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Education is a fundamental human right, yet one fifth of the world’s population lives with poor literacy. India is home to the largest number of illiterate people, with infrastructural, cultural, and socio-economic factors hindering equitable access to quality education. Due to the rapidly growing technology and Internet usage in the country, open educational resources (OER) […]
For fifteen years, Australian Higher Education has engaged with the openness agenda primarily through the lens of open-access research. Open educational practice (OEP), by contrast, has not been explicitly supported by federal government initiatives, funding, or policy. This has led to an environment that is disconnected, with isolated examples of good practice that have not […]
Decades after the first stirrings of online learning were felt in higher education, the revolution its advocates had foretold has yet to occur. University World News
The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science is launching an online master’s degree. The program will be delivered in partnership with Coursera. While the program won’t be free, the MCIT Online degree will cost only $26,300, which is a fraction of the cost of completing a master’s degree in computer science on the […]
MCHENRY, Ill., July 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Follett today announced that it has acquired Fishtree, a leading adaptive learning platform that streamlines both the technical integration and educational adoption of personalized learning in school classrooms. Follett will integrate the machine-based learning tools of Fishtree within Follett’s industry leading Destiny content and resource management platform used by […]
SALT LAKE CITY, July 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Canvas by Instructure, the open learning management system (LMS) that makes teaching and learning easier, will now offer Open Badges through Badgr as a native feature in Canvas. Badgr is an achievement recognition and tracking system built by Concentric Sky that is used to issue, organize and share […]
Rather that creating a “data gumbo” rich with integrated data sources, most colleges still experience “data babel” – critical operational challenges that involve applications, platforms and data bases that do not “talk” with one another and are difficult to integrate. Inside Higher Ed
YouTube Learning will provide grants for and promote educational content to help elevate users who want to share their knowledge and expertise. edscoop
New Approaches to Judging Quality in Higher Education: Profiles of Emerging Methods Apart from Traditional Accreditation The purpose of this report is to profile a selection of emerging approaches to judg- ing quality in higher education that represent a range of stakeholder interests andperspectives. This report includes three sections: Part 1. Quality Assurance at a […]
From cars to computers, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are quickly becoming embedded in every piece of new technology. Cisco has long worked with both AI and ML, and the company’s experts came together on July 11th to showcase exactly what they have been working on. CISCO