Professor Martin Puchner spoke with the Harvard Gazette about his new book, “The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization,” which looks at how literature has shaped history. This book is an extension of his HarvardX online courses Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature and Modern Masterpieces of World Literature.... Read more about Martin Puchner Discusses “The Written World”

No individual, organization, or government is immune to cybercrime—from the Equifax hack, which exposed the personal data of half of all Americans and sent the company’s stock tumbling, to the massive data breach at Yahoo and increasing ransomware scams, cybercrime poses threats worldwide.

To help organizations protect valuable digital data, Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL), in collaboration with HarvardX and GetSmarter, is launching a new online course “Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age,”... Read more about Cybersecurity Course Equips Professionals to Manage Risks

To create an online course was a new challenge for me. On the one hand, I had more flexibility to design different activities and bring in diverse materials than a traditional classroom. On the other hand, I had to figure out the most effective way of conveying a learning objective to an audience with varied backgrounds. —Ted Hui, Ph.D. candidate in Harvard’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations... Read more about Teaching China Humanities Online: A Harvard Graduate Student’s Experience

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Chronicle, the popular news magazine television program, recently visited edX headquarters to take a look at how the nonprofit online learning platform fulfills its mission to increase global access to quality education.... Read more about edX Featured on WCVB Chronicle