Breakfast before the MOOC
Beginning March 2, Prof. Hossam Haick, will teach the first ever massive open online course, or MOOC, on nanotechnology in Arabic, The New York Time reports. What’s more…
Month: February 2014
TERMINALFOUR helps unify Virginia Commonwealth University’s online brand across 573 websites
TERMINALFOUR helps unify Virginia Commonwealth University’s online brand across 573 websites – Virginia Commonwealth University has 31,288 enrolled students and ... Read more
Three Rivers Systems offers complimentary health check for higher education academic management systems
St. Louis — February 19, 2014 — Three Rivers Systems Inc. is offering a complimentary, no obligation “health check” of ... Read more
Why Big Data is a big deal
Data now stream from daily life: from phones and credit cards and televisions and computers; from the infrastructure of cities; from sensor-equipped buildings, trains, buses, planes, bridges, and…
Falling enrollment for online classes leads Everest to lay off 105 in Colorado Springs
Everest University has laid off 105 of the 433 employees at its Colorado Springs call center as part of nationwide cutback by the for-profit college's parent company, Corinthian…
Chinese Coursera-style education portal scores $16.5 million funding
Uniquedu, the maker of China’s Coursera-style online education portal Kaikeba, secured RMB 100 million (US$16.5 million) in series A funding led by Fosun Venture Capital Investment, according to…
Open access critic has major publisher in crosshairs
Prominent open access journal publisher MDPI, which drew criticism earlier this year after publishing a paper that Discover Magazine described as “pseudoscience,” has been added to Jeffrey Beall’s…
Lawmakers weigh big change to online college policy
Alabama lawmakers are considering legislation to allow the state's colleges and universities participate in reciprocal online course offerings with schools in other states. The Tuscaloosa News reports House…
Technology fueling widespread course redesign
The widespread availability and use of technology tools is driving a wave of course redesign in higher education as instructors rush to use the hot new tools. But…
The future of Big Data : Open source v. proprietary
In last week’s companion to SiliconANGLE’s #BigDataNYC, theCUBE broadcast live from Silicon Valley, highlighting the ongoing maturity of Big Data for 2014 and beyond. John Furrier welcomed theCUBE…