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.…
The MOOC stumble: Lessons from Napster
I have been a long time proponent of online education and have been offering webcasts of my classes since 2001. However, I was a little skeptical about the…
MIT’s Big Data education set to get underway
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) is offering its first professional learning course tackling the ins and outs of Big Data, a subject near and dear to educators and…
Bursting the MOOC bubble
After a couple of years basking in the spotlight the tide seems to have turned in MOOC-land. We seem to be heading for the dreaded trough of disillusionment.…