L RAFAEL REIF: These very early stages where something's so novel, so new, so
different, is for many faculty and students at MIT very exciting, at the
same time and scary.
It is something.
It's different.
It is potentially disruptive.
MICHAEL D SMITH: Harvard and MIT recognize the incredible effect that
technology's having on education today.
ALAN M GARBER: It's opening new vistas in education for the
world, for our campuses.
ANANT AGARWAL: Online education for students around the world will be the
next big thing in education.
This is the single biggest change in education since the printing press.
DREW FAUST: Together, Harvard and MIT will be sharing
knowledge more broadly.
ALAN M GARBER: We plan to make available courses and educational
materials to anyone who has an internet connection.
MICHAEL D SMITH: Technology can strengthen education, both for our
on-campus students, as well as for those around the world.
ANANT AGARWAL: I'll goal is to educate 1 billion people around the world.
SUSAN HOCKFIELD: Online education is not an enemy of residential education,
but rather a profoundly liberating and inspiring ally.
STUDENT 1: So I see technology-enabled education to
really democratize learning.
STUDENT 2: It's really transforming the way that we see material, access
material, and interact with the course.
STUDENT 3: It really tailors the experience personally to whoever's
trying to be a part of it, which is huge, I think.
DREW FAUST: Beginning this fall, an array of courses developed by faculty
at both of our institutions will be made available online.
L RAFAEL REIF: This is not to be construed as MIT lite or Harvard lite.
The content is the same content.
ALAN M GARBER: This will make tremendous resources available to
people everywhere.
We expect to transform learning in the classroom along with learning online.
SUSAN HOCKFIELD: edX is, in the very best sense, a work-in-progress.
But it is also an act of progress.
L RAFAEL REIF: Combining forces from Harvard and MIT, we can do amazing
projects that will further enrich how to develop an online learning
environment, and how to develop the content in the right away for delivery
on campus and worldwide.