Ed Tech: Page 39


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    U of Phoenix is higher ed's most-Googled

    The search engine's top 20 for higher ed reflects an increasing interest in online courses.

    By Keith Button • Sept. 24, 2014
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    2U co-founder launches higher ed coding startup for students in Africa

    Andela aims to train computer coders to work remotely for U.S. firms via a four-year program based in Nigeria.

    By Keith Button • Sept. 24, 2014
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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
  • Coursera expands MOOCs into Brazil, partners with two universities

    The company has its eyes on a larger goal: The 215 million Portuguese speakers worldwide.

    By Keith Button • Sept. 23, 2014
  • EdCast raises $6M in its quest to facilitate university collaboration

    The company hopes to create 'multiversities' via its OpenEdX-based Knowledge Cloud MOOC platform.

    By Roger Riddell • Sept. 22, 2014
  • WA community colleges offering self-paced online degrees

    Lumen Learning and 13 Washington state community colleges are collaborating on the business degree program.

    By Keith Button • Sept. 19, 2014
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    MOOCs, Twitter, and rankings: The week's most read education news

    Learn more about Pearson's recent student survey on tablets and more right here!

    By Roger Riddell • Sept. 12, 2014
  • NYU wants tech industry workers to enroll in its new grad program

    The one-year, online program was designed to bring adult tech employees up to speed on emerging issues and trends.

    By Roger Riddell • Sept. 9, 2014
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    10 lessons learned from MOOCs

    From what works best to clues about the model's future viability, what have massive open online courses taught us?

    By Keith Button • Sept. 9, 2014
  • 4,000 Starbucks employees enrolled in first free ASU semester

    The company announced the Arizona State tuition reimbursement partnership in June.

    By Keith Button • Sept. 3, 2014
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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
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    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