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${_("Organization")}

${_("What is {edX}?").format(edX="edX")}

${_('{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 www.edx.org for online education.').format(EdX="EdX", edX="edX", MIT_long="Massachusetts Institute of Technology", MIT="MIT", harvard_u="Harvard University")}

${_("{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", )}

${_("Will {edX} be adding additional X Universities?").format(edX="edX")}

${_("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", )}

${_("{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")}

${_("Students")}

${_("Who can take {edX} courses? Will there be an admissions process?").format(edX="edX")}

${_("{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")}

${_("Will certificates be awarded?")}

${_("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")}

${_("What will the scope of the online courses be? How many? Which faculty?")}

${_('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='', link_end='', edX="edX")}

${_("Who is the learner? Domestic or international? Age range?")}

${_("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")}

${_("Will participating universities' standards apply to all courses offered on the edX platform?")}

${_("Yes: the reach changes exponentially, but the rigor remains the same.")}

${_("How do you intend to test whether this approach is improving learning?")}

${_("{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")}

${_("How may I apply to study with {edX}?").format(edX="edX")}

${_('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='', link_end='', edX="edX")}

${_("How may another university participate in {edX}? ").format(edX="edX")}

${_('If you are from a university interested in discussing {edX}, please email {email}').format(email='university@edx.org', edX="edX")}

${_("Technology Platform")}

${_("What technology will {edX} use?").format(edX="edX")}

${_("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")}

${_("The first version of the technology was used in the first {MITx} course, 6.002x Circuits and Electronics, which launched in Spring, 2012.").format(MITx="MITx")}

${_("How is this different from what other universities are doing online?")}

${_("{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")}

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