Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. With the addition of Princeton to its list of partners, edX, the non-profit MOOC provider that Harvard and MIT founded in 2012, now has more Ivy League partners than its largest for-profit competitor, Coursera. More...
Online course brings legendary Professor George Mosse to a new audience
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. George Mosse was one of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s iconic professors: a pioneering historian with a gift for connecting the past to the present. More...
Hootsuite Gets Stickier With Free Online Classes
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Hootsuite debuted an online learning portal called Podium this week that’s devoted to classes on (what else?) social media. More...
Scenario-Based Learning in the Online Classroom
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Scenario-based learning can be an effective way for students to apply what they have learned to realistic situations. More...
3 Things the Military Community Should Know About Online Learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. With online learning, military students don’t have to worry about whether moving will interfere with their studies. More...
Princeton faculty to begin offering courses on edX online platform
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Princeton University continues to broaden its online teaching and learning efforts and has become a charter member of the edX Consortium. More...
Point-Counterpoint: Online classes are perfect for independent students
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Online learning allows me to take my education into my own hands. I know that if I don’t understand the material I cannot blame it on a teacher. More...
Growth In Online MBA Applications Outstrips Traditional Degree Formats
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A growing number of online and flexible MBA programs have reported year-on-year growth in applications, more than traditional part-time and executive courses — highlighting the swelling appeal of digital degrees among business students. More...
Free online courses for designers, artists and creative pros offered by FutureLearn
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. FutureLearn is kicking off free online courses for pros across branding, design, animation, VFX and more. The courses have been created using £200,000 of funding from government quango Creative Skillset. More...
Coursera’s Hunt For Feedback Reveals A Divided World
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Although Coursera got its start in Silicon Valley, the Mountain View, Calif., company has attracted an increasingly global user base in the past three years. More...