2016 - Page 39 of 79 - eCampus News

New micro-learning platform aims to help young professionals

June 28, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Speakeasy, Inc., a global communication coaching and professional development company, announced the launch of SelfLink.com, an online, micro-learning portal specifically designed to meet the learning needs of up-and-coming…

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NASA awards grants for STEM education programs

June 27, 2016 by Laura Ascione

NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has selected two minority serving institutions for cooperative agreement awards totaling approximately $1 million to help strengthen science, technology, engineering…

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Blockchain-based credentials initiative moves forward

June 27, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Learning Machine and MIT Media Lab’s Learning Initiative have released the first version of an open-source project that builds an ecosystem for creating, sharing, and verifying blockchain-based educational…

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Could Microsoft’s LinkedIn revolutionize competency-based learning?

June 27, 2016 by Meris Stansbury

LinkedIn has the user data and focus on competency-based employment skills and career advancement. Microsoft has the computational ability to turn this CBE learning into an HR goldmine.…

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Students say campus technology needs major overhaul–but why?

June 24, 2016 by Meris Stansbury

According to a new multi-national student survey on campus technology, one-third of students feel student administration systems do not meet their expectations, making them less likely to recommend…

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Free online textbook use grows at state universities

June 24, 2016 by Anna Burleson, Grand Forks Herald

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Two schools earn highest level of online learning endorsement

June 24, 2016 by Laura Ascione

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), a professional organization devoted to advancing the quality of digital learning worldwide, announced that the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Baker College have…

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Data, data, data

June 24, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of this week's news stories here,…

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Are private sector schools doomed to fail?

August 23, 2017June 23, 2016 by Corey Greendale and Martin Lind

Newsworthy failures in proprietary higher education have led to generalizations about the career school sector as a whole. Most think of for-profits as a homogeneous group, but the…

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