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i political advantage in the the dominant issue in the race,
stages of a political cam- and the two men have focused
that seems to be trending much of their time and advertis-
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president did not com- differences on taxes, spending
on the criticism when he and plans for job creation.
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For theDaily
Across campus, students
grasping clipboards are com-
ing out in increasing numbers
to ask one simple question: "are
you registered to vote?"
BRYAN OLLR/Daiy As November's presidential
eblo, Colo. on Monday election approaches, members
of the University's chapter of
a r ia the American Civil Liberties
Union are seeking to get each
student on campus registered
by Michigan's Oct. 9 deadline.
1 1"y The student volunteers aim
to make the registration pro-
cess as seamless as possible,
e than a year ago. according to Jacob Light, an
ame time, Romney's LSA sophomore and chair of
y voters are more the University's ACLU chapter,
question Obama's "With the election coming
foreign policy after up, my main focus right now is
n the U.S. Consulate making sure that we have all of
, Libya, earlier this our students on campus getting
ted in the death of the to know their voting rights,
ador and three other that they're registered to vote
and that they can feel safe and
.Romney, but other comfortable knowing how to
, as well, challenged vote," Light said.
foreign policy on The -University's chap-
ter held its mass meeting in
nference call with the Michigan Union Monday
ep. Eric Cantor, R-Va.,
majority leader, said:
inues to find itself COURSERA
iving end of harsh
the president of the From Page 1
e..... There is a some-
ued pattern of throw- sity is proud to be among the
noder the bus when founding schools for the pro-
as our closest ally." gram and is happy with Cours-
National Republican era's success thus far, adding
Committee issued that participating faculty mem-
o Democratic candi- bers have provided positive
eral races to "share feedback.
on Obama's remarks Since the program's onset,
view with CBS' "60 the University has offered seven
er the weekend. courses, ranging, from Intro-
erview itself, Obama duction to Finance taught by
ding when asked if School of Information Prof.
s in the Middle East Gautam Kaul to Internet Histo-
ause for supporting ry, Technology and Security led
s that came to power by Business Prof. Charles Sev-
vave of regime chang- erance. The University's inau-
the Arab Spring. gural courses had enrollment
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director of the ACLU of Michi-
gan, to the group of nearly 40
students.
Steinberg said the ACLU of
Michigan created a website
titled "Student Voting Made
Easy," which encourages all
students in the state no mat-
ter their political affiliation to
start the voter registration pro-
cess online. .
At the meeting, Steinberg
emphasized the importance
of student participation in the
ACLU. '
"It's absolutely critical,"
he said. "These are forma-
tive years. Those who become
active when they are students
typically remain, active when
they graduate."
Light said he believes edu-
cating students on how to reg-
ister is an important aspect of
the voting process.
"It's just so important that
we are out helping students
on campus telling them that
they are able to vote and that
it's a very simple process if you
know what to do," he said.
- Along with encouraging
people to vote, Steinberg said
the ACLU hopes to protect
individual rights and civil lib-
erties of American citizens,
adding that the organization
prevents the United States
from becoming "a police state."
numbers ranging from 15,000 to
133,000 students.
Pollack also discussed the
University's participation with
Coursera at the University's
Board of Regents meeting on
Thursday, lauding the program
for its ability to connect with
users in innovative ways.
. "We think this is a very valu-
able and exciting way to connect
with our alumni, prospective
students and with the citizens
of the state," Pollack said after .
"And since I'm the budget per-
son, it provides potentially even
revenue, and we're really looking
into that."
In a Coursera course, students
watch recorded lectures on their
own time and pace, and have the
ability to skip through things
they don't want to watch and
slow down areas they want to
grasp more completely.
For Engineering Prof. J. Alex
Halderman, who teaches the
Securing Digital Democracy
Coursera class, the online teach-
ing experience has helped him
develop new course material and
improve his traditional lecture
practices.
"Someday, maybe you can go
to class having already watched
the core of the lecture at home
on your own time and you'd be
going to class and have a discus-
sion with the professor already
knowing the material," Halder-
man said.
