January 2014

6 steps to better emergency preparedness on campus

January 28, 2014January 23, 2014 by By Christopher Britton

Today’s college campuses are faced with a myriad of potential risks, ranging from active shooters and natural disasters to power outages and medical emergencies. While most institutions have…

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eXplorance Rebrands TEM into LEM (Learning Experience Management)

January 23, 2014 by Carletta

Starting today, Training Experience Management (TEM) will be addressed as Learning Experience Management (LEM) to better target the higher education ... Read more

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50 of the best online courses and resources for learning web design

January 23, 2014 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

Interested in learning how to build web sites or improve your web design skills? There's a wealth of resources for you (including our own night school on the…

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Government is considering using MOOCs in classrooms, says Gove

January 23, 2014 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

Massive open online courses, known as MOOCs, could soon be used to augment the depth and variety of the curriculum taught in British schools, said education secretary Michael…

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Get ready for Big Data heists

January 23, 2014 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

The theft of big data will be one of 2014's recurring themes, so protect yourself, Bloomberg reports. Already there has been the massive plastic card data theft in…

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New tool tests ‘Big Data’ preparedness

January 23, 2014 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

IBM has, in the past year, increasingly pushed universities to create more courses, programs and degrees that would help fill the 4.4 million jobs “Big Data” will create…

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The un-massive MOOC

January 23, 2014January 22, 2014 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

The Georgia Institute of Technology’s master’s degree in computer science program based on massive open online courses (MOOCs) started this week with a head-count that's not all that…

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MIT and Harvard: Stop focusing on MOOC completion rates

January 23, 2014January 22, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

There were 55 million viewings of recorded lectures, problems attempted, web pages read, and forum comments posted in Harvard and MIT's massive open online courses (MOOCs) since 2012.…

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Are online courses for the ‘extraordinarily’ dedicated?

January 22, 2014 by From staff and wire reports

For the first three weeks of teaching a massive open online course (MOOC) about comic books and graphic novels, William Kuskin felt as disconnected from his thousands of…

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AirWatch Introduces Teacher Tools for Simplified Device Management in the Classroom

January 22, 2014 by Carletta

ATLANTA – Jan. 21, 2014 – AirWatch®, the largest Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) provider, announces the launch of Teacher Tools ... Read more

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