<h3>Why is Georgetown University joining edX?</h3>
<p>Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in America, has a long history of providing courses of the highest quality through its schools of foreign service, law, medicine, nursing, business, as well as the arts and sciences. GeorgetownX courses, and the mission-driven Georgetown faculty, will provide a new perspective from which the hundreds of thousands of edX learners can benefit.</p>
<p>Georgetown offers a world-class learning experience focused on educating the whole person through exposure to different faiths, cultures and beliefs. Georgetown's global perspective with presences in Qatar, Shanghai, Santiago, Buenos Aires and London aligns with edX's mission to extend access to education around the world and to perform research into how students learn and how technology can transform learning both on-campus and online.</p>
<p>As with all consortium members, the values of Georgetown are aligned with those of edX. Georgetown and edX are both committed to expanding access to education to learners of all ages, means, and backgrounds. Both institutions are also committed to the non-profit model. We value principle not profit.</p>
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<h3>How many GeorgetownX courses will be offered initially? When?</h3>
<p>Initially, GeorgetownX will begin offering edX courses in the fall of 2013. The courses, which will offer students the opportunity to explore a variety of subjects, will be of the same high quality and rigor as those offered on the Georgetown University campus.</p>
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<h3>Will edX be adding additional X Universities?</h3>
<h3>Will edX be adding additional X Universities?</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 University" Consortium will be a forum in which members can share experiences around online learning. Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, the University of Texas system and the other consortium members will work collaboratively to establish the "X University" Consortium, whose membership will expand to include additional "X Universities". 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.</p>
<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 University" Consortium will be a forum in which members can share experiences around online learning. Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, the University of Texas system and the other consortium members will work collaboratively to establish the "X University" Consortium, whose membership will expand to include additional "X Universities". 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.</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."</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."</p>
<p>The edX Member Services Manager is responsible for both defining support best practices and directly supporting edX members by handling or routing issues that come in from our websites, email and social media tools. We are looking for a passionate person to help us define and own this experience. While this is a Manager level position, we see this candidate quickly moving through the ranks, leading a larger team of employees over time. This staff member will be running our fast growth support organization.</p>
<p>The edX Member Services Manager is responsible for both defining support best practices and directly supporting edX members by handling or routing issues that come in from our websites, email and social media tools. We are looking for a passionate person to help us define and own this experience. While this is a Manager level position, we see this candidate quickly moving through the ranks, leading a larger team of employees over time. This staff member will be running our fast growth support organization.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p>
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<li>5-8 years in a call center or support team management</li>
<li>5-8 years in a call center or support team management</li>
<li>Exemplary customer service skills</li>
<li>Exemplary customer service skills</li>
<li>Experience in creating and rolling out support/service best practices </li>
<li>Experience in creating and rolling out support/service best practices </li>
<li>Solid computer skills – must be fluent with desktop applications and have a basic understanding of web technologies (i.e. basic HTML)</li>
<li>Solid computer skills – must be fluent with desktop applications and have a basic understanding of web technologies (i.e. basic HTML)</li>
<h3><strong>DIRECTOR OF PR AND COMMUNICATIONS</strong></h3>
<p>The edX Member Services Associate is responsible for providing customer service and support to edX customers by handling or routing issues that come in from our websites, email and social media tools. </p>
<p>The edX Director of PR & Communications is responsible for creating and executing all PR strategy and providing company-wide leadership to help create and refine the edX core messages and identity as the revolutionary global leader in both on-campus and worldwide education. The Director will design and direct a communications program that conveys cohesive and compelling information about edX's mission, activities, personnel and products while establishing a distinct identity for edX as the leader in online education for both students and learning institutions.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p>
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<li>Resolves issues according to edX policies; escalates non-routine issues.</li>
<li>Develop and execute goals and strategy for a comprehensive external and internal communications program focused on driving student engagement around courses and institutional adoption of the edX learning platform.</li>
<li>Educates members on edX policies and getting started</li>
<li>Work with media, either directly or through our agency of record, to establish edX as the industry leader in global learning.</li>
<li>May assist new members with edX procedures and processing registration issues.</li>
<li>Work with key influencers including government officials on a global scale to ensure the edX mission, content and tools are embraced and supported worldwide.</li>
<li>Provides timely follow-up and resolution to issues.</li>
<li>Work with marketing colleagues to co-develop and/or monitor and evaluate the content and delivery of all communications messages and collateral.</li>
<li>May specialize in specific area of operation or handle more complex issues.</li>
<li>Initiate and/or plan thought leadership events developed to heighten target-audience awareness; participate in meetings and trade shows</li>
<li>A passion for doing the right thing - at edX the member is always our top priority.<br>
<li>Conduct periodic research to determine communications benchmarks</li>
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<li>Inform employees about edX's vision, values, policies, and strategies to enable them to perform their jobs efficiently and drive morale.</li>
<li>Work with and manage existing communications team to effectively meet strategic goals.</li>
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<p><strong>Qualifications:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Qualifications:</strong></p>
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<li>1-3 years prior experience in customer service role.</li>
<li>Ten years of experience in PR and communications</li>
<li>Excellent customer service skills.</li>
<li>Ability to work creatively and provide company-wide leadership in a fast-paced, dynamic start-up environment required</li>
<li>Problem solving-the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skillfully and maintains confidentiality.</li>
<li>Adaptability - the individual adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.</li>
<li>Interpersonal skills-the individual maintains confidentiality, remains open to others' ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things.</li>
