Ed Tech: Page 44


  • Coursera signs deal to expand offerings in Spanish

    The MOOC provider will partner with a Mexican billionaire's philanthropic fund.   

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 31, 2014
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    Blackboard planning online bookstore

    The ed tech giant says the in-LMS store will streamline the textbook buying process for students and faculty.

    By Roger Riddell • Jan. 29, 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
  • Career Education, Education Management receive state inquiries

    Attorneys general from 12 states are involved in the Career Education inquiries, and both companies are feeling the pain on Wall Street.

    By Roger Riddell • Jan. 27, 2014
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    Intel devices and Obama's promises: The week's most read education news

    Get caught up on Apple's educational content expansion and more here!

    By Roger Riddell • Jan. 24, 2014
  • Dartmouth College joins edX

    The Ivy League school is joining the Harvard- and MIT-founded MOOC platform.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 24, 2014
  • MOOC completion rates not the whole story, study says

    Harvard and MIT take a look at data from 17 MOOCs.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 22, 2014
  • Admissions process very competitive for Georgia Tech's MOOC master's

    The program turned away about 2,000 applicants, putting its acceptance rate on par with Georgetown.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 22, 2014
  • EdX's Agarwal talks automatic grading

    He says he's astounded at the advances in artificial intelligence for evaluating essay questions.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 21, 2014
  • Plan to give credit for MOOCs gets 'incomplete' for now

    Some universities are participating, but students are still lacking.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 21, 2014
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    CES 2014 and district tech rollouts: The week's most-read education news

    Get caught up on news like Blackboard's MyEdu acquisition and more here.

    By Roger Riddell • Jan. 17, 2014
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    Confidence in MOOCs sags, but not among business schools

    Big-name schools are showing some confidence in the massive online learning model.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 17, 2014
  • Survey finds mixed bag for online education outlook

    Confidence in MOOCs is low, but online education is seen as part of the future.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 16, 2014
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    Udemy president: Android necessary to reach mobile students worldwide [CES 2014]

    Udemy launches its mobile app this week, and Education Dive caught up with president and COO Dennis Yang at CES 2014 for all of the details.

    By Roger Riddell • Jan. 15, 2014
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    Blackboard buys student jobs site MyEdu

    The purchase may signal Blackboard's move into the competency-based education model.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 15, 2014
  • McGraw-Hill Education names new CEO

    David Levin comes to the education publisher from media company UBM.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 14, 2014
  • Success of 'Walking Dead' MOOC may lead to more

    University of California Irvine plans to study the course itself.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 13, 2014
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    Anant Agarwal predicts the campus of the future [CES 2014]

    The edX president said MOOCs aren't the end of the physical campus, but they can make it more effective.

    By Roger Riddell • Jan. 10, 2014
  • Will Apollo's U. of Phoenix continue to rise again?

    A Wall Street Journal writer doesn't think the for-profit educator can continue to live up to its mythical namesake.

    By Roger Riddell • Jan. 7, 2014
  • Online learning and Kansas' twitter policy: This week's most read education news

    Is student data privacy only a major breach away from becoming the next big issue in ed?

    By Roger Riddell • Jan. 3, 2014
  • Struggling small college found salvation in online courses

    Southern New Hampshire University bet big on the Internet.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 3, 2014
  • Coursera co-founder addresses criticism on student retention, demographics

    Daphne Koller says changing retention and demographics perceptions are a goal for the MOOC provider in 2014. 

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 3, 2014
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    Has online learning lost its way?

    2013 was a rocky year for MOOCs, but 2014 might find them rebalancing.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 2, 2014
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    Small colleges not sure where they stand with online classes

    Would going online mean sacrificing their personalized instruction?

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 2, 2014
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    Student data privacy, competency-based learning among trends to watch in 2014

    It's easy to dismiss, but student data privacy is only a high-profile data breach away from becoming the center of attention.

    By Daniel Shumski • Jan. 2, 2014
  • U. of California expands sharing of online classes across campuses

    The school system is treading cautiously with a new program meant to address class crowding.   

    By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 26, 2013