By Todd A. Hitchcock, Chief Operating Officer, Pearson Embanet. Prior to the last recession in 2007, four out of five jobs lost were considered “low skills” - requiring a high school degree or less, but the employment landscape is dramatically changing. (Source) By 2020, it’s estimated that 65% of jobs will require a postsecondary degree. More...
By Bhawani Negi. UGC has prohibited state and private universities from establishing centres outside their territorial jurisdiction. This will not only mean loss of enrolment for various courses offered by the International Centre for Distance Education and Open Learning (ICDEOL) of the HPU but also leave students harried. More...
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By Carl Straumsheim. Education Department releases proposed rule on state approval of online programs, cutting a provision that would require states to review all out-of-state colleges. Read more...
By Maxine Joselow. While many institutions rely on online program management providers, Schreiner University opts for an alternative way of building an online nursing program. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. EverFi, a company that provides colleges with online training programs on issues such as financial literacy and sexual assault prevention, on Wednesday announced the purchase of LawRoom. Read more...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. ‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning
Marguerite McNeal, EdSurge, 2016/08/15
Here's George Siemens, from a recent and very positive interview in EdSurge: "If we do things right, we could fix many of the things that are really very wrong with the university system, in that it treats people like objects, not human beings. It pushes us through like an assembly-line model rather than encouraging us to be self-motivated, self-regulated, self-monitoring human beings." More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Online learning for beginners
Tony Bates, online learning and distance education resources, 2016/08/23
The supposedly retired Tony Bates has authored another e-book, this one an introductoon to online learning for beginners. Here are the contents:
As usual the result is required reading. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Yahoo Has a Tool that Can Catch Online Abuse Surprisingly Well
Will Knight, MIT Technology review, 2016/07/29
Interestingly, the term 'surprisingly well' in the headline still means 'far from perfect'. The Yahoo tool uses keywords and word phrases to catch abusive emails, but finds it difficult to go deeper. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The robots are coming for education — tech will help instructors enhance the learning experience. Artificial intelligence (or AI) has permeated most facets of our lives. Algorithms suggest our social media mates. More...
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