The Open Learning Initiative’s director, Candace Thille, was recently profiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education for their series 12 Tech Innovators Who Are Transforming Campuses:
Treating Higher Ed’s ‘Cost Disease’ With Supersize Online Courses
Oh my God, she’s trying to replace me with a computer.
That’s what some professors think when they hear Candace Thille pitch the online education experiment she directs, the Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University…
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Torus v.31 Strengthens Flexibility and Insight for Teaching and Learning
Adds Score-as-You-Go feedback, redesigned scheduling, LTI integration, and cleaner data exports for smoother teaching workflows.
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Explore the next generation of OLI’s learning platform—Torus. Join our June 26 webinar to see the modern new UI, discussion boards, LMS gradebook passback, AI assistant tools, collaborative notes, and more.