Music, Theatre & Dance soph-
omore Chris Haddlesey, who is
taking the Fantasy and Science
Fiction: The Human Mind, Our
Modern World course taught by
English Prof. Eric Rabkin, said
the flexibility to engage with the
material when and how you want
to is appealing.
"Even though the course was
very demanding, it didn't require
you to get online at a certain
time," Haddlesey said. "It's very
flexible. When you felt like you
wanted to do work, you could."
Interactive quiz exercises,
exams or essays often accompany
the core video lecture. In Hal-,
derman's course, the program
interruptsthevideolectureinter-
mittently to present orte-question
quizzes, which he believes help
people stay focused and gives
him feedback on student compre-
hension of the material.
Rabkin's students hail from
every continent but Antarctica,
and include retired educators,
business professionals and high
school students. He said that
international students have even
created their own forums to dis-
cuss material in their native lan-
guage. Students who live near
each other have also arranged in-
person meetings to further their
knowledge of course material.
While Coursera has created
a wider audience for profes-
sors, Pollack explained that the
online format still lacks many of
"In many countries in this
world, you speak out against
the government, you're going
to be beat up, and nobody's
going to say a word about it,"
Steinberg said. "That's not the
vision of a country or world
that respects human rights and
dignity."
Steinberg said the group
focuses on hot-button issues
including affirmative action,
freedom of religion and gay
rights.
This year, Light said the
University chapter will con-
centrate specifically on priva-
cy, reproductive rights and free
speech and how these topics
influence students.
For this semester, how-
ever, the University chapter
will remained focused on the
upcoming election.
"If anything can come from
our work this semester, it's that
the voices of students are going
to be so important in this elec-
tion," Light said. "It doesn't
matterwho you're goingto vote
for. The fact that you're voting
and you're able to exercise your
civic duty is so important."
in words of advice to stu-
dents, Steinberg said their
involvement in democracy is
indicative of the future.
"You are the future of our
democracy," he said. "You are
the ones that are going to make
sure we live in a free country."
the qualities a live, on-campus
education can provide. She said
Coursera is great for "knowledge
transfer," but it still leaves a void
in other areas of the educational
experience, such as one-on-one
interaction with professors.
"You can have a really high
quality textbook and you can
read the textbook, but that's not
the same thing as going to col-
lege," Pollack said.
Still, Pollack said she feelsthat
the University and its professors
can use the Coursera platform
to supplement and enhance the
traditional in-class experience,
especially to foster more active,
engaged and hands-on learning.
Through his Coursera expe-
rience, Halderman said he is
starting to realize that the tra-
ditional classroom experience
will undergo inevitable change.
"I think there's still a lot we
have to figure out in terms of
how to use technology like this
in the classroom and how to use
it most effectively online on its
own, but I think the momen-
tum is here, and there's nongoing
back," he said.
In addition to making bet-
ter use of technology, there is
much to be decided about the
online courses regarding mon-
etization and establishment of
a credential system. While the
experience will remain free for
the foreseeable future, Pollack
acknowledged that Coursera
has begun to develop plans to
monetize its courses by selling
certificates of completion.
Business sophomore Ray
Batra, who took an introduc-
tory computer science course
through Stanford University
and a Health Policy and the
Affordable Care Act course
through the University of Penn-
sylvania, said he would like to
see the coursework transfer as
credit.
"(Awarding credit) would
entice people to take courses
more seriously and be more con-
sistent in doing things on time,"
Batra said.
Though Coursera has not
yet enforced a uniform policy
regarding credentials, some
professors have taken it upon
themselves to create their own
guidelines. Students in Prof.
Scott Page's course Model
Thinking were informed Mon-
day that in order to receive a
certificate for the course, they
must complete the quizzes and
exams with an average score of
70 percent.
This summer, the Univer-
sity formed faculty committee
was formed to develop poli-
cies about creating new online
courses. Pollack said the Uni-
versity will develop new cours-
es soon, though she is not sure
how many, as it will depend on
faculty interest and the business
model.
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