Big Data miners
The web is getting smarter. And just when the world begins to figure the internet it out, it changes. The internet of a decade ago is nothing like…
Month: January 2014
The end of MOOCs and the future of education
MOOCs — online courses aimed at theoretically unlimited participation (“massive”) and free access through the web (“open”) — have captured much of the spotlight in debates of higher…
Academics are down on MOOCs. Business schools aren’t
Academic leaders are increasingly skeptical of MOOCs, so why are top business schools increasingly warming to the online learning model? An annual report on online education published this…
Education’s ‘dirty secret’: Wikipedia in the classroom
Wikipedia is still not referred to as a reliable source for use in the classroom by many college and university professors – even as professionals in other fields,…
Here’s why MOOCs don’t work (and how they can be fixed)
I spent some time over the holidays looking at some MOOC offerings – either the freebie intro lectures available from some of the major providers, or the clips…
The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) to Host SXSWedu Workshop
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Dave Gladney Lauren Burke LRMI KEH Communications dgladney@publishers.org lauren@kehcomm.com 267-351-4329 410-975-9638 The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative ... Read more
Massive online learning push at SUNY
In a speech that chiefly focused on expansions of initiatives announced last year, State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher outlined a massive push to expand the…
A British MOOC start up with a 44-year-old parent
Much time and attention has been given to the MOOCs started in the US, but as I have mentioned in my interview with Mike Feerick of ALISON, the…
Africa: French universities go online with MOOCs
France's higher education system is going online with an extra eight million euros being invested in Massive Open Online Courses (Moocs), AllAfrica reports. France's Minister for Higher Education,…
College prospects find online link to mentors
The transition from high school to college can be a culture shock for students. That’s even more so for international students. Many students struggle with the transition from…