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By Farhad (Fred) Saba, Ph. D. Founder and Editor, Distance-Educator.com 2012 has been characterized by several new developments in the field, one of which has been the maturing of the Open Educational Resources (OER). If you are interested in sharing of resources, then you must also care about The Learning Registry (TLR). TLR is a […]
Startup companies offering knockoff textbooks are attracting students, and lawsuits. MIT Technology Review Full Article
By : Farhad (Fred) Saba, Founder and Editor, Distance-Educator.com This year started with increased attention to massive open online courses (MOOCs), an idea that materialized by MIT and Stanford University when, several years ago, they decided to open their courses to the public for free, but without credit or formal admittance. The idea of MOOCs […]
The clearest path to college credit for massive open online courses may soon be through credit recommendations from the American Council of Education (ACE), which announced Tuesday that it will work with Coursera to determine whether as many as 8-10 MOOCs should be worth credit. The council is also working on a similar arrangement with […]
The EDUCAUSE annual publication of top IT issues has long resonated as a yearly snapshot of the most pressing issues for IT leaders in higher education. In 2000, EDUCAUSE changed the method by which the issues were selected and ranked, instituting a member survey. For twelve years, members were asked to select the five most-important […]
A group of 10 highly selective colleges has formed a consortium to offer online courses that students enrolled at any of the campuses can take for credit. Wired Campus Full Article
Clayton R. Wright has done his 28th version of his amazing list of conferences again this year. You can contact him at: crwr77 [@] gmail.com. This year, he has cut down the list slightly to cover “selected events.” But its still a massive list. eLearning Technology Full List
Michael J. Saylor was early to the free online-education market. In 2000, Mr. Saylor, then a dot-com billionaire as chief executive of a business-intelligence company called MicroStrategy, promised to give $100-million to open a new Web portalthat would provide quality education for the masses at no charge. The Chronicle of Higher Education Full Article
At Educause, community college makes the case for student support services as a crucial factor in the battle to survive and thrive in era of online education. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
Before making the plunge, it’s important to know the advantages, disadvantages, and items to consider eCampus News Full Article