The first undergraduate degree in Big Data is here
Ohio State University will offer a Data Analytics undergraduate major beginning Fall 2014. The project is projected to cost $5-7 million per year to hire and train 50-60…
Technology and a ‘culture of disengagement’
Engineering students may leave school feeling less concerned with public welfare than when they entered, as schools feel pressure to introduce more technical instruction than ever before, according…
The flipped classroom as MOOC waste product
This is a hard post for me to write. For one thing, I have an article coming out in the next Academe that covers some of this ground.…
4 key traits of a Big Data scientist
Studying Big Data as a career is certainly not for everyone. Those who plan on having a profession in the field, though, should exhibit specific characteristics, according to…
Carnegie looks to improve mobile with Big Data
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Yahoo announced Feb. 12 a five-year, $10 million partnership granting university researchers access to Yahoo’s real-time data services to create better user experiences…
At Utah Valley University, BYOD is simple, secure, and fast
Utah Valley University (UVU) is the second largest institution of higher learning in Utah with about 33,000 students and 5,000 faculty members and staff. As a key provider…
LinkedIn becoming a marketing tool for colleges
LinkedIn University Pages, since it was introduced in August 2013, has become a source of information for high school students deciding which schools to apply to and a…
Making sense of massive open online courses
At EWA’s National Seminar, Daphne Koller, co-founder of Coursera, a leading MOOC provider, said enrollment in their classes jumped from 700,000 in February 2013 to more than 3.4…
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…
New Coursera MOOC, same as the old MOOC
Coursera announced last month the launch of Specializations, sequenced courses designed to help students achieve deeper levels of mastery as well as the credentials to demonstrate that mastery.…