Want to save on college? Ditch dorms, campus
To lower the cost of college, more parents are suggesting that their kids skip dorm life, and perhaps even the campus altogether, Omaha.com reports. According to a recent…
Month: September 2013
Maryland college offering credit for massive open online courses
The University of Maryland University College expects to be among the first wave of schools this academic year awarding transfer credit to those who have taken — and…
Big Data education hinges on business, university partnerships
Hey, college grad, ever heard of Hadoop? Know anything about statistics? In the coming years, big data skills might help you land a good job. Data analysis is…
‘Walking Dead,’ comic books inspire MOOCs
The University of California (UC) at Irvine is collaborating with AMC to produce a free online course called “Society, Science, Survival: Lessons from AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead,'” and…
How MOOCs are evolving with video technology
Crack open most massive open online courses (MOOCs) today and you’ll typically find three things – course documents (syllabi, eTextbooks, calendars), interactive elements (discussions, wikis, assignments, quizzes), and…
YouSeeU™ Launches The Breckenridge 2.0 Learning Management Platform Emerging Leader Responds to Growing Demands for Innovative Educational Technology
Loveland, CO; – September 3, 2013 – YouSeeU™, the solution provider for authentic learning with Student Capture™, announces the release ... Read more
The truth about MOOCs
President Obama's recent proposals to make a college education accessible to more people offers a great many ideas. One of those ideas involves ways to expand or use…
UW’s big bet on cheap classes
Matthew Sparke sits at the head of a table in a first-floor classroom in the University of Washington’s Smith Hall on a May afternoon and asks the 15…
No cell phones allowed: Some colleges ban modern-day gadgets
Erin Milligan has to surrender her cell phone to school officials before going back to college this year, Yahoo News reports. Milligan isn’t being punished for violating any…
The MOOC that spawned three startups
When Stanford professor Chuck Eesley headed down south to speak at the accelerator Start-Up Chile, he received an unexpected email from an old student named Ivo Georgiev, Pando…