Online education has a loneliness problem. Can Harvard fix it?
As business schools tiptoe into the world of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, Harvard has a plan to sidestep the isolation of online learning—a problem that keeps…
Month: February 2014
MOOCs could be revolutionary, but US foreign policy is preventing that
Recently, Coursera, the online university course provider, began blocking students from Iran, Cuba and Sudan from using its services, The Guardian reports. Coursera, which boasts more than 21.5…
Why are colleges getting free Big Data services?
Many colleges and universities are finding that Big Data analytics services aren't included in the axiom preaching that there's no such thing as a free lunch. Hoping to…
Harvard University Builds New Sports Broadcast Workflow Around ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K
Fremont, CA – February 4, 2014 – Blackmagic Design today announced that Harvard University installed six ATEM 1 M/E Production ... Read more
The (ugly) reality of excessive online college fees
Several years ago when I began my educational journey, I knew that the cost of college fees and attendance would always be the highest ticket item I would…
Howard halts historic online learning initiative
Howard University and Pearson have delayed a partnership that would have made the university’s online learning program the largest out of all historically black colleges and universities in…
Admissions offices cutting back on Facebook
College and university admissions offices, it seems, have reached a saturation point with their use of Facebook as a recruiting and interactive social media tool.
CMOs and CIOs need to get along to make Big Data work
A global telecoms company recently decided to do what many companies are doing: figure out how to turn big data into big profits, Harvard Business Review reports. They…
UNH president pushes back against online education at ‘Walmart prices’
Mark Huddleston, President of the University of New Hampshire, delivered his annual State of the University on Tuesday, NHPR reports. The University President’s speech began with a list…
MOOCs come home to high tech
When a Harvard professor converted his course on Greek heroes into a MOOC, the enrollment went from a few hundred Ivy League students in Cambridge, Mass., to 31,000…