Strayer University Sees Success With Predictive Analytics in Online Learning
Most of the more than 40,000 students enrolled at Strayer University in any given semester take classes online. EduSurge
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UC Riverside Adds Data Science Specialization to Online MS in Engineering
Graduates will join growing field of experts who are decoding big data UCR Today
The next phase of Microsoft Academic: intelligent bots at your service!
Progress in AI research and applications is exploding, and that explosion extends to our own team working on academic services. Continuing our work supercharging Bing and Cortana, we are also applying new technologies to Microsoft Academic, which serves the research community. If you’re not familiar with Microsoft Academic, this online destination helps researchers connect with […]
10 Tools for More Interactive Videos
Forget about PowerPoints with voice-over — that’s old school. These “new school” apps can help you engage your students while they’re learning from your lectures. Campus Technology
New online learning system provides Arabs access to world-class education
DUBAI // A newly launched online learning system promises Arabs across the region access to a world-class education. Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation For Education has unveiled the Open Learning Scholars Programme in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The National UAE
Artificial Intelligence Course Creates AI Teaching Assistant
College of Computing Professor Ashok Goel teaches Knowledge Based Artificial Intelligence (KBAI) every semester. It’s a core requirement of Georgia Tech’s online master’s of science in computer science program. And every time he offers it, Goel estimates, his 300 or so students post roughly 10,000 messages in the online forums — far too many inquiries […]
University of Colorado officially launches ‘Connect’ online learning portal
The University of Colorado this week officially launched “Connect,” an online platform that links prospective students to all online course and degree offerings across CU’s four campuses. Daily Camera
Online School Enriches Affiliated Companies if Not Its Students
COLUMBUS, Ohio — , an online charter school based here, graduated 2,371 students last spring. At the commencement ceremony, a student speaker triumphantly told her classmates that the group was “the single-largest graduating high school class in the nation.” The New York Times
Accreditation and competency-based education
Competency-based education or CBE is, an approach to teaching and learning that awards credit on the basis of mastery of clearly defined competencies or skills (EDUCAUSE, 2014). The current increased emphasis on CBE is resulting in institutions and programs taking fresh approaches to their academic activity. The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) sought to […]
New Journal of Competency-Based Education Now Live
Journal sponsored by WGU and published by Wiley focuses on competency-based learning for higher education Western Governors University