After online struggles, university will try free web courses
The University of Illinois (UI) will give online learning another shot.
Month: July 2012
Teracue IPTV Highlights at IBC Show 2012
IPTV & DVB Headend Solutions for Encoding, Decoding, Transcoding and Playout Teracue IPTV Systems will be showcasing its new products ... Read more
Turnitin and Desire2Learn Release Milestone Integration
Turnitin and Desire2Learn Release Milestone Integration Collaborative effort with Desire2Learn® Learning Suite 10 provides richer GradeMark access for evaluating student ... Read more
WebAssign Unveils New Version of Blackboard Building Block
RALEIGH, N.C., July 10, 2012 — WebAssign, the leading provider of powerful online instructional tools for college faculty and students ... Read more
The National Hispanic University Introduces Entirely Online Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration Program
The National Hispanic University Introduces Entirely Online Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration Program San José, Calif.—July 17, 2012—The United ... Read more
Fixed-rate tuition can minimize college-price angst
What's the greatest anxiety plaguing parents of college-age children? An educated guess? Based on my experience and conversations with students and their parents, it’s not simply how they…
Professor allegedly assaulted at McDonald’s for wearing futuristic eyewear
University of Toronto professor Steve Mann has been making and wearing his own futuristic eyewear since way before we'd even heard about Google Glass — you can even…
South Korea outpaces the U.S. in engineering degrees
Any eighth grader who wonders if anyone actually uses algebra should ask Hyungtae Lee, an electrical engineer who writes algorithms to build computers with the power of human…
Experts: UVa.’s Coursera partnership far from an embrace of online learning
The University of Virginia will make four of its courses available for free online in 2013 after the campus’s governing board last month cited a lack of web-based…
Romney’s higher ed overhaul in Mass. fizzled
Mitt Romney took over as Massachusetts governor in 2003 with a sweeping plan to overhaul the state's public college system to cut waste, reduce costs and boost efficiency.