Open-source textbooks projected to save students $3.7M
The open-source online textbook publisher OpenStax College, which claims it could save students upwards of $750 million in textbook costs over the next five years, announced this week…
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Master’s degree is new frontier of study online
Next January, the Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a master’s degree in computer science through massive open online courses for a fraction of the on-campus cost,…
Why online classes won’t replace the classroom
When Stanford president John Hennessey told the New Yorker in April 2012, "There's a tsunami coming," he wasn't forecasting the next undersea earthquake, The Fiscal Times reports.
PCs still more prevalent than tablets on college campuses
The future in which every college student is armed with a state-of-the-art tablet computer is seemingly still a long way out.
Crafting an effective MOOC: one community college’s experience
In May, Mt. San Jacinto Community College conducted the first basic writing MOOC for Coursera, WCET reports.
Majoring in big data
Big data is now big business and big money, as companies work to translate vast amounts of data into knowledge about their customers and their people, the things…
Higher education struggling to contain data breaches this summer
College students and their professors may be away from campuses, but news of data breaches big and small continue to make headlines at colleges nationwide, including a few…
Social media schooling is on the rise – but is it necessary?
When Julie Clark McKinney arrived at work Wednesday morning, the first thing she did was check Facebook to see if anyone ‘liked’ her images, The Wall Street Journal…
Udacity: creating a more engaging MOOC
David Evans has been the first instructor for hundreds of thousands of students pursuing their education at Udacity, the massive open online course (MOOC) platform whose unique style…
August could be a bad month for data security in higher education
The return of college students to campuses next month could mark a data-stealing bonanza for hackers as unprotected personal information moves back and forth between institutions and their…