Howard halts historic online learning initiative
6 ways e-learning tools support healthcare education
E-learning tools in healthcare provide a range of benefits that can help reduce the strain on hospitals and other healthcare facilities
UNH president pushes back against online education at ‘Walmart prices’
Mark Huddleston, President of the University of New Hampshire, delivered his annual State of the University on Tuesday, NHPR reports. The University President’s speech began with a list…
MOOCs come home to high tech
When a Harvard professor converted his course on Greek heroes into a MOOC, the enrollment went from a few hundred Ivy League students in Cambridge, Mass., to 31,000…
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.…
In our MOOC moment, public opinion about teacher quality irrelevant
The New York Times published an editorial last month, “Why Other Countries Teach Better,” that compared three countries to the U.S. and raised concerns that poorly trained teachers…
Coursera flirts with diplomas: online ‘specialization’ is $250
Complete your studies at a traditional university, and you earn a cap-and-gown ceremony with a smiling dean handing you a diploma. Wrap up online instruction, and nothing so…
College students shifting from consumers to creators
With the help of library “makerspaces” and 3D printers, college students could soon see their role on campus shifting from consumers to creators, a new report said. The…
MOOCs: ‘Cakewalk for some’ and ‘a disaster for others’
