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California Bill Allowing Credit for MOOCs Passes Senate

California state senators voted unanimously last Thursday to pass Senate Bill 520 (SB 520), despite opposition from faculty at California… More »

Obama Promises to Have High-Speed Internet in Most Schools in 5 Years

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — President Obama visited an innovative middle school in central North Carolina on Thursday to demonstrate the Internet-based… More »

As Course-Management Market Gets More Competitive, Instructure Raises $30-Million in Funds

Instructure, a company that sells course-management software, announced on Wednesday that it had won $30-million in venture-capital funds, and some… More »

Online college course experiment reveals hidden costs

About two weeks into San Jose State’s online education experiment at an Oakland charter school, it became clear that something… More »

Online Course Platforms Offer Paid Freelance Gigs to Professors

As online courses multiply outside the formal structures of academe, professors increasingly have opportunities to earn cash on the side… More »

Paperless public libraries switch to digital

A public library without any printed books is opening this summer. The phrase “bookless libraries” arrives with a dull, oxymoronic… More »

COIL – Virtual mobility without commercialisation

Much, if not all, of the debate in higher education seems to be focused these days on massive open online… More »

Vanderbilt University creates institute devoted to digital learning, MOOCs

As the conversation surrounding massive open online courses (MOOCs) and other means of online learning gets louder, many universities are… More »

The latest trends in MOOCs

The battle for and against massive open online courses (MOOCs) rages on as we head into summer, with new arguments… More »

The Rise of eText

eText consultant Rand Spiwak engages in an informative discussion of electronic texts and considers how higher education institutions can prepare… More »