Online Courses Put Pressure on Third-World Universities
How a teacher in El Salvador became an advocate of massive open online courses, and why hardly anyone listens to him yet. MIT Technology Review Full Article
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California State University, Long Beach Delivers Learning and Student Services Information to Mobile Devices
New Mobile Application Provides Students, Faculty, Administrators and Alumni with Campus Event Info, Athletics Updates, Student Newspaper, Bus Transportation Routes, University Maps and More Desire2Learn Press Release
Texas A&M to offer plant breeding doctorate degree through distance education
COLLEGE STATION – Students desiring a master’s or doctorate degree from Texas A&M University in plant breeding will no longer have to make the move to College Station, according to university officials. North Texas e-News Full Article
Another innovation milestone: The Open University launches iBooks textbooks for iPad
The Open University has launched a collection of new iBooks textbooks for iPad, available through the iBookstore. As Apple releases the new category of educational product outside the US, The Open University adds iBooks textbooks to its range of innovative media. iBooks textbooks give the OU the opportunity to bring strong learning interactions into the […]
Pa. Faculty Union Pushes Back Against Plan to Cut Extra Pay for Online Teaching
A proposal to phase out incentive pay for teaching online courses has become a sticking point in contract negotiations between the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the system’s faculty union. Wired Campus Full Article
How to communicate science visually
In a new book, MIT’s Felice Frankel aims to help scientists and engineers improve the way they portray their research through photos, diagrams and graphs. MIT Press Release
The University of Texas at Austin: Archived Course Lectures and Academic Video Collections Now Available on iTunes U
AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of course-related videos from The University of Texas at Austin are now available on iTunes U. The 689 videos are spread across 23 collections and include academic subject matter as diverse as engineering, biology and history. The University of Texas at Austin on iTunes U provides faculty members and staffers an […]
Colleges offer veterans-only classes to ease transition
The students in the Saturday morning class trickle in and, as they introduce themselves around a table, reveal far more intimate biographies than just name and hometown. eCampus News Full Article
Overhaul in online class strategy has UGA falling behind peer universities
Richard LaFleur dedicated his career to online education. A recently retired University Latin professor, he began teaching distance courses by mail in 1973. Most of his students never set foot in Athens. They were brain surgeons, teachers, U.S. diplomats and members of the armed forces who were given an opportunity to go back to school […]
Download the Report: Two-thirds of college class of 2011 finished school with loan debt
It’s the latest snapshotof the growing burden of student debt and it’s another discouraging one: Two-thirds of the national collegeclass of 2011 finished school with loan debt, and those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing on average $26,600 — up about 5 percent from the class before. eCampus News Full Article