MOOCs: if we’re not careful so-called ‘open’ courses will close minds
I have tried, really hard, not to write about Moocs. But I can't keep it up forever, and what better time than the silly season to write about…
Month: August 2013
Howard to launch largest online learning program at historically black university
Howard University, located in Washington, D.C., will launch Howard University Online in Fall 2014. The initiative will create the largest fully online learning program at any HBCU in…
Blackmagic Design Announces New Low Price for Blackmagic Cinema Camera!
Fremont, CA – August 2, 2013 – Blackmagic Design today announced a new lower price for the award winning Blackmagic ... Read more
Bretford Enhances MOTIV™ High Back Sofa Line For More Workspace and Seating Room
Bretford Enhances MOTIV™ High Back Sofa Line For More Workspace and Seating Room Shelving and Optional Power Modules on Back ... Read more
LRMI Launches Free Monthly Newsletter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Dave Gladney Lauren Burke LRMI KEH Communications dgladney@publishers.org lauren@kehcomm.com 267-351-4329 410-975-9638 LRMI Launches Free Monthly Newsletter ... Read more
Students are cool with MOOCs, so why aren’t profs?
For those of us who still use calendars – the paper kind, with glossy photos of places we’d rather be – turning the page to August is always…
Free online higher education: 5 best MOOCs
Online education has existed for a while now, but has really taken off in the past year, the Epoch Times ... Read more
Levine: UH has dropped recruits for inappropriate remarks made on social media
Prospective recruits: Be careful what you tweet, The Houston Chronicle reports.
Majoring in big data
Big data is now big business and big money, as companies work to translate vast amounts of data into knowledge about their customers and their people, the things…
The ABCs of MOOCs: what it’s like to enroll
Esther Duflo, one of the two superstar MIT economists teaching my massive open online course (MOOC) on global poverty, is a fast-talking French woman with whom I could…