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Competency-based learning: a proven concept?

January 31, 2014January 28, 2014 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

Washington, D.C. – After nearly two decades of operating as an experiment in competency-based learning, the accredited online university Western Governors University says it is now a “proof…

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Is K-12 driving university tablet adoption?

February 6, 2014January 28, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Fresno State University (FSU) President Joseph Castro, in unveiling the school's ambitious tablet initiative last week, said K-12 students' familiarity with the interactive mobile devices was a major…

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Thrun: MOOCs never meant to replace college

January 28, 2014January 27, 2014 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

The man who declared some of his own company’s massive open online courses (MOOCs) as “lousy” products is continuing to distance the experimental online classes from the traditional…

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Big Data could be a $50M boon for one university

January 24, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Ohio State University (OSU) could be the next campus to see a multimillion dollar investment into gathering and analyzing mass amounts of data. Two of the university's oldest…

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White House: How should universities use technology?

January 24, 2014January 23, 2014 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

Following two high-profile education events organized by the White House, the Obama administration is asking institutions for their input regarding technology and college affordability. Secretary of Education Arne…

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The un-massive MOOC

January 23, 2014January 22, 2014 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

The Georgia Institute of Technology’s master’s degree in computer science program based on massive open online courses (MOOCs) started this week with a head-count that's not all that…

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MIT and Harvard: Stop focusing on MOOC completion rates

January 23, 2014January 22, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

There were 55 million viewings of recorded lectures, problems attempted, web pages read, and forum comments posted in Harvard and MIT's massive open online courses (MOOCs) since 2012.…

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Confusion lurks behind online course completion rates

February 3, 2014January 21, 2014 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Online education experts fear that abysmal massive open online course (MOOC) completion rates could confuse the public about the quality of more traditional web-based classes as in-person college…

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Universities just starting to tap huge online degree market

January 21, 2014January 21, 2014 by From staff and wire reports

Nicole Traore always wanted to go back to school to get her bachelor’s degree, but the 45-year-old mother of three busy boys has a full-time job and no…

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MOOCs: Nothing but a marketing tool?

January 23, 2014January 20, 2014 by By Jake New, Assistant Editor

The pedagogical benefits -- or shortcomings -- of massive open online courses (MOOCs) may often be the main talking point for the free online classes, but they aren’t…

Competency-based learning: a proven concept?

Is K-12 driving university tablet adoption?

Thrun: MOOCs never meant to replace college

Big Data could be a $50M boon for one university

White House: How should universities use technology?

The un-massive MOOC

MIT and Harvard: Stop focusing on MOOC completion rates

Confusion lurks behind online course completion rates

Universities just starting to tap huge online degree market

MOOCs: Nothing but a marketing tool?

HEA Policy Shifts Update: How Are Educational Stakeholders Responding?

Nation’s Premier Collegiate Honor Society Inducts Talethia Jean Nevaeh Gray-Nance Into Membership

How Does Higher Education Procurement Work?

Abbey Road Institute Opens State-of-the-Art Campus in Los Angeles

14 Full Sail University Graduates Contributed to Oscar-Winning Projects

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