Ed Tech: Page 30


  • ESEA, Udacity, and testing: The week's most-read education news

    Fall behind? Get caught up on the Senate's overhaul of No Child Left Behind, the difficulty of New York's tests, and more right here.

    By Roger Riddell • July 17, 2015
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    For-profits looking to adapt in shifting marketplace

    Analysts believe the sector is rebalancing and finding new niches amid the current decline, rather than dying.

    By Tara García Mathewson • July 16, 2015
  • Deep Dive

    Workforce development partnerships offer new audiences to institutions

    Beyond corporations, universities are increasingly partnering with other education providers to indirectly fulfill companies' workforce development needs.

    By Tara García Mathewson • July 15, 2015
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    Udacity makes half-price tuition permanent

    Students who complete nanodegrees in 12 months are eligible to get half of their tuition payments reimbursed.

    By Tara García Mathewson • July 13, 2015
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    ISTE, ESEA, and FAFSA: The week’s most-read education news

    Fall behind? Get caught up on the new legislative push for free community college, Gates' call for a simpler FAFSA, and more right here!

    By Roger Riddell • July 10, 2015
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    Credential registry aims to increase transparency

    The registry is a project of George Washington University, Southern Illinois University, and Workcred, a nonprofit focused on improving the credentialing system.

    By Tara García Mathewson • July 10, 2015
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    Pluralsight adds real-time coding assistance with HackHands acquisition

    The deal better positions the professional learning's platform to compete with LinkedIn following its recent Lynda.com buy.

    By Roger Riddell • July 9, 2015
  • MoodleCloud launches as free service

    Educators can now design and host content on the Moodle platform at no cost for their classes of fewer than 50 students.

    By Tara García Mathewson • July 7, 2015
  • MOOC survey focuses on underserved learners

    A study from Duke finds that the online courses often supplement traditional higher ed and provide opportunities for lifelong learning.

    By Tara García Mathewson • July 7, 2015
  • Kansas State mandates course to prevent sexual assault, alcohol abuse

    All students, including part-time and distance learners, will have to take the course to be eligible to register for classes.

    By Tara García Mathewson • July 1, 2015
  • Deep Dive

    3 institutions offer advice on building corporate partnerships

    Program leaders from Indiana University, Champlain College, and Peirce College discuss what made their partnerships a success.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 30, 2015
  • Open EdX connects with Amazon

    The open source platform by MOOC provider edX can now be accessed through the Amazon Web Services Marketplace.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 29, 2015
  • Video, game-based testing, and PowerSchool: The week’s most-read education news

    Fall behind? Get caught up on the latest win for 'gainful employment' regulations, video's rising prominence in education, and more right here.

    By Roger Riddell • June 26, 2015
  • Purdue invests in multipurpose classroom for on-campus, online use

    The reimagined 75-student space features overflow seating for 100 students, who would participate similarly to their online peers.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015
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    Online course provider Simplilearn acquires Market Motive for $10M

    The acquisition will open Market Motive’s online courses in digital marketing to a much larger audience.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015
  • Carnegie Mellon tests impact of blended learning on computer science

    A new course will experiment with techniques to help scale the class and make it effective for all learners.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 24, 2015
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    A framework for increasing pass rates on high stakes exams

    Using ExamSoft’s robust exam features like question categories, test plan blueprints and strengths & opportunities reports, Uni of Arkansas finds success for NCLEX-RN exam takers.

    By Sherri Graves, MNSc, RN, Clinical Instructor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing • June 23, 2015
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    Student engagement, billionaires, and art MOOCs: The week’s most-read education news

    Fall behind? Get caught up on Kadenze's new MOOC platform for creative arts, Penn State's virtual reality prototype for distance ed, and more right here.

    By Roger Riddell • June 19, 2015
  • Coding bootcamp offers students real-world experience

    Free Code Camp partners with nonprofits after students reach an online learning milestone, giving them project experience to take to employers.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 19, 2015
  • Deep Dive

    Arts education goes MOOC

    A new platform, Kadenze, was designed to handle the needs of creative arts courses.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015
  • Business degree program at Portland State focuses on e-portfolio

    The undergraduate, part-time, online program sets students up with demonstrable achievements to take to future employers.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015
  • Penn State prototype brings virtual reality to distance education

    The student-designed system gives distance learners an immersive classroom experience using Oculus Rift VR tech.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 14, 2015
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    Pluralsight, best-paying ed jobs, and priorities: The week’s most-read education news

    Fall behind? Get caught up on how humanities deans are dealing with shifting value propositions and more right here!

    By Roger Riddell • June 12, 2015
  • New partnership joins corporations and community colleges

    The College Employer Collaborative will design content with CorpU for community colleges to incorporate into their certificate programs.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 12, 2015
  • Grovo, Capital One partner on free digital literacy training

    The Future Edge Digital Literacy Challenge aims to teach adults basic computer skills necessary for many jobs.

    By Tara García Mathewson • June 11, 2015