Big data will change college hoops, too
In October, Duke made a watershed announcement: It would become the first college basketball program to install STATS LLC’s SportVU cameras in its arena, ESPN reports. For years,…
Month: February 2014
Behold: A virtual course without online ed’s huge dropout rate
Consider the dilemma facing those who want to continue their business education. You can either drop out of the workforce for a couple of years and get an…
The disruption to come
Two big forces underpin a university’s costs. The first is the need for physical proximity. Adding students is expensive—they require more buildings and instructors—and so a university’s marginal…
eLearning caucus has ‘long way to go’ in educating Congress
Congressional representatives lacked such basic knowledge of online education in 2011 that many thought distance learning was still primarily done through correspondence classes, according to a survey conducted…
As students study, digital textbooks study them too
Predictive and learning analytics has been touted for its ability to “read” students, providing educators with a host of data about studying habits, problem areas, and background information,…
The 5 best universities for mobile technology
It might have been easier to pinpoint mobile-friendly colleges in the mid-2000s, before schools of every size invested in support for web-connected mobile devices of every kind pouring…
Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Production Camera 4K is now Shipping with a New Low Price!
Fremont, CA – February 10, 2014 – Blackmagic Design today announced the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K is now shipping and ... Read more
Three Rivers Systems to demo CAMS Enterprise features as administrators tackle tough challenges at ABACC conference
Orlando, Fla. — February 10, 2014 — Members attending the Association of Business Administrators of Christian Colleges’ 55th annual conference ... Read more
HarvardX to provide online courses restricted to alumni
In an effort to sustain and strengthen alumni networks, HarvardX—the University’s branch of the online learning venture edX—will offer course content restricted to alumni beginning in March of…
What I learned by flipping the MOOC
Two of the hot topics in education in the last few years have been Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and the flipped classroom. I’ve been experimenting with both…