<li>Experience in working in successful consumer-focused startups preferred</li>
<li>Oral communication-the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations and demonstrates group presentation skills.</li>
<li>PR agency experience in setting strategy for complex multichannel, multinational organizations a plus.</li>
<li>Written communication-the individual edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively and is able to read and interpret written information.</li>
<li>Extensive writing experience and simply amazing oral, written, and interpersonal communications skills</li>
<li>Adaptability-the individual adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.</li>
<li>B.A./B.S. in communications or related field</li>
<li>Dependability-the individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.</li>
<li>College degree preferred.</li>
<li>Basic computer skills.</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>If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <ahref="mailto:jobs@edx.org">jobs@edx.org</a>.</p>
<h1>EdX expands platform, announces first wave of courses for spring 2013</h1>
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<h2>Leading minds from top universities to offer world-wide MOOC courses on statistics, history, justice, and poverty</h2>
<p><strong>CAMBRIDGE, MA – December 19, 2012</strong>—EdX, the not-for-profit online learning initiative founded by <ahref="http://www.harvard.edu">Harvard University</a> and the <ahref="http://www.mit.edu">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (MIT), announced today its initial spring 2013 schedule including its first set of courses in the humanities and social sciences – introductory courses with wide, global appeal. In its second semester, edX expands its online courses to a variety of subjects ranging from the ancient Greek hero to the riddle of world poverty, all taught by experts at some of the world’s leading universities. EdX is also bringing back several courses from its popular offerings in the fall semester.</p>
<p>“EdX is both revolutionizing and democratizing education,” said Anant Agarwal, President of edX. “In just eight months we’ve attracted more than half a million unique users from around the world to our learning portal. Now, with these spring courses we are entering a new era – and are poised to touch millions of lives with the best courses from the best faculty at the best institutions in the world.”</p>
<p>Building on the success of its initial offerings, edX is broadening the courses on its innovative educational platform. In its second semester – now open for registration – edX continues with courses from some of the world’s most esteemed faculty from <ahref="http://www.berkeley.edu">UC Berkeley</a>, <ahref="http://www.harvard.edu">Harvard</a> and <ahref="http://www.mit.edu">MIT</a>. Spring 2013 courses include:</p>
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<li><ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/ER22x/2013_Spring/about">Justice from Michael Sandel</a>, the Harvard political philosopher whose online lectures have become a global sensation, and inspired millions to think critically about the moral and civic dilemmas facing their societies.</li>
<li><ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/Stat2.1x/2013_Spring/about">Introduction to Statistics from Ani Adhikari</a>, the UC Berkeley lecturer in statistics and recipient of UC Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award.</li>
<li><ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/14.73x/2013_Spring/about">The Challenges of Global Poverty from Esther Duflo</a>, the MIT economist who has led a comprehensive evaluation of the roots of poverty in developing nations.</li>
<li><ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/CB22x/2013_Spring/about">The Ancient Greek Hero from Gregory Nagy</a>, the professor of ancient Greek literature at Harvard who specializes in the linguistic analysis of epic and tragedy as performed in their historical contexts.</li>
<li><ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS191x/2013_Spring/about">Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computation from Umesh Vazirani</a>, the UC Berkeley computer scientist whose work has helped change our understanding of the relationship between information and quantum physics.</li>
<li><ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/PH278x/2013_Spring/about">Human Health and Global Environmental Change</a> from Harvard's Center for Health and the Global Environment and Aaron Bernstein, a physician who studies why climate change, biodiversity loss, and other planetary scale environmental changes matter to our health and what needs to be done to remedy them.</li>
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<p>“I'm delighted to have my Justice course on edX,” said Michael Sandel, Ann T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, “where students everywhere will be able to engage in a global dialogue about the big moral and civic questions of our time.”</p>
<p>In addition to these new courses, edX is bringing back several courses from the popular fall 2012 semester: <ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/6.00x/2013_Spring/about">Introduction to Computer Science and Programming</a>; <ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/3.091x/2013_Spring/about">Introduction to Solid State Chemistry</a>; <ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS188.1x/2013_Spring/about">Introduction to Artificial Intelligence</a>; <ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS169.1x/2013_Spring/info">Software as a Service I</a>; <ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS169.2x/2013_Spring/info">Software as a Service II</a>; <ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS184.1x/2013_Spring/about">Foundations of Computer Graphics</a>.</p>
<p>This spring also features Harvard's <em>Copyright</em>, taught by Harvard Law School professor William Fisher III, former law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall and expert on the hotly debated U.S. copyright system, which will explore the current law of copyright and the ongoing debates concerning how that law should be reformed. <em>Copyright</em> will be offered as an experimental course, taking advantage of different combinations and uses of teaching materials, educational technologies, and the edX platform. 500 learners will be selected through an open application process that begins in late January 2013.</p>
<p><ahref="http://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/HLS1x/2013_Spring/about">Copyright from William Fisher III</a>, WilmerHale Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Harvard Law School, and Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, will explore the current law of copyright and the ongoing debates concerning how that law should be reformed.</p>
<p>These new courses would not be possible without the contributions of key edX institutions, including UC Berkeley, which is the inaugural chair of the “X University” consortium and major contributor to the platform. All of the courses will be hosted on edX’s innovative platform at <ahref="http://www.edx.org">www.edx.org</a> and are open for registration as of today. EdX expects to announce a second set of spring 2013 courses in the future.</p>
<h2>About edX</h2>
<p>EdX is a not-for-profit enterprise of its founding partners Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on transforming online and on-campus learning through groundbreaking methodologies, game-like experiences and cutting-edge research. EdX provides inspirational and transformative knowledge to students of all ages, social status, and income who form worldwide communities of learners. EdX uses its open source technology to transcend physical and social borders. We’re focused on people, not profit. EdX is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the USA.</p>
