Here’s why MOOCs don’t work (and how they can be fixed)
I spent some time over the holidays looking at some MOOC offerings – either the freebie intro lectures available from some of the major providers, or the clips…
Big Data’s place in community colleges
If I ask 10 people to define predictive analytics and how it is used on their respective campuses to improve student outcomes, I am likely to hear stories…
Confessions of a MOOC reviewer
As an American Council on Education (ACE) CREDIT reviewer, I had the unique privilege of being on the team that reviewed the first MOOC (massive open online course).…
Saving universities in the era of MOOCs
In every school I’ve seen, teachers who want to incorporate multimedia learning objects into their courses have no choice but to produce those materials themselves. Teachers who want…
The 10 most inventive cheating attempts on online exams
Exams are just around the corner and there is so much of the syllabus still left to cover. It's the story of every student’s life. Anxiety and fear…
MOOCs: Because people want to learn
If you have been living on Mars for the last few years, MOOC stands for massive open online course. They have been around since about 2011, but they…
2013 in MOOCs: Which event best defined the quest to solve education?
As we say goodbye to 2013, the year after The Year of the MOOC, I remain unable to adequately define the acronym that graces this blog’s header. This…
7 tech predictions for higher education in 2014
Every year for the past decade, I have blogged about what I think the big ideas and trends around eLearning will be for the following year. Some of…
MOOCs and STEM teaching methods
I’m pleased to announce that the Center for Teaching will be part of a $750,000, three-year, multi-institution National Science Foundation WIDER grant supporting the creation of two massive…
Four ways to prepare your IT infrastructure for a mobile learning revolution
This blog post focuses on Walters State (TN) Community College’s ambitious initiative to implement mobile learning campus-wide and the IT needs required to support multiple devices for every…