Online Learning
Students prefer to take ‘important’ courses face to face
The independent nature of online courses has seemingly driven community college students to sign up for less challenging classes online while taking tough classes in a traditional classroom.…
Decision on California’s controversial online courses expected soon
California legislators are expected to decide next week on the fate of a much-criticized plan to address overcrowding issues by allowing online courses from unaccredited platforms count for credit at…
Florida to open first online-only public university in U.S.
Public university students in Florida next year will be able to start working toward college degrees without actually going to college, under a law Governor Rick Scott signed on Monday…
Lawmakers to colleges: No more social media prying
College students’ social media privacy is officially a bipartisan issue.…
Washington online university aims for state financial aid
Washington State's only accredited online university is getting closer to providing state tuition assistance, KNDO reports. …
Survey: Colleges’ social media use narrows
Social media sites outside the big four -- Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube -- had a tough time in higher education last year.…
Some Duke professors disagree with university’s online courses
Duke University professors are thinking carefully about how their institution should step in the water of online courses, and calling for the university to tread carefully, the Triangle Business Journal…
Brown University creates online course for high school students
When Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the California Institute of Technology, began promoting his online course on machine learning, one person he turned…
Research: Social media has negative impact on academic performance
Perusing Facebook, sending rapid-fire text messages, and tweeting back and forth with friends and celebrities alike might not be the best academic strategy, it turns out.…
Starbucks, Wal-Mart offering classes – for college credit
Arianna Suarez's first job after emigrating from Cuba as a teenager was as a cashier at a Walmart in Hialeah, Fla. Thanks in part to college-level classes that Walmart offers…