Techno-News Blog. The new education initiative, which is designed to cover tuition costs for hourly employees, will receive $25 million in annual funding going forward, Disney said in a statement. More...
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5 ways to get started with OER
Techno-News Blog. It has been almost three years since the launch of the United States Department of Education’s #GoOpen movement. If you are late to the #GoOpen party, it is the commitment to expand and accelerate the use of openly licensed educational resources in schools across the country. More...
10 Ways EdTech Is Reinventing Higher Ed
Techno-News Blog. Can you remember the times when only a notebook and pen were welcome in a college lecture? Taking notes by hand is quickly becoming an obsolete way of keeping up with the class in the face of educational technology. More...
Disney to give $1,000 bonuses to 125,000 employees and create a higher education program
Kankakee, Tri-Point participating in online AP classes
Techno-News Blog. Ten Kankakee High School students are getting a look at what the future might hold in Illinois for advanced placement courses. Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, who leads the Governor’s Rural Affairs Council, announced a pilot program for online AP classes. More...
U Iowa offers first online lab course
Techno-News Blog. In the world of augmented reality, instructors are taking the laboratory experience to an online platform using cutting-edge technology. Students get real-time lab exposure for a nanotechnology course online. The University of Iowa nanotechnology & nanofabrication course teaches students how to fabricate structures on a nanoscale. More...
Are computers turning into bigots?
Techno-News Blog. Machines that learn to think for themselves are revolutionising the workplace. But there’s growing evidence they are acquiring racial and class prejudices too. Human bank employees are no longer allowed to use common sense to over-rule the robots. More...
Makerspace brings high-tech tools to Aptos’ Cabrillo College
Techno-News Blog. Makerspace Director and Art Studio Instructor Payson McNett invokes a quote by the late science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke. More...
EdX Quietly Developing ‘MicroBachelors’ Program
Techno-News Blog. In December, edX won a $700,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation to support the MicroBachelors effort with the organization’s university partners. Officials from edX declined to talk about the project, saying only that it is in the early stages. More...
School of Design To Offer Free Online Course
Techno-News Blog. A new online course from the Graduate School of Design will offer students from around the world the opportunity to study the fundamentals of architecture from Harvard professors for free. More...
60 Percent of U.S. Adults Have Considered Returning to School, But Perceived Financial Barriers Loom Large
Techno-News Blog. A new survey from Champlain College Online says that while most adults see the value in higher education to prepare them for advancement in the workplace, ongoing concerns over incurring student debt and affordability are the major barriers to returning to school to complete a certificate, associate degree or bachelor’s degree. More...
