Obama tech chief denounces ‘Big Data’
Harper Reed, who recently launched a mobile technology startup in Chicago after serving as chief technology officer for Obama’s 2012 campaign, said Oct. 29 at the State University…
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College students: we’re digitally distracted
Awareness of the various digital distractions pervasive throughout higher education hasn’t stopped college students from turning to their myriad devices, as the average student at the University of…
Cracking the MOOC ‘assessment nut’
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) might not offer actionable lessons to professors and campus administrators until the experimental classes have a reliable assessment apparatus, a Penn State MOOC…
Google claims MOOCs SOLVE code-for-kids teacher training problem
Google's latest contribution to the global movement that advocates teaching kids to code as the solution for every problem has discovered something revolutionary: if you put good content…
College degree via mobile device?
The definition of class participation has changed for students at the University of Southern California's (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering. The USC engineering program's Distance Education Network, a…
White House unveils Big Data projects, round two
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Networking and Information Technology R&D program (NITRD) on Tuesday introduced a slew of new big-data collaboration projects…
MOOCs aren’t reaching their target audience
It was already known that a vast majority of massive open online course (MOOC) students were male, but a newly released survey has more cringe-worthy news for MOOC…
MOOC advocates meet a major roadblock
Observers say the San Jose State University (SJSU) faculty backlash against the school's adoption of massive open online courses (MOOCs) could set a precedent for blocking technology adoption…
Flipped classroom model gains steam on campuses
The flipped classroom approach, heavily reliant on technology, may have reached a level of acceptance in higher education that makes is no longer experimental. Once pushed by higher…
MOOC certificates get a social media bump
Completing a massive open online course (MOOC) means close to nothing even for the most engaged students. The social network LinkedIn could soon change that. LinkedIn, a professional…