Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. CourseBuffet not only highlights free courses from top universities, it groups some of them into degree paths, so you can get a college BA-equivalent education from these free online courses. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Free online educational courses may not be democratizing education as much as proponents believe, a new study reports. John D. Hansen, a doctoral student at Harvard University’s School of Education, and his colleagues looked at registration and completion patterns in 68 massive open online courses, or MOOCs, offered by Harvard and M.I.T. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. More than two-thirds of those surveyed said they would be more likely to participate in training if it were interactive and engaging. Incorporating multimedia tools such as videos, Q&A sessions or quizzes into training could promote engagement. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In total, five Weston High School teachers received grant support to develop their own “on-ramp” mini-MOOCs for some of the AP courses offered at Weston – Mary Liu for biology, Natalie Griswold and John Monz for calculus, Sophie Kulas for French language and culture, and Boris Korsunsky for physics. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The “handprint” is the positive counterpart to the footprint – the good that arises from our actions and work. The term was coined by Greg Norris of the Harvard School of Public Health who realized that we were only looking at the negative part of the equation and ignoring beneficial by-products. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. University of the People is a university that has no tuition costs. The university’s classes and teaching materials are all free online. Also, all of the teachers are volunteers. Federal laws in the U.S. do not prevent undocumented immigrants from going to college. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A pair of researchers looking into whether Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are helping to bridge the disparity gap in education access in the U.S. has found that those who take the courses tend to be from wealthier neighborhoods. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Making the jump to more affordable, online courseware is the logical next step to cut costs, and many learning platforms and digital content providers are stepping up to help. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The progression from lifelong digital companions to lifelong personal teachers is only another series of algorithms away. The technology underlying those algorithms already is being developed. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. More than 42 million Americans owe a total of $1.1 trillion in student debt, making it the second-largest liability on the national balance sheet. More...