Penn State joins MOOC movement to offer free online courses
University to provide free, online courses through Coursera The Pennsylvania State University Press Release
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6 Ways Campuses Are Scaling Up E-Learning in 2013
Three higher education CIOs discuss their e-learning agendas and wish lists for the year ahead. Campus Technology Full Article
UPCEA Partners with ACE to Evaluate MOOCs through Gates Foundation Grant
UPCEA has partnered with the American Council on Education (ACE) to examine the academic potential of massive open online courses (MOOCs). UPCEA will collaborate with ACE to evaluate how MOOCs could integrate into traditional degree completion programs. ACE, through funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will work with UPCEA and Coursera, a leading […]
New Guides Aim to Become the Yelp for MOOC’s
Students looking for massive open online courses, or MOOC’s, have many options, with a growing number of providers and course titles. A handful of Web sites have popped up over the past few months to help students find courses they’re interested in, much as a restaurant-goer might turn to Yelp. Some of the sites let […]
At Stanford, scholars debate the promises, pitfalls of online learning
Tanner Lecturer and respondents tackle the challenges of preserving the best of higher education while venturing onto new ground. Stanford University Press Release
Gates Foundation supports college readiness apps
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is awarding upwards of $100,000 to developers who propose apps and online tools that help high school students prepare for college, fund their schooling, and complete the sometimes circuitous application process. eCampus News Full Article
Computers seen as ‘unfunded mandate’ as online testing looms
As new online testing designed around the Common Core State Standards looms, public school officials are concerned about what they see as an “unfunded mandate” to buy enough computers to accommodate the shift. eSchool News Full Article
Cal State Goes Online, Slowly
The largest public university system in the United States is finally realizing a vision of a centralized online hub — but is doing so in a relatively contained way, at least at the start. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
Riding the MOOC Wave
As mayor of Rancho Mirage, Calif., Scott Hines is in charge of a town of about 17,000 people in the Coachella Valley. As the chief operating officer of World Education University, a new company that says it “will forever alter the landscape of post-secondary education” by offering free courses online, Hines is now in charge […]
Free courses from world’s top unis a swipe away in online revolution
Imagine a university degree that is like a passport: a subject from Swinburne stamped alongside another from Sydney University, with courses from overseas colleges such as Stanford or Harvard thrown in. You could earn your degree without travelling further than your laptop, and far more cheaply than on campus. Open Universities, Australia Press Release