School choice on steroids
New state programs allow students to opt out of their local public schools part time, taking classes online instead Hechinger Report
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More People for U of the People
After three months of studying at Damascus University in Syria, Omar Alhalabi’s life was uprooted. Inside Higher Ed
Universal Design in Online Education: Employing Organization Change
With the rise in online education, universal design is an emerging trend aimed at providing available education opportunities to all students, accommodating for all disabilities. However, universal design in online education remains an ambiguous and lofty goal for an academic organization to undertake. This case analysis employs an organization change theoretical framework via archival document […]
Pedagogical Requirements for Mobile Learning: A Review on MOBIlearn Task Model
Pedagogically sound design for mobile learning application development is a key factor for providing a pleasant and rich learning experience in a mobile environment. In the context of higher education, this need is very critical as institutions and students begin to recognize the importance of bridging the gap between formal classroom and out-of-classroom informal learning […]
How Do Students Use Their Mobile Devices to Support Learning? A Case Study from an Australian Regional University
Though universities are eager to leverage the potential of mobile learning to provide learning flexibly, most balk at the cost of providing students with mobile hardware. The practice of ‘bring your own device'(BYOD) is often mooted as a cost-effective alternative. This paper provides a snapshot of student ownership of mobile devices at a regional Australian […]
50,000 Graduates in 15 Years: Class of Summer 2015 Marks Major Milestone for WGU
SALT LAKE CITY — On Saturday, August 15, Western Governors University (WGU) will hold its 29th semi-annual commencement in Salt Lake City. In addition to recognizing students who have graduated in the past six months, the nation’s first competency-based university will mark another major milestone—50,000 graduates in just 15 years. Western Governors University
Towards collaboration as learning: evaluation of an open CPD opportunity for HE teachers
Flexible, Distance and Online Learning (FDOL) is an open online course offered as an informal cross-institutional collaboration based on a postgraduate module in the context of teacher education in higher education. The second iteration, FDOL132, was offered in 2013 using a problem-based learning (PBL) design (FISh) to foster collaborative learning. How this was experienced by […]
White House: Innovation in Higher Education (By George Siemens)
A few weeks ago, I received an invitation to the White House. The invitation was somewhat cryptic, but basically stated that the focus of the meeting was on quality and innovation. Athabasca University
Critical Discourse Analysis of Moderated Discussion Board of Virtual University of Pakistan
The paper critically evaluated the discursive practices on the Moderated Discussion Board (MDB) of Virtual University of Pakistan (VUP). The paramount objective of the study was to conduct a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the MDB on the Learning Management System (LMS) of VUP. For this purpose, the academic power relations of the students and […]
Effective web videoconferencing for proctoring online oral exams: a case study at scale in Brazil
The challenging of assessing formal and informal online learning at scale includes various issues. Many universities who are now promoting “Massive Online Open Courses” (MOOC), for instance, focus on relatively informal assessment of participant competence, which is not highly ‘quality assured’. This paper reports best practices on the use of a web videoconferencing application to […]