In 2012, President Hennessy described the disruptive changes of technology on education as a “coming tsunami.” Here, he discusses his efforts at Stanford...
Our knowledge of learning science lags behind our knowledge of technology, asserts President Hennessy, largely because learning is such a complex and...
President Hennessy still considers the four-year residential college experience to be the “gold standard” of higher education, largely because of what...
President Hennessy acknowledges the value of bundling related skills in certificate programs, which have proven their value for continuing professional...
Stanford played a crucial role in the development of MOOCs, with faculty involved in start-ups such as Coursera and Udacity. President Hennessy does not think...
The “open loop university” concept originated in a year-long project conducted by the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, which challenged the...