Cost of education puts off a third of UK youngsters
More than one in three young people in the UK are put off post-secondary training or education because of the perceived cost, a report has found. Times Higher Education Full Article
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Digital Divide Hits College-Admissions Process Some students lack hardware, savvy
Some students lack hardware, savvy Education Week Full Article
New PerkSpot Benefit Helps Members Save Thousands on College Tuition
BALTIMORE, MD – StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com) announced today that PerkSpot (www.perkspot.com) will offer their PerkSpot members and families a new tuition discount through StraighterLine’s online college courses. This new PerkSpot benefit will draw upon StraighterLine’s $99 a month subscription model to allow students to take general education courses on their own schedules. Students who take advantage […]
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 […]
Sanjay Sarma appointed as MIT’s first director of digital learning
Sanjay Sarma, the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been appointed MIT’s first director of digital learning, effective immediately. President L. Rafael Reif announced Sarma’s appointment today in an e-mail message to the MIT community. MIT Press Release
Will MOOCs Break the Back of State Institutions?
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 […]
Establishment Opens Door for 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 […]
10 Highly Selective Colleges Form Consortium to Offer Online Courses
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
What Will Higher Education Look Like in 25 Years?
While most industries have changed significantly over the years, higher education has remained relatively the same. Students listen to professors lecture in century-old universities and tackle tough philosophical questions the way their ancestors did. Center for Digital Education Full Article
MOOCs and Accreditation: Focus on the Quality of “Direct-to-Students” Education
We are again talking about innovation in higher education and it is a refreshing change. The most conspicuous, challenging and controversial subject of these discussions is “MOOCs” – massive open online courses. MOOCs such as Coursera, Udacity and edX, all launched in early 2012, have received extensive media coverage accompanied by a lot of commentary. […]