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UCI faculty create massive open online courses to counter extremism
UCI faculty create massive open online courses to counter extremism
AMC, Instructure and the UC Irvine today announced the joint production of a massive open online course exploring a broad range of scholarly topics through the lens of a hypothetical zombie apocalypse.
Forbes, July 28, 2020 (Contributor)
Robots and Rubik’s Cubes. March Madness and Middle Earth. Squid-inspired space blankets and Shakespeare on trial. In 2019, UCI had yet another remarkable run of scientific discoveries, creative splashes, medical breakthroughs and academic feats. The men’s basketball team won its first-ever game in the NCAA tournament. UCI’s stellar blend of educational excellence and accessibility dethroned Princeton University as the No. 1 campus on Money magazine’s list […]
Areas of focus are science denialism, our common humanity and critical thinking
Peter Navarro, a professor of economics in the University of California, Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business, was selected Wednesday, Dec. 21, by President-elect Donald Trump to oversee a newly created White House National Trade Council. Described by many as a “China hawk,” Navarro wrote Death by China: How America Lost its Manufacturing Base, and produced an […]
Innovative teachers shake up traditional lectures to engage students and improve learning
Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement … and zombies
In the spirit of Halloween, we offer a witches’ brew of peculiar probes and freaky findings by UCI researchers
Leaders in technology and education will convene Sept. 26 and 27 at the California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology on the UC Irvine campus for a symposium on open learning systems and the future of higher education.