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iPodia, where "i" stands for interactive, international and innovative, is a cooperative education program initiated by the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC. The iPodia vision is "leaning together today for a better world tomorrow". We believe that "togetherness" is a key frontier of higher education development in the 21st century. iPodia™ uses high-bandwidth connectivity and tele-presence technology to bring together teachers and learners around the world. Our goal is to establish a global hub of integrated learning environments among peer institutions to joint classrooms and share courseware for students to learn with, and from, each other across physical, institutional and cultural boundaries. Unlike MIT's Open Courseware initiative, which merely unlocked the course materials at one institution, iPodia™ opens distinct classrooms across different universities. This "Classrooms-Without-Borders" movement changes the higher education system in many fundamental ways. Please visit us to see how .....

 Recent News:

  • Mar 31, 2012 - Dean Yortsos and Prof. Lu presenting the iPodia program during the 2012 USC Trustees Conference

  • Feb 19, 2012 - Technion and USC Provosts, Professors Paul Feigin and Beth Garrett, signing the iPodia agreement between Technion and USC
  • Nov 3, 2011 - Prof. Lu made an iPodia presentation at the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in Washington D.C. Learn more>>

 

Announcement: 

  • Application to the 2012 spring semester iPodia class NOW begins! Learn more>>
  • The course syllabus for 2012 spring iPodia course is now available online! Download>>

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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