According to the California Community Colleges, distance education – the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school – comprises the college system’s fastest growing segment of enrollment. More...
College students learning online, but stepping on campus
Like their peers on campus, students enrolled in online programs benefit when they feel included. Colleges cater to this group by offering in-person events and extended office hours. More...
The unfulfilled promise of online higher education
3 Latin American Universities to Share Online Courses
By Doug Lederman. Three universities in Chile, Colombia and Mexico will make all of the open online courses they offer on the Coursera platform available to one another's students at no charge, as part of a new collaboration between them. Under the arrangement, known as La Tríada, Tec de Monterrey in Mexico, Universidad de los Andes in Colombia and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile will make a combined 100 courses available to their collective 150,000 or so on-campus students. More...
Michigan to Start Online, Part-Time M.B.A. Program
By Doug Lederman. The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business announced Tuesday that it will start a part-time online master of business administration program in fall 2019. More...
Defining ‘Regular and Substantive’ Interaction in the Online Era
Techno-News Blog. Online education proponents and a few others call it an anachronistic impediment to innovation in an era where one-third of students study at least partially online, but others aren’t so sure. More...
Student-Built Online Game Accompanies Online Class
Techno-News Blog. “Introduction to Research,” BIM 088V, is an exclusively online class taught by Louie, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UC Davis, for the University of California’s Cross Campus Enrollment program. More...
How To Stop Slacking Off In Your Online Degree
Techno-News Blog. Although the idea of online study seems easy in theory — especially to tech savvy millennials — actually getting on top of the content and staying on track is a lot harder than you might think. More...
How online learning will change education
Techno-News Blog. Digital learning is, in many ways, already making inroads into our education system. The internet, and everything surrounding it, has changed the way in which we can carry out research and writing. More...
True or false: Breaking down myths about online classes
Techno-News Blog. Nearly half of all MU students took an online class during the 2016-17 school year, according to the university’s website. They are popular for a variety of reasons. More...