MOOCs: What’s a great college class worth when it’s free?
“Take Ivy League classes while snuggled cozily in bed … for free? Sign me up,” writes Annalisa Kraft-Linder. “Thanks to ... Read more
Month: April 2014
SMART Unveils Next Generation Interactive Flat Panel for Education
SMART Unveils Next Generation Interactive Flat Panel for Education • SMART Board 6065 is first model in new line of ... Read more
Spectrum Brings Higher Ed’s Brightest Leaders to The Hudson Valley
Poughkeepsie, NY – In a decade seeing a dramatic collective reassessment of the value and cost of Higher Education—a field ... Read more
Unicon Enlisted by the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising for Sakai Services
Services include enhancements to Sakai Gradebook along with hosting and managed services Gilbert, AZ – April 16, 2014— Unicon, Inc., ... Read more
10 rules for developing your first online course
Years of helping faculty pass to the dark side of online education have taught me a few simple rules that I brow beat (in a collegial way) into…
The business of ed-tech: Plagiarism as education
Plagiarism detection technology is good for more than just a "gotch ya" moment for professors. Reinforcing academic integrity can also be a valuable, punishment-free lesson for students. That's…
How to improve course evaluations
Student evaluations of courses and the faculty that teach them are an important aspect of quality control at colleges and universities. How a course is taught, whether it…
INFOGRAPHIC: Global MOOC statistics
Are MOOCs just a trend that, thanks to common criticisms like ‘not as good as a face-to-face course’ and ‘low completion rates,’ will soon die out? According to…
Moore’s Law touches education at last — to techie’s delight
Most of Silicon Valley basks in the delights of Moore’s Law: that prophetic 1965 declaration explaining why computing power keep ... Read more
NY gets new bootcamp for data scientists: It’s free, but harder to get into than Harvard
There are plenty of programmers who can match a startup’s pace. There are plenty of PhDs with solid research backgrounds. ... Read more