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

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Emerging Technology

As higher ed deals with enrollment declines and other challenges, colleges need to consider how increased and changing use of technology affects students and campus finances. 

By Higher Ed Dive staff

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

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

XPRIZE, Barbara Bush Foundation offering $7M to top adult literacy app creators

The global competition will challenge developers to create scalable mobile apps that can help adult students make significant progress in basic literacy.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 10, 2015

EAB: Tracking outcomes top of mind in online, professional ed

Annual survey of online and professional ed administrators also offers insights on alternative credentials and hybrid programs.

By Roger Riddell • June 9, 2015

Daphne Koller: Online ed won't replace the traditional model

The Coursera co-founder argues online courses are more effective for certain topics, but traditional classroom experiences have their own draw beyond learning.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 8, 2015

Tech learning 'Netflix' Pluralsight offering free courses to reservists, vets, and families

The promotion runs through the end of July, opening the platform’s training library to hundreds of thousands.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 5, 2015

Penn State to offer supply chain certificate bootcamp

The Smeal College of Business is partnering with CorpU on the program, which aims to close a skills gap in supply chain talent pools.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 5, 2015

Linux looks to edX for second MOOC

The new course will build on Introduction to Linux 101 and end with a certified system administrator exam.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 4, 2015

Former Ed Dept official joins 2U as chief impact officer

Jim Shelton, who previously served as deputy secretary of education, will ensure 2U maintains high quality as it scales up.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 4, 2015

Thrun sees nanodegrees as key to ed democratization

The Udacity founder sees short, online degree programs pushing higher education into the 21st century.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 4, 2015

Online education partnerships increasingly popular among employers

Free schooling is gaining steam as an employment benefit and higher ed should take note.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 3, 2015

Udemy rakes in $65M for international expansion

The online learning marketplace is also eyeing growth in its course catalog and enterprise offerings.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 3, 2015

EdCast sets sights on bite-size lifelong learning with new social platform

EdCasting brings together elements of microblogging and MOOCs to share short videos and other educational content.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 2, 2015

Mount Holyoke debuts online, face-to-face teacher leadership programs

The program will contain video conferencing sessions and asynchronous online content for a 32-credit program.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 28, 2015

Bringing integrity to online credits

At the end of the exam, each student will receive an Integrity Score and instructors will get a report showing those scores.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 27, 2015

MBAs, Pearson, and MOOCs: The week’s most-read education news

Catch up on Texas' testing contract switch-up, FutureLearn's giant MOOC, and more.

May 22, 2015

MiM: The new MBA?

Students are increasingly seeing Master's in Management programs as the better option.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 20, 2015

Does edX proctoring solution hold key to offering MOOCs for credit?

The non-profit MOOC provider now offers a way to record student test-taking for later review, increasing flexibility for high-quality verification.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 20, 2015

Succession planning for online courses

When faculty create online courses, passing them on to other instructors can be emotionally fraught.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 20, 2015

The Learning House acquires Carnegie Mellon creation Acatar

Acatar will broaden the company’s appeal to institutions looking for help with online education.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 19, 2015

Pakistan’s Axact allegedly rakes in millions with massive diploma mill

The New York Times says the company duped mostly U.S. and Arabian students into paying thousands each for fake degrees.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 19, 2015