How online learning software is quickly becoming one of the most impactful technologies shaping higher ed and its learning opportunities. More...
29 octobre 2017
27 octobre 2017
Online learning grads can become your most active alumni –here’s why
Holding a graduation event exclusively for online students sounds unusual, perhaps even a contradiction. But over the years at InterActive we’ve become accustomed to looking at some at the most diffused misconceptions about online learning as a challenge–quality of the teaching, support for students, participation—and defying them with what we do. More...
26 octobre 2017
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak created a new online university
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is getting into the education business.
The Silicon Valley technologist, who helped create Apple (AAPL, +0.64%) over 40 years ago with the late Steve Jobs, has debuted Woz U, an online university. More...
26 octobre 2017
How online learning compares to the traditional classroom
As the popularity of online instruction spreads, many have questioned whether the method produces similar outcomes to the traditional classroom. The authors surveyed both kinds of students, and the results indicate that a student’s ability to work in an intentional and motivated manner, and the greater cognitive effort that results, carries more weight than does the course delivery method and may also translate into a more positive evaluation of the course. More...
26 octobre 2017
Audit of online university raises questions
Who, exactly, is a university teacher? What defines teaching? And how should the profession evolve in an age of rising tuition, worldwide connectivity, and fast-changing job markets. More...
26 octobre 2017
Signs of a Ceiling in Online Ed Market
Signs of a Ceiling in Online Ed Market
2017/05/24
According to this report, "A new survey of online education administrators at 104 colleges and universities released today shows -- as other studies have suggested -- that public and private four-year institutions saw healthy enrollment growth in their fully online programs." More...
26 octobre 2017
Education inspector general wants to pull student aid from a popular online university
The Education Department’s Office of Inspector General wants the agency to claw back $713 million in loans and grants from Western Governors University, claiming that the limited role of faculty in courses makes the online university ineligible for federal student aid. More...
25 octobre 2017
Learning design behind Georgia Tech’s degrees at scale
Announced in January 2017, Georgia Institute of Technology’s Online Master of Science in Analytics is the Institute’s second at-scale degree following the groundbreaking Online Master of Science in Computer Science. More...
25 octobre 2017
The Bazaar Online Conference System: Athabasca University's Alternative to Proprietary Online Course Delivery Platforms
The Bazaar Online Conference System: Athabasca University's Alternative to Proprietary Online Course Delivery Platforms
I had the opportunity last week to tour the entire Bazaar conferencing system described in this article. I like it a lot. What Bazaar is not is a content management system - it is designed to facilitate communication, not information transfer. That said, it contains many of the administrative and tracking tools found in more expensive LMSs. More...
25 octobre 2017
How Boring is the E-Learning Market
How Boring is the E-Learning Market
Reflections from an e-learning conference held recently in Britain. Cynical reflections. "The industry stages very predictable events where: publishers argue that there should be more emphasis on e-learning content; software companies argue that there should be more emphasis on tools; and learning theorists want to see more collaboration between learners and more attention on 'pedagogy' in general." Yup. More...
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