Ed Tech: Page 48


  • MOOC report card: What needs improvement?

    A Wall Street Journal scorecard identifies areas for improvement in online learning.

    By Daniel Shumski • Oct. 9, 2013
  • Desire2Learn adds MOOC support with new learning platform

    The LMS provider will allow institutions to keep the rights to course material.

    By Roger Riddell • Oct. 8, 2013
  • Coursera expands to China

    The MOOC platform is teaming up with universities in the world's most-populated country.

    By Daniel Shumski • Oct. 8, 2013
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    Lincoln Labs and Venture Hive partner for Miami education hackathon

    The free competition will award $5,000 in prizes.

    By Roger Riddell • Oct. 7, 2013
  • For-profit Capella U. offers competency-based degrees online

    Some students have completed the self-paced courses in as little as four weeks.  

    By Daniel Shumski • Oct. 7, 2013
  • Gates says flipped classrooms could help 2-year schools

    The billionaire and education philanthropist says MOOCs could make community colleges more efficient.

    By Daniel Shumski • Oct. 4, 2013
  • Berklee to offer music degrees online for half price

    The college says it's the first nonprofit music institution to offer an accredited bachelor’s degree online.

    By Daniel Shumski • Oct. 4, 2013
  • MOOC instructor shares her top 5 tips

    Her journalism class had 3,700 students from 140 countries and all kinds of backgrounds.

    By Daniel Shumski • Oct. 3, 2013
  • Ask these questions before establishing a MOOC

    A Duke professor lists issues to examine before jumping on the bandwagon.

    By Daniel Shumski • Oct. 3, 2013
  • What will higher education look like in 2020?

    An Observatory on Borderless Higher Education report has three key findings for the not-so-distant future. 

    By Daniel Shumski • Oct. 3, 2013
  • Deep Dive

    10 popular MOOC instructors with brilliant Twitter accounts

    Check out how they interact with their students and wider audiences. You might get some ideas.

    By Roger Riddell • Oct. 2, 2013
  • Google launches an analytics MOOC

    The tech giant is taking yet another foray into online learning with its latest course on data-driven decision-making.

    By Roger Riddell • Oct. 2, 2013
  • MOOCs: Is product placement the next frontier?

    One author wonders whether corporate sponsorship is next for online classes.

    By Daniel Shumski • Oct. 1, 2013
  • University of Florida to offer bachelor's degrees online

    The program will start out granting degrees in 5 majors without any classroom time.

    By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 30, 2013
  • Tweeting presidents and app upgrades: The week's most read education news

    Will school Facebook and Twitter accounts survive university audits?

    By Roger Riddell • Sept. 27, 2013
  • Ohio university hopes to profit from investing more online

    Miami University is spending $3.5 million and hopes for annual profits of $1 million in a decade.  

    By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 27, 2013
  • Deep Dive

    How will the higher ed business model change over the next decade?

    Members of the Higher Education Management group on LinkedIn weigh in.

    By Roger Riddell • Sept. 26, 2013
  • Calif. governor presses Cal State for more online classes

    Brown says fixing buildings should come before adding students. 

    By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 25, 2013
  • Online learners post lower scores, study finds

    Researchers find a small but meaningful difference between online and classroom students.

    By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 24, 2013
  • Pearson and Indiana Wesleyan U. team up for digital campus

    The publishing giant is providing a number of products and services for the soon-to-launch digital initiative.

    By Roger Riddell • Sept. 23, 2013
  • UNC education students partner with rural teachers in literacy initiative

    Doctoral students at Chapel Hill are coaching rural teachers, helping them improve their skills along with students' grades.

    By Roger Riddell • Sept. 23, 2013
  • Employers and students skeptical of online degrees, survey finds

    Students surveyed say they learned less online than in a classroom. 

    By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 20, 2013
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    Grand Canyon CIO talks for-profits, traditional campuses and MOOCs

    Grand Canyon University's Joe Mildenhall told Education Dive how the school's traditional campus sets it apart from online for-profits.

    By Roger Riddell • Sept. 19, 2013
  • How are colleges adapting to online learning?

    Some are experimenting with online education beyond straightforward MOOCs.

    By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 19, 2013
  • For colleges, MOOCs are not so cheap

    Universities are spending real money on something with an uncertain track record.

    By Daniel Shumski • Sept. 19, 2013