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Stanford engineers have partnered with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to set a computational record. Stanford Professor Charbel Farhat and his research team at the Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC) used a new, high-end, massively parallel computer to demonstrate the power of algorithms that instruct processors to work together to solve challenging […]
French-speaking higher education ministers and other representatives from more than 40 countries* have agreed to cooperate in developing a global digital francophone university area, including a common website for sharing and distribution of common resources. University World News
A few colleges are trying a new incentive to get professors to participate in professional-development workshops: digital badges. Wired Campus
Houston Community College, already among the fastest schools in Internet speed, still must work to keep up with ever-increasing student expectations. Campus Technology
This first global overview of quality models, an ICDE supported study, is a must-read for any person concerned with quality in online, open and flexible higher education. It presents quality models in use around the globe and offers 11 recommendations for future work in the field. International Council for Open and Distance Education
Business School specializing in supply chain management taps technology firm to design online program to engage learners and meet employer demand.
A group of leading technologists, economists, and investors propose a new approach to help us adapt to new technologies. MIT Technology Review
Evidence suggests that MOOCs are being used as a strategic tool to explore alternative models of course delivery (Allen & Seaman, 2013) and this paper shares insight into an example of such innovation for Business School Education. Gateway MBA draws on examples of open learning worldwide to create a MOOC to extend the MBA distance […]
The degree of social media uptake in research practice differs greatly, across and within disciplines. This qualitative study explores the use of social media within a specific target group of researchers working in the field of technology-enhanced learning. The individual cases reveal a range from heavy use, leading to addiction, to very restricted or no […]
This paper investigates how knowledge is constructed collaboratively in a crowd-sourced environment. More specifically, the study presented in this paper empirically analyzes online discussions in regard to Wikipedia entries on the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster that occurred in March 2011 in Japan. For this study, we examined the encyclopedia articles in both the English […]