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The buzz surrounding massive open online courses, or MOOCs, has grown nearly as massive as the courses themselves. MOOCs are the new “thneeds,” the oddly-shaped items peddled by the Once-ler in The Lorax:Everybody seems to want one, even if nobody yet knows exactly what they are or what they mean. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
NEW YORK, September 05, 2012 – Thomson Reuters today announced the expansion of its online educational offerings to include the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) Firm Element CE eLearning Courses via Thomson Reuters Accelus Training Solutions. The enhanced training offering will complement the other Thomson Reuters Accelus solutions designed specifically for banking, brokerage and securities […]
There’s an uncomfortable truth at the heart of British business: the vast majority of the top jobs are held by men – and it’s costing UK plc billions. In this new Open University/BBC series Hilary Devey’s Women at the Top, haulage entrepreneur Hilary Devey goes on a mission to find out why women hold so […]
California colleges could have more open-source digital textbooks beginning in 2013 if Gov. Jerry Brown signs two bills sitting on his desk. Center for Digital Education Full Article
Benefits and drawbacks seen in replacing lectures with on-demand video Education Week Full Article
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Recognizing that there are strategic advantages for a university to provide students with the latest software without them having to spend money for individual upgrades, the University of Maryland recently added new components to a university agreement that allows students to download popular Microsoft® software for educational and personal use at […]
WCET, the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, has been awarded $2.56 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to validate and extend the PAR Framework Project, ongoing research into the use of predictive analytics on a large-scale federated database to support decision making that removes barriers to student success. Campus Technology Full Article
We are only starting to imagine the possible effects that massive open online courses and other innovative technologies will have on traditional higher education—but the immediate response has a disconcerting air of panic. The recent surge of interest in MOOC’s suggests that some colleges hope that offering such courses is a kind of inoculation against […]
Strategic Growth Round to Accelerate Global Expansion for Cloud-Based Learning Solutions Desire2Learn Press Release