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Top universities considering flexible course delivery options
Several top universities, including leaders of the MOOC movement, are considering new ideas that would allow students to decide when and where learning is delivered.
By Keith Button • Dec. 3, 2014 -
New big data MOOCs coming from BerkeleyX
UC-Berkeley will offer two new MOOCs through edX on using an open-source big data processing engine.
By Keith Button • Dec. 3, 2014 -
Former Creative Commons CEO joins EdCast
Catherine Casserly will serve as the Stanford StartX company's new vice president of learning networks.
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 2, 2014 -
Deep Dive
How 6 higher ed institutions are continuing to approach MOOCs
Cornell, Northwestern, UW-Madison, and others have launched their own MOOCs in the past year, but how is the format faring for them?
By Keith Button • Nov. 26, 2014 -
JetBlue flights to feature Coursera videos
Ten of the MOOC provider's learning videos will be available to in-flight passengers via their mobile devices as part of an in-flight entertainment package.
By Keith Button • Nov. 26, 2014 -
Chromebooks and for-profit colleges: The week's most read education news
Get caught up on Corinthian's potential sale of 56 campuses and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 21, 2014 -
New LinkedIn service benefits educators, job seekers
LinkedIn has added a new service that allows users to post certifications from career education and professional advancement courses.
By Keith Button • Nov. 21, 2014 -
EdX to offer free PD course certificates as part of ConnectED initiative
The MOOC provider already offered student AP test prep courses in K-12, and free certificates will be available for those, as well.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 20, 2014 -
MIT growing in Singapore
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has ambitious programs in Singapore, with that nation's government footing much of the bill.
By Keith Button • Nov. 19, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Q3 still not pretty for for-profits, but elections could see tides change
With Republican majorities in Congress, struggling for-profits are likely to face less federal regulatory pressure.
By Keith Button • Nov. 18, 2014 -
Gates Foundation gives UT-Arlington $1.6M for higher ed digital learning studies
The University of Texas-Arlington will coordinate studies of itself and nine other institutions.
By Keith Button • Nov. 18, 2014 -
U of OK for-credit courses offered as MOOCs
The online courses many students take for credit are now available for free to the public as a no-credit option.
By Keith Button • Nov. 18, 2014 -
Connecticut higher ed plan upsets faculty
A plan to change Connecticut's public universities and colleges has faculty threatening a coordinated revolt.
By Keith Button • Nov. 17, 2014 -
Online course provider partners with historically black colleges
The University of Phoenix will offer online courses to students at those colleges at no additional cost to the students.
By Keith Button • Nov. 14, 2014 -
Report: 82.6% of higher ed faculty have not taught online-only course at current school
A national survey shows that 17.4% of higher education faculty have taught an online-only course at their current school.
By Keith Button • Nov. 13, 2014 -
Cousera pledges free MOOC certificates for military vets
Coursera has teamed up with the Department of Veterans Affairs on initiatives to help veterans get jobs.
By Keith Button • Nov. 13, 2014 -
Deep Dive
The big screen isn't dead: 6 recent higher ed video conferencing investments
Despite ed tech's recent emphasis on small screens, colleges and universities are still investing in video conferencing technology for the large screens in their classrooms.
By Keith Button • Nov. 10, 2014 -
U. of FL poli-sci faculty vote 'no' for online degree
The political science faculty oppose an online version of the school's poli-sci degree, though the department offers several online courses.
By Keith Button • Nov. 10, 2014 -
Coding educators push to connect grads with employers
Codecademy and similar startups have teamed for an initiative that they hope will convince companies that the graduates of the free programs are worthy of employment.
By Keith Button • Nov. 10, 2014 -
Competency-based learning and documentaries: The week's most read education news
Fall behind? Get caught up on 2U's latest earnings report and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 7, 2014 -
2U's losses continue to fall as revenues increase in Q3
The company also added a new name to its board of directors.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 4, 2014 -
For-profit Bridgepoint lays off 167
The third round of cuts in 16 months comes as the company prepares for its Wednesday morning Q3 earnings release.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 4, 2014 -
U of Texas System unveils competency-based plan
One of the nation's largest university systems says its approach to the increasingly popular learning model will be the first of its kind in the U.S.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 4, 2014 -
Deep Dive
7 competency-based higher ed programs to keep an eye on
The U.S. Department of Education is still sorting out how it will evaluate competency-based programs, but these seven bear watching.
By Keith Button • Nov. 4, 2014 -
MOOCs covered in 2 new books
One book focuses on the brief history of massive open online courses, while the other examines whether they've lived up to the hype.
By Keith Button • Nov. 3, 2014
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