The Department of Education proposed new rules today for schools providing distance education, such as online courses, in order to get the state authorization needed to qualify for federal financial aid dollars. More...
31 août 2016
31 août 2016
5 myths to debunk about online education
By . A new myth-busting report found that online education has expanded higher education access to students who previously might not have enrolled in it due to time and financial issues. More...
31 août 2016
MIT launches first online architecture, systems engineering program
MIT Professional Education’s new four-course online professional certificate program, Architecture and Systems Engineering: Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems will provide a state-of-the-practice view on model-based systems engineering for technical professionals and engineers. More...
31 août 2016
edX universities say ‘NO’ to mediocre online learning
At a conference hosted by Harvard and MIT, schools using the open-source edX platform agreed on a common data structure for their online courses, with the goal of facilitating research on how students learn. More...
31 août 2016
Department of Education Proposes Rules on Oversight of Online Courses
The Department of Education (ED) today published proposed regulations on state authorization requirements for postsecondary distance education, outlining how colleges and universities that offer online education programs to students in other states should be regulated. More...
31 août 2016
ED proposes rule on state authorization of distance learning
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The U.S. Department of Education today proposed regulations that seek to improve oversight and protect more than 5.5 million distance education students at degree-granting institutions, including nearly 3 million exclusively online students by clarifying the state authorization requirements for postsecondary distance education. More...30 août 2016
The rise of the online degree at America's top universities
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Like meeting your spouse on the Internet, earning a degree online went from unthinkable to mainstream in a few short decades. More...30 août 2016
Inceptia releases case studies for online financial education
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In September of 2015, Inceptia relaunched its online financial education program, Financial Avenue, with ten new courses covering a range of money management topics. More...27 août 2016
Is online education good or bad? And is this really the right question?
By . For the past twenty years, I’ve heard this question asked many times about online education. It might be tempting for enthusiasts to say “of course it is good,” but I see this as a kind of “trick question.” We should consider asking this question in the context of the traditional classroom. More...
27 août 2016
How online courses can bring the world into Africa’s classrooms
By . I am an anthropologist with a special interest in establishing the field of the medical humanities. This emerging field is wide open for producing new knowledge about the history and culture of medical practices. It focuses, for instance, on representations of patients and medical landscapes in art, literature, philosophy, bioethics, and other disciplines in the arts and humanities. More...
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