Ed Tech: Page 39


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    USC ed dean: 2U made growing our program possible

    The University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education recently reached 2,000 graduates in its online teacher prep program through 2U.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 29, 2014
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    Corinthian's laundry list of scrutiny detailed

    The Form 8-K listing the extent of the shuttering for-profit's legal woes is quite a read.

    By Keith Button • Aug. 26, 2014
  • Group proposes setting standards for for-profit colleges

    B Lab, a non-profit standard-setting group that evaluates the level of public service of companies in various industries, has turned its eyes to for-profit colleges. 

    By Keith Button • Aug. 26, 2014
  • U. of Phoenix founder John G. Sperling dies

    Despite criticism of his company, the 93-year-old was a higher education innovator.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 25, 2014
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    Education Fixation: The week ahead in education news

    Corinthian Colleges is facing more issues than many may have considered, but that's just one thing you can expect to learn more about on Education Dive in the coming week.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 25, 2014
  • Online trends, IPOs, and green schools: The week's most read education news

    Are MOOCs about to become a lot less open? Get caught up here!

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 22, 2014
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    These are the trends and challenges shaping online learning [Infographic]

    Who's increasingly responsible for strategy, and how do you avoid common pitfalls?

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 21, 2014
  • Are the days of free MOOCs coming to an end?

    Stanford University's head of massive open online courses predicts the school will abandon the free model.

    By Keith Button • Aug. 21, 2014
  • 2U partners with Habitat for Humanity on scholarship program

    The $10,000 scholarships will be available for four programs to those eligible.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 20, 2014
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    Udemy hires 3 new senior executives

    The hires follow a $32 million round of funding in May, which the company is using to scale its operations.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 19, 2014
  • Desire2Learn rakes in $85M in latest funding round

    One of Canada's five largest funding rounds in the last decade will help the LMS provider expand globally.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2014
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    Textbooks, tech, and social media: What do students prefer? [Infographic]

    Recent reports from CampusBooks.com and Uversity detail the ever-changing demands of today's students.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2014
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    Junction Education launches online learning platform for community colleges

    The company on Tuesday launched an online learning platform that its founder described as a Flipboard for college courses.

    By Keith Button • Aug. 13, 2014
  • Boundless expands offerings with open publishing platform

    The company's new community authoring platform expands its available subjects to 25.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 12, 2014
  • MIT researcher building 'YouTube for MOOCs'

    Juho Kim studied more than 6.9 million MOOC video sessions to help create a new and improved viewing platform.

    By Keith Button • Aug. 12, 2014
  • Education Fixation: The week ahead in education news

    From textbook, tech, and study habits to back-to-school classroom products and deals, here's what you can expect to see on Education Dive in the coming week.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 11, 2014
  • Spending and achievement: The week's most read education news

    Get caught up on the latest trends in higher ed spending and more right here!

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 8, 2014
  • Improved UW MOOCs to launch in January

    The University of Wisconsin-Madison is set to launch its second round of massive open online courses at the beginning of the year.

    By Keith Button • Aug. 7, 2014
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    2U's revenue up 32% in Q2 as losses decelerate

    CEO and co-founder Chip Paucek sees continued growth as the company meets one of its annual goals.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 6, 2014
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    Education Fixation: The week ahead in education news

    From higher ed spending to controversial textbooks, here's what you can expect to see on Education Dive in the coming week.

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 4, 2014
  • Finances, tradition, and rankings: The week's most read education news

    Get up to speed on our latest features, Forbes' latest college rankings, and more right here!

    By Roger Riddell • Aug. 1, 2014
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    More big data, blended learning coming for MOOCs, says edX's Agarwal

    EdX CEO Anant Agarwal made the case to the Campus Technology conference that massive open online courses still stand to improve teaching approaches.

    By Keith Button • Aug. 1, 2014
  • Harkins report: For-profits rake in $1.7B of Post-9/11 GI Bill funds

    Eight of the program's top 10 recipients are for-profits.

    By Roger Riddell • July 31, 2014
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    Infographic: Can cheating be curbed in online courses?

    According to the stats, 73% of students believe everyone has cheated on a test at least once.

    By Roger Riddell • July 29, 2014
  • Google initiative connects to online course translation

    The tech giant's effort at using crowdsourcing to improve its language translation service mirrors similar efforts in the online education community.

    By Keith Button • July 28, 2014