that is posted with the intent of misleading others.</li>
</ol>
<p>Furthermore, you agree not to scrape, or otherwise download in bulk, any Site content, including but not limited to a list or directory of users on the system, on-line textbooks, User Postings or user information. You agree not to misrepresent or attempt to misrepresent your identity while using the Sites (although you are welcome and encouraged to use an anonymous username in the forums and to act in a manner that keeps your identity concealed).</p>
<h2>User Accounts and Authority</h2>
<p>In order to participate fully in Site activities, you must provide your name, an email address and a user password in order to create a user account ("User Account"). You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information to your User Account with any third party for any reason. In setting up your User Account, you may be prompted to enter additional optional information (e.g., your address). You represent that all information provided by you is accurate and current. You agree to maintain and update your information to keep it accurate and current.</p>
<p>We care about the confidentiality and security of your personal information. Please see our <ahref="${reverse('privacy_edx')}">Privacy Policy</a> for more information about what information about you edX collects and how edX uses that information."</p>
<h2>Your Right to Use Content on the Site</h2>
<p>Unless indicated as being in the public domain, the content on the Site is protected by United States and foreign copyright laws. Unless otherwise expressly stated on the Site, the texts, exams, video, images and other instructional materials provided with the courses offered on this Site are for your personal use in connection with those courses only. MIT and Harvard aim to make much of the edX course content available under more open license terms that will help create a vibrant ecosystem of contributors and further edX's goal of making education accessible and affordable to the world.</p>
<p>Certain reference documents, digital textbooks, articles and other information on the Site are used with the permission of third parties, and use of that information is subject to certain rules and conditions, which will be posted along with the information. By using this Site you agree to abide by all such rules and conditions.</p>
<p>You agree to retain all copyright and other notices on any content you obtain from the Site. All rights in the Site and its content, if not expressly granted, are reserved.</p>
<h2>User Postings</h2>
<p><strong>User Postings Representations and Warranties.</strong> By submitting or distributing your User Postings, you affirm, represent and warrant (1) that you have the necessary rights, licenses, consents and/or permissions to reproduce and publish the User Postings and to authorize edX and its users to reproduce, modify, publish and otherwise use and distribute your User Postings in a manner consistent with the licenses granted by you below, and (2) that neither your submission of your User Postings nor the exercise of the licenses granted below will infringe or violate the rights of any third party. You, and not edX, are solely responsible for your User Postings and the consequences of posting or publishing them.</p>
<p><strong>License Grant to edX.</strong> By submitting or distributing User Postings to the Site, you hereby grant to edX a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, sublicensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to host, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, modify, distribute, re-distribute, relicense and otherwise use, make available and exploit your User Postings, in whole or in part, in any form and in any media formats and through any media channels (now known or hereafter developed).</p>
<p><strong>License Grant to edX Users.</strong> By submitting or distributing User Postings to the Site, you hereby grant to each user of the Site a non-exclusive license to access and use your User Postings in connection with their use of the Site for their own personal purposes.</p>
<h2>Certificates, etc.</h2>
<p>EdX and/or the colleges and universities providing courses on the Site may offer a certificate of mastery or other acknowledgment (a "Certificate") for students who, in their judgment, have satisfactorily demonstrated mastery of the course material. Certificates will be issued by edX under the name of the underlying "X University" from where the course originated, i.e. HarvardX, MITx. etc. The decision whether a Certificate will be awarded to a given student will be solely within the discretion of the awarding entity, as will the name and form of any such Certificate. EdX and/or the institutions providing courses on the Site may choose not to offer a Certificate for some courses.</p>
<p>When you take a course through edX, you will not be an applicant for admission to, or enrolled in, any degree program of the institution as a result of registering for or completing a course through edX. You will not be entitled to use any of the resources of the institution beyond the online courses provided on the Site, nor will you be eligible to receive student privileges or benefits provided to students enrolled in degree programs of the institution.</p>
<h2>Trademarks</h2>
<p><strong>Use of edX, MIT, Harvard University and X University Names, Trademarks and Service Marks.</strong> The "edX", "MIT", and "Harvard University" names, logos and seals are trademarks ("Trademarks") of the respective entities. Likewise, the names, logos, and seals of the other colleges and universities providing courses on the Site (the "X Universities") are Trademarks owned by the X Universities. You may not use any of these Trademarks, or any variations thereof, without the owner's prior written consent. You may not use any of these Trademarks, or any variations thereof, for promotional purposes, or in any way that deliberately or inadvertently claims, suggests or, in these institutions' sole judgment, gives the appearance or impression of a relationship with or endorsement by these institutions.</p>
<p>All Trademarks not owned by these institutions that appear on the Site or on or through the services made available on or through the Site, if any, are the property of their respective owners.</p>
<p>Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of the owner of the applicable Trademark.</p>
<h2>Digital Millennium Copyright Act</h2>
<p>Copyright owners who believe their material has been infringed on the Site should contact edX's designated copyright agent at <ahref="mailto:dcma-agent@mit.edu">dcma-agent@mit.edu</a> or at 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-4307 Attention: MIT DCMA Agent, W92-263A.</p>
<p>Notification must include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Identification of the copyrighted work, or, in the case of multiple works at the same location, a representative list of such works at that site.</li>
<li>Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity. You must include sufficient information for us to locate the material (e.g., URL, IP address, computer name).</li>
<li>Information for us to be able to contact the complaining party (e.g., email address, phone number).</li>
<li>A statement that the complaining party believes that the use of the material has not been authorized by the copyright owner or an authorized agent.</li>
