Many critics weighed in earlier this month when tech giant Apple announced it was dismantling its iconic iTunes music platform and replacing it with separate apps for music, podcasts and video. More...
3 juillet 2019
3 juillet 2019
Rewriting the Rule Book for College Accreditors
Trump administration seeks overhaul of federal standards for college accreditors, arguing current rules stifle innovation. But critics say proposed changes water down oversight. Betsy DeVos issued a proposal Tuesday to loosen federal standards for college accreditors, arguing that the changes would spur innovation. More...
3 juillet 2019
Moving from textual thinking to visual thinking
Instead of forcing visual thinkers into textual thinking, we need to see the world differently and develop critical thinking skills. We need to start seeing the world in different ways if we hope to make effective use of the tools of the digital age. More...
3 juillet 2019
Going Beyond the Digital Diploma
In 2017, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Central New Mexico Community College became the first institutions in the United States to experiment with offering students the option to receive a digital diploma through a blockchain-based app. More...
3 juillet 2019
Curated Reading List Professional, Continuing, Online Ed Passes 1,000,000 reads
This is a more personal posting – my UPCEA curated reading list has just passed one million reads. Since 2011, the blog has steadily grown in readership; more than 1,000 leaders in our field subscribe via email to get the daily updates of news, research, and trends that are most important to those leading professional, continuing and online education. More...
3 juillet 2019
Using Artificial Intelligence to Close the Achievement Gap
Achievement gaps occur when one group of students (such as students grouped by race/ethnicity, gender) outperforms another group and the difference in average scores for the two groups is statistically significant. The achievement gap between students who come from different socio-economic backgrounds is a pervasive problem in education. More...
3 juillet 2019
Walmart expands $1 a day degree program
Walmart announced Tuesday that it is adding more degrees, college partners and a path for high school students to its one-year-old program offering full- and part-time U.S. employees access to a college degree for $1 a day. More...
3 juillet 2019
Enrollment Declines and College Closures Will Get Worse Before they Get Better
Education Dive has been tracking college closures since 2016. Due largely to regulatory pressure, college closures have far and away been led by the for-profit sector. More...
3 juillet 2019
From badges to performance reviews, here’s how colleges are reinventing the Work-Study job
One idea comes from Chicago-based education technology firm Parker Dewey. Its online platform features a directory of short-term micro-internships that give students between five and 40 hours of paid experience in work such as content creation, candidate sourcing, market research and lead generation. More...
3 juillet 2019
Moving From 5% to 85% Completion Rates for Online Courses
At Acumen, where I design online courses, we’ve also been offering selective cohort-based programs for the past year that achieve completion rates of 85 percent. More...
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