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With new MOOC, Silicon Valley schools the world on business ethics

November 12, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

Santa Clara University isn't pushing into the online education market in a traditional academic subject like math, or even Silicon Valley's signature computer science disciplines, the Silicon Valley…

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Reporting back from MOOC-Landia

November 11, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

We're now halfway through my six-week Coursera MOOC (massive open online course), 21st Century American Foreign Policy (#AFP 21), about which I'd written for HuffPost on the eve…

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U.S. private colleges face enrollment decline

November 11, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

From 2010 through 2012, freshman enrollment at more than a quarter of U.S. private four-year schools declined 10% or more, according to federal data The Wall Street Journal…

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Enroll in a MOOC to boost your resume

November 11, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

To add a unique activity to your college application and resume, enroll in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) in subjects ranging from essay writing to nanotechnology, Gazettes…

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Big data still in its infancy but skills are short

November 8, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

A survey of UK companies identifies the skills that businesses are seeking for big data projects but says they remain in short supply. While the proportion of firms…

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A Yelp for online learning?

November 8, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

It's that time again when colleges and universities report their admissions statistics, graduation rates and other numbers, and groups compile and analyze those statistics to rank our nation's…

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Students dip feet into online learning … now required

November 8, 2013November 8, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

In McKenzie Cobb’s World History class, homework is submitted with a few keystrokes, PilotOnline reports. Narrated videos replace lectures. Questions are answered with a pop-up messages. Same thing…

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When Big Data goes bad

November 8, 2013November 8, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

Big Data and the cloud are putting supercomputer capabilities into everyone's hands. But what's getting lost in the mix is that the tools we use to interpret and…

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Hey educators, shut up about MOOCs already!

November 7, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

I can’t remember if it was "MOOCs are Everywhere," or "Rise of the MOOCs," or what headline I had just read when I finally lost it. I yelled…

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MOOCs will ultimately play a transformational role

November 7, 2013 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

The democratization of the MOOC cannot be underestimated We have reached the point in the history of MOOCs where the initial excitement is waning and people are beginning…

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