Bill and Melinda Gates: Online learning makes textbooks obsolete
Online learning with software has made textbooks obsolete, and digital tools are a better choice for today’s students, said Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. More...
Extending the Conversation on Online Course Length
Two weeks ago, “Inside Digital Learning” published an article exploring the decision-making process for institutions tweaking the length of their online courses. If you missed that piece, catch up before reading this one. More...
Bill & Melinda Gates 2019 Annual Letter: We didn’t see this coming
In this year’s annual letter, we’re highlighting nine more things that have surprised us along this journey. Some worry us. Others inspire us. More...
Are Digital Devices the Reason Why Kids Can’t Write?
Many parents who look at the messages sent back and forth in their children’s smart phones wonder if schools are even teaching writing these days. More...
The Purdue University Online Writing Lab and Chegg Partner to Make World-Class Writing Education Tools More Accessible
The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) and Chegg, Inc. (NYSE: CHGG), today announced an exclusive agreement to integrate Chegg’s Writing tools with Purdue University’s OWL content to support students on-demand whenever and wherever they need it. More...
Are three-year degree programs the answer?
A three-year bachelor’s degree may help students dodge some of the increasingly burdensome debt associated with higher education–that is, if the programs can get off the ground. More...
Ironwood, The Last Open edX Version, To Be Released This February
Big news for Open edX’s developers: Ironwood, the 2019 version of this learning platform, will be released on February. The first release candidate, Ironwood.1rc1, was just made available this week. More...
Do students understand academic integrity?
Since November 2017, 3,000 first-year seminar students in University College at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis have taken a voluntary online course on academic integrity. More...
Transforming Big Data Processing Through Blockchain and AI
After years of research at MIT, Endor claims to have invented the “Google for predictive analytics*”, providing automated AI predictions for companies. More...
Emerging Technologies Need Diversity: Innovative Women in AI / Blockchain to Follow in 2019
Besides being a hot topic these days, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain have received a reputation for being especially male-dominated in an already bro-saturated tech world. More...
