Articles by Denny Carter
Unspoken concerns about MOOCs
Once a technology exists, there is no going back. MOOCs are here, and schools want to avoid the embarrassment of dusty educational formats, The Society Pages reports. …
EdX doubles its size with 15 new universities
The not-for-profit massive open online course (MOOC) platform EdX roped in its first Asian institutions, along with more Ivy League universities, as the number of participating schools doubled May 21. Bringing…
Going Gangnam style with MOOC rankings
There is no denying the gaudy statistics surrounding Coursera's rapid ascent to be the world's leading MOOC platform little more than a year since opening its virtual doors, The Australian…
Report: Four in 10 colleges to offer MOOCs by 2016
A few high-profile rejections have done nothing to doom the future of massive open online courses (MOOCs), according to a worldwide report. Providing access to MOOCs, in fact, is considered…
Job advice for college grads: It’s about science, tech and volunteering
No one organization, government agency, non-profit or institution can “fix” the unemployment crisis, Forbes reports.…
Legislation says universities can’t monitor social media accounts
Protecting the social media privacy of college students and university employees once again proved to be a a bipartisan issue May 16, as the North Carolina House passed a bill…
Backupify Makes the Grade for Schools and Educational Institutions on Google Apps
Thousands of Educators and Students Depend on Backupify for Cloud-to-Cloud Backup to Protect Crucial Data and Meet Compliance Requirements CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 14, 2013 — Backupify, the leading provider of cloud-to-cloud…
Samsung Extends SAMCAM 760 Special Offer…Buy 10 and Get 1 Free
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (May 7, 2013) – Samsung Techwin America’s Electronic Imaging Division (www.samsungpresenterusa.com), a market leader in document camera technology, today announced the extension of its SAMCAM 760…
Georgia Tech to offer MOOC master’s degree on the cheap
Georgia Tech will offer an online master’s degree in computer science for about one-sixth the cost of a traditional master’s degree through a partnership with AT&T and Udacity, a leading…
Cash for educational apps?
Leading learning management system providers, including Instructure, Desire2Learn, and Blackboard, are offering $250 rewards to anyone who creates an app for the Learning Tools Interoperability standard, also known as LTI.…