With the nation debating models and metrics for the federal government’s rating of America’s more than 4,000 colleges and universities, there’s one crucial area that no one talks…
A survey of UK companies identifies the skills that businesses are seeking for big data projects but says they remain in short supply. While the proportion of firms…
It's that time again when colleges and universities report their admissions statistics, graduation rates and other numbers, and groups compile and analyze those statistics to rank our nation's…
In McKenzie Cobb’s World History class, homework is submitted with a few keystrokes, PilotOnline reports. Narrated videos replace lectures. Questions are answered with a pop-up messages. Same thing…
Big Data and the cloud are putting supercomputer capabilities into everyone's hands. But what's getting lost in the mix is that the tools we use to interpret and…
The democratization of the MOOC cannot be underestimated We have reached the point in the history of MOOCs where the initial excitement is waning and people are beginning…
Last month, Coursera, a pioneer of massive open online courses, announced that it would begin partnering with a major Chinese internet company, opening the door to MOOCs for…
MOOCs have emerged as a disruptive force in ‘traditional’ higher education. A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course allowing unlimited student enrollment through the internet, Chicago Now…
“Big data”—the large data sets that can be managed and analyzed only by increasingly powerful and sophisticated tools—is an expansive and rapidly evolving field. For now, I’m not…
Whether it’s adding your new flatmates on Facebook, creating a LinkedIn profile in pre-graduation panic or receiving a disheartening 3/10 on "Rate Your Shag", all students’ experience of…