<li>A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.</li>
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<h2>Disclaimers of Warranty / Limitations of Liabilities</h2>
<p><strong>THE SITE AND ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, EXCEPT INSOFAR AS ANY SUCH IMPLIED WARRANTIES MAY NOT BE DISCLAIMED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.</strong></p>
<p><strong>EDX AND THE EDX PARTICIPANTS (AS HERINAFTER DEFINED) DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE IN AN UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE MANNER, THAT THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE COURSES OR CONTENT PROVIDED WILL MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. EDX AND THE EDX PARTICIPANTS ALSO MAKE NO WARRANTY ABOUT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, OR QUALITY OF THE SITE OR ANY COURSES OR CONTENT, OR THAT ANY PARTICULAR COURSES OR CONTENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE. “EDX PARTICIPANTS” MEANS MIT, HARVARD, X UNIVERSITIES, THE ENTITIES PROVIDING INFORMATION, CONTENT OR SERVICES FOR THE SITE, THE COURSE INSTRUCTORS AND THEIR STAFFS.</strong></p>
<p><strong>USE OF THE SITE, AND THE CONTENT AND SERVICES OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOUR ACCESS TO OR DOWNLOAD OF INFORMATION, MATERIALS OR DATA THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY REFERENCE SITES IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY (INCLUDING YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM) OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR USE OF SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA.</strong></p>
<p><strong>User Postings Disclaimer.</strong> You understand that when using the Site you will be exposed to User Postings from a variety of sources and that neither edX nor the edX Participants are responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, reliability or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Postings. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Postings that are inaccurate, offensive, defamatory, indecent or objectionable and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against edX or any of the edX Participants with respect thereto. Neither edX nor the edX Participants endorse any User Postings or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed therein. Neither edX nor the edX Participants have any obligation to monitor any User Postings or any other user communications through the Site.</p>
<p>However, edX reserves the right to review User Postings and to exercise its sole discretion to edit or remove, in whole or in part, any User Posting at any time or for any reason, or to allow the edX Participants to do so. Without limiting the foregoing, upon receiving notice from a user or a content owner that a User Posting allegedly does not conform to these TOS, edX may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole discretion whether to remove the User Posting, which it reserves the right to do at any time and without notice.</p>
<p><strong>Links to Other Sites.</strong> The Site may include hyperlinks to sites maintained or controlled by others. EdX and the edX Participants are not responsible for and do not routinely screen, approve, review or endorse the contents of or use of any of the products or services that may be offered at these sites. If you decide to access linked third party web sites, you do so at your own risk.</p>
<p><strong>TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER EDX NOR ANY OF THE EDX PARTICIPANTS WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES, EITHER ACTUAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, OR YOUR (OR ANY THIRD PARTY'S) USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, OR YOUR PLACEMENT OF CONTENT ON THE SITE, OR YOUR RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE, WHETHER YOUR CLAIM IS BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY OR OTHER LAW.</strong></p>
<p><strong>IN PARTICULAR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER EDX NOR ANY OF THE EDX PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT EDX OR ANY OF THE EDX PARTICIPANTS HAS BEEN NEGLIGENT OR OTHERWISE AT FAULT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR DEFAMATION, ERRORS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA OR INTERRUPTION IN AVAILABILITY OF DATA).</strong></p>
<h2>Indemnification</h2>
<p>You agree to defend, hold harmless and indemnify edX and the edX Participants, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, faculty, students, fellows, governing board members, agents and employees from and against any third-party claims, actions or demands arising out of, resulting from or in any way related to your use of the Site, including any liability or expense arising from any and all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys' fees, of every kind and nature. In such a case, edX or one of the edX Participants will provide you with written notice of such claim, suit or action.</p>
<h2>Miscellaneous</h2>
<p><strong>Termination Rights; Discontinuation of Courses and Content.</strong> You agree that edX, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of the Site or your participation in it, for any reason or no reason, upon notice to you. It is edX's policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances users of the Site who are repeat copyright infringers. EdX and the edX Participants reserve the right at any time in their sole discretion to cancel, delay, reschedule or alter the format of any course offered through edX, or to cease providing any part or all of the Site content or related services, and you agree that neither edX nor any of the edX Participants will have any liability to you for such an action. If you no longer desire to participate in the Site, you may terminate your participation at any time. The rights granted to you hereunder will terminate upon any termination of your right to use the Site, but the other provisions of these TOS will survive any such termination. </p>
<p><strong>Entire Agreement.</strong> These TOS, the Honor Code, and the Privacy Policy together constitute the entire agreement between you and edX with respect to your use of the Site, superseding any prior agreements between you and edX regarding your use of the Site.</p>
<p><strong>Waiver and Severability of TOS.</strong> The failure of edX to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision and the other provisions of these TOS shall remain in full force and effect.</p>
<p><strong>Choice of Law/Forum Selection.</strong> You agree that these TOS and any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to these TOS or any content or service obtained from or through the Site will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, excluding its conflicts of law provisions. You agree that all such claims and disputes will be heard and resolved exclusively in the federal or state courts located in and serving Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts over you for this purpose, and you waive and agree not to assert any objection to such proceedings in those courts (including any defense or objection of lack of proper jurisdiction or venue or inconvenience of forum).</p>
<p><strong>Effective Date:</strong> September 26, 2012</p>
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