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Wunderman, a direct mailer turned digital heavyweight, is running an online lecture series for Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) aimed at network engineers.

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Star academics can lecture to millions online rather than the chosen few in person.

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As lecture content is moved online, instructors will be able to re-think the classroom experience.

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After Randy gave his lecture, it was viewed online by millions around the world.

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Faculty will still have the ability to interact with and assess directly their students while still leveraging some of the efficiencies of putting lecture and other course content online.

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We seem to have mislaid our copy, and we couldn't find it online, but we did track down a 1990 Backgrounder and a 1991 lecture by Butler that outline the plan.

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Of course, just because a course is online does not mean it will be good, just as not every traditional lecture or classroom experience is good or bad.

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Through the OpenCourseware Web site, lecture notes, exams and other resources for more than 1, 800 MIT classes are available online for free.

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