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Month: October 2013
Adult learners elevate careers with online courses
When an adult professionals needs more education to advance their careers, they have a few options. They could enroll in an expensive, and timely, four year program or…
Oregon State brings open source into academic fold
Oregon State University is giving its Open Source Lab a major promotion, moving it from a services role within the university into an academic department as part of…
MOOC launched for computing teachers
Designed to support the teaching of computing in schools the massive open online course (MOOC) is now live, Computer Weekly reports. A partnership between exam board OCR, Cambridge…
Online co-op partnership offers green discounts for university
For a college student living on a budget, being a sustainable consumer is not always a top priority, The Diamondback reports. However, a new university partnership with GreenSavings.coop,…
Latin America becoming fertile ground for online university courses
Roosemberth Palacios sports braces on his teeth and a curly mop of hair. At 16, he finds high school boring. So after school, he logs onto his computer…
MOOC bandwagon shows signs of slowing down
After barely more than a year in business, opposite-coast rivals edX and Coursera have become two of the biggest higher-education organizations in the world, with a combined 6…
Revenue not likely, MOOC faithful say
For college administrators, it’s the big question surrounding massive open online courses (MOOCs): Can these ostensibly free classes ever actually generate revenue for the universities offering them? While…
Big Data used to beef up campus security
Purdue University students have developed a software program that that uses Big Data to help police target where crime could happen. The program called "Valet'' took more than…
Canada needs an online education strategy
I’ve been asked several times in the past few months, why I started the Wide World Ed initiative. I started it because I have deeply held personal values…