Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. It’s easy to take online learning for granted, whether it’s finding how to do something on YouTube or following a free online course from a university. More...
17 août 2015
17 août 2015
Number of LSU Online programs triples since inception
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The online program started in March of 2013 with three different programs available to students, but since its inception, the program has tripled in size to nine programs, said Amanda Major, interim director of LSU Online. More...
17 août 2015
Hacking Diversity
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Anyone with Internet access and a computer can learn how to write a few lines of code these days. Free tutorials and information from sites like Codecademy, which has been used by more than 25 million people, offer widespread access to instruction. More...
17 août 2015
China’s Startup Boom in Online Learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. China knows a thing or two about distance learning. For two decades, the country’s education ministry has used the television airwaves to broadcast agricultural lessons to more than 100 million rural students—making it the largest such program in the world. More...
17 août 2015
Universities explore credit options for online learning courses
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Oscar Cooke-Abbott is halfway through an undergraduate course in Physics at elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Oh, and he’s 16. He is one of an estimated 2000 school students in Australia studying courses at the world’s top universities for free, through an online platform called Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). More...
17 août 2015
U.S. expanding internet access to 200k low-income kids
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A new program to connect low-income households in public housing with internet access and internet-capable devices announced July 15 will aim particularly at children and include training to help program participants maximize their use of the new devices and technology. More...
17 août 2015
Making an Impact With Self-Service Video Recording
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Penn State’s One Button Studio has changed the meaning of “video literacy,” giving students and instructors the tools to create professional-looking videos without technical assistance. More...
17 août 2015
Learning to cope with work in future
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. ‘The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn,” wrote Alvin Toffler. His predictions are coming true as the very nature of work is changing before our eyes. More...
17 août 2015
Higher education department to look at how ‘missing middle’ students can benefit from NSFAS
By Bekezela Phakathi. THE Higher Education Department is looking at ways in which it can provide funding to students who come from families that earn too much to qualify for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) but not enough to finance tertiary studies. More...
17 août 2015
Smartphones, social media helping students cheat in exams: University of Sydney report
By Cassandra Bedwell. The internet and smartphones have made it easier for students to cheat in exams, a new report into academic misconduct at the University of Sydney has found.
The report followed investigations into ways to prevent and detect academic dishonesty and misconduct among students at the university. More...
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