Google wants to teach everyday folk to interpret data
If you’ve been to a tech conference, or even just browsed through the odd tech site, then you’ve probably seen ... Read more
MOOC
Hey educators, shut up about MOOCs already!
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…
Can MOOCs cure homelessness?
It seems that a start-up founder's decision to offer a homeless man a laptop and coding classes, instead of $100 cash, has paid off, The Huffington Post reports.…
Using technology to distract students from distraction
To give a student an iPad is to place him in front of a bay window open to an endless sea of distraction. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, eMail, cat…
Georgetown’s first MOOC attracts 20,000 students from 150 countries
Universities have been struggling with online learning, but Georgetown University has found its partnership with open-source education platform edX to be highly effective and absolutely beneficial, InTheCapital reports.…
Google MOOC site: ‘More of the same’?
A new partnership between edX and Google could mean that massive open online courses (MOOCs) are about to get a whole lot more open. The internet software company…
A MOOC that will ‘cut across institutional boundaries’
Many colleges have delved into MOOCs, while others have approach the massive courses with caution. Either way, however, MOOC implementation has been isolated to a single school working…
The Ivory Tower teeters
The world of higher education as we have known it has entered the twilight zone. Their contours still recognizable, America's colleges and universities are becoming shades of their…
Will MOOCs save us?
Those who’ve been reading this series will recall that I didn’t think much of the “Baumol cost disease” explanation for why college costs are going up, The Washington…
Online class aims to earn millions
Two University of Texas at Austin professors this week launched their introductory psychology class from a makeshift studio, with a goal of eventually enrolling 10,000 students at $550…