July 2013

Michigan Virtual University Supports First Major E-Learning Project in Nigeria with Mediasite by Sonic Foundry

July 16, 2013 by Nicolew

Mediasite captures hundreds of hours of content from Nigerian faculty to grant more access to higher education MADISON, Wis. — ... Read more

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Upskilling with MOOCs for reinvention, reinvigoration

July 16, 2013 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Nearly a decade ago I was one of 18 U.S. and foreign journalists awarded a John S. Knight Fellowship at Stanford University, a midcareer breather that allowed me…

IT Leadership

Online teacher flabbergasted at vast global participation in free UW course

July 16, 2013 by Denny Carter

A global audience of students has now finished the third week of “Introduction to Public Speaking,” the free online class being offered by the University of Washington, The…

IT Leadership

Bill Gates: MOOC providers should take a lesson from for-profit college sector

July 17, 2013July 16, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates said universities that provide massive open online courses (MOOCs) should engage in more "hand holding" with students as a way to stem…

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Social media makes for better student writing, not worse, teachers say

July 16, 2013 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Occasionally, Jennifer Woollven, an English teacher at West Lake High School in Austin, Texas, finds some Twitter speak -- a FWIW or an "ur" -- in a paper,…

IT Leadership

Redefining online education: Focus shifts to engagement

July 16, 2013 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Like online dating before it, online education has surpassed stereotypes and is being embraced by New Yorkers as a real alternative to the brick-and-mortar university experience, amNewYork reports.

IT Leadership

New MOOC gives away Warren Buffett’s sister’s money

February 12, 2016July 15, 2013 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

Doris Buffett is letting the students who are taking a new massive open online course (MOOC) about philanthropy decide what to do with $100,000 of her money.

Campus Leadership

In higher ed, as the Gates Foundations’ power grows, grumbles do too

July 15, 2013 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the most active nonprofit players in higher education — to the tune of $472 million, Gigaom reports.

IT Leadership

Q&A: How IT executives can help schools fix the ‘tech skills gap’

July 15, 2013 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Gary Beach is the publisher emeritus of CIO Magazine, a publication serving chief information officers and other information technology executives from ... Read more

IT Leadership

Community colleges use cutting-edge technology to teach health science

July 15, 2013 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Nursing students Kristen Pope and Autumn Jamieson of Prince George’s Community College detected high blood pressure from their simulated patient just before tears shed from the mannequin’s glassy…

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Michigan Virtual University Supports First Major E-Learning Project in Nigeria with Mediasite by Sonic Foundry

Upskilling with MOOCs for reinvention, reinvigoration

Online teacher flabbergasted at vast global participation in free UW course

Bill Gates: MOOC providers should take a lesson from for-profit college sector

Social media makes for better student writing, not worse, teachers say

Redefining online education: Focus shifts to engagement

New MOOC gives away Warren Buffett’s sister’s money

In higher ed, as the Gates Foundations’ power grows, grumbles do too

Q&A: How IT executives can help schools fix the ‘tech skills gap’

Community colleges use cutting-edge technology to teach health science

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