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For-profit college stocks suffer after 'gainful employment' data released
A federal report shows that 5% of programs do not meet the Department of Education's standards, and at-risk companies's shares get hit.
By Brian Warmoth • June 27, 2012 -
4 Challenges for OER in Higher Education
Key challenges are emerging with the growing use of open educational resources in higher education. To find out just what those challenges are and how colleges and universities are overcoming them, Campus Technology spoke with two experts on the subject. Accustomed to using textbooks, pre-deve...
By Shehryar Nabi • June 26, 2012 -
6 Twitter hashtags for higher education info
EdTech recommends a handful of useful hashtags for keeping up with high-quality Twitter conversations.
By Brian Warmoth • June 26, 2012 -
The Forces Are Not With You
Three concurrent phenomena threaten the future of liberal arts education. My husband recently retired after 40 years in education. He's done everything from teaching (high school and college) to publishing (textbooks and software) to consulting. He's seen every swing of the pendulum--v...
By Shehryar Nabi • June 26, 2012 -
'Gainful employment' data released by Department of Education
Information sheds light on how for-profit institutions fare when compared to traditional colleges and universities.
By Brian Warmoth • June 26, 2012 -
Survey indicates online learning apprehension among educators
Faculty have mixed feelings as more universities push to offer online instruction alternatives.
By Brian Warmoth • June 24, 2012 -
University of Virginia emails show big online education push prior to president's removal
Email conversations shed light on the university board's perspectives on online education in the days before Sullivan departure was announced.
By Brian Warmoth • June 20, 2012 -
Bookboon.com tries free, ad-suported textbooks
The company experiments with a model where ads appear in PDF publications.
By Brian Warmoth • June 19, 2012 -
Deep Dive
7 Blackboard competitors with online learning solutions
Blackboard is an undisputed leader in online education management, but competitors are constantly coming up with new approaches and perspectives.
By Shehryar Nabi • June 19, 2012 -
Cisco Networking Academy Moves to Cloud-Based LMS
Teachers, administrators, and students who are part of the Cisco Networking Academy will soon have access to a cloud-based LMS. Cisco Networking Academy, which provides information and communications technology education through universities, community colleges, and high schools around the glo...
By Shehryar Nabi • June 19, 2012 -
Stanford and Piazza to introduce social learning to iTunes U resources
"iPad and iPhone Application Development" will begin offering student communication features this summer
By Brian Warmoth • June 19, 2012 -
Deltak Partners With Boston University To Launch New Online Graduate Law Degree
Education Service Provider to Introduce Second Online Master’s Degree Program with University Read more »
By Shehryar Nabi • June 18, 2012 -
Tech start-ups challenge the status quo in higher education
With costs going up in higher ed, start-ups are stepping up with alternate approaches to compete with traditional colleges and universities
By Brian Warmoth • June 13, 2012 -
University of Wisconsin launching new dual-enrollment program for high school students
Students will be able to earn college credits, and high schools will be able to keep state funding
By Brian Warmoth • June 12, 2012 -
Barriers to competency-based education may be lifting, panel says
WASHINGTON - Competency-based higher education's time may have arrived, but no college has gone all-in with a degree program that qualifies for federal aid and is based on competency rather than time in class. Colleges blame regulatory barriers for the hold-up. The U.S. Education Departmen...
By Brian Warmoth • June 8, 2012 -
Huffington Post offers to publish student theses
Publishing online through HuffPo introduces opportunities, as well as risks for students who opt not to publish elsewhere
By Brian Warmoth • June 5, 2012 -
Online courses can offer easy A's via high-tech cheating
Easy A's may be even easier to score these days, with the growing popularity of online courses
By Brian Warmoth • June 3, 2012 -
Blackboard's Moodlerooms acquisition may signal a change in perspective
Will the education software provider's future include a more open attitude toward open source software?
By Brian Warmoth • June 1, 2012 -
6 keys to engaging students online
While some instructors think online teaching will be a breeze, the truth is that the best teachers work really hard to connect with students
By Brian Warmoth • May 31, 2012 -
College health officials told incentive-based programs don't work
College health officials who rely on incentives to promote healthy behavior among students got a rude (but good-humored) awakening here Tuesday morning during the keynote address of the American College Health Association's annual convention
By Brian Warmoth • May 30, 2012 -
Rapid Power Tools: The top performers of eLearning authoring software
The eLearning authoring tool market has quietly been seeing a bit of a surge over the last couple of years—a surge that I have been thrilled to see
By Brian Warmoth • May 22, 2012 -
Report: Robots stack up to human professors in teaching Intro Stats
Experiments compared human instructors with 'machine-guided learning' software
By Brian Warmoth • May 22, 2012 -
Teacher Development: Starter Kit for Teaching Online
Expert advice on shifting from brick and mortar to bytes and bits
By Brian Warmoth • May 21, 2012 -
Online office hours debate hits San Antonio College
As professors field more and more questions via online communications, many would like to see office hours defined differently across academia
By Brian Warmoth • May 17, 2012 -
The Homework Trap
Kenneth Goldberg, Ph.D. writes on the stresses introduced by homework for Edutopia
By Brian Warmoth • May 15, 2012
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