EdX to offer learners option of taking proctored final exam

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Post by aseembehl » Fri, Sep 07, 2012, 5:18 AM UTC

EdX to offer learners option of taking proctored final exam
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Re: EdX to offer learners option of taking proctored final exam

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Post by evoxed » Fri, Sep 07, 2012, 7:44 AM UTC

They say "one course", I assume that this will be 6.002x? I also noticed the VUE site has Udacity listed as well with the option to test for CS101.

Re: EdX to offer learners option of taking proctored final exam

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Post by endymi0n » Fri, Sep 07, 2012, 8:14 AM UTC

Great idea, but I'm already waiting for Google AdX Brand Protection Team to knock and sue the crap out of them... =P

Re: EdX to offer learners option of taking proctored final exam

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Post by aseembehl » Fri, Sep 07, 2012, 9:06 AM UTC

evoxed wrote: post #2

They say "one course", I assume that this will be 6.002x? I also noticed the VUE site has Udacity listed as well with the option to test for CS101.

Yes, looks like they are going to start with their pilot course. I am specially excited about this as this is a step towards separation of learning and credentialing.

Re: EdX to offer learners option of taking proctored final exam

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Post by jasonjei » Fri, Sep 07, 2012, 9:32 AM UTC

I think this would be particularly useful if courses could be transferred to a university transcript. It is surprising to me that there is no university anywhere offering all undergraduate CS courses online--most have an in-person requirement. A few do offer some undergraduate courses online, NC State for example (Automata, Decidability, Grammars).