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The machines are rising. Soon they will be sophisticated enough to fill certain faculty roles at traditional universities. But to make this revolution work for students, academic leaders at those traditional institutions will need to broker a peace between artificially intelligent teaching programs and their human counterparts, according to a new report written by the […]
What’s it like taking a course with 120,000 other students? That is one of the questions raised this spring by the debut of MITx, the Institute’s new online educational initiative. The first offering — a course dubbed 6.002x, or “Circuits and Electronics” — is running from March 5 through June 8, modeled after one of […]
Despite conventional wisdom, Western Governors U. did not earn approval to award federal aid by directly assessing how much students learned. It ties student outcomes to the credit hour (though not to seat time). Inside Higher Ed Full Story
The Spring General Faculty Council meeting of about 40 faculty and staff April 18 in the Student Center discussed budget-saving measures, plans to increase enrollment and a new diversity initiative. Budget Director Tim Rooney said that in the future the MU operating budget will rely more on funds from student tuition, which has been increasing, […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 25, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As college students increasingly embrace online courses, measuring the effectiveness of distance learning is becoming a critical necessity to protect students, taxpayers who subsidize higher education, and future employers looking for skilled graduates. But are the current gatekeepers of education quality, a complex system of institutionally funded […]
Milwaukee — Digital natives? The idea that students are superengaged finders of online learning materials once struck Glenda Morgan, e-learning strategist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as “a load of hooey.” Students, she figured, probably stick with the textbooks and other content they’re assigned in class. Wired Campus Full Story
While comparing one device to another might seem easy, picking a tablet that meets your school’s learning goals and unique needs isn’t so simple. In conversations with four administrators and experts, we talked about five key factors to consider when you’re thinking about starting a tablet initiative.Converge Full Article
Leading IT players in higher education and industry training to address ‘most pressing’ skills gap in IT A ground-breaking collaboration between The Open University and Global Knowledge, a worldwide leader in IT and business skills training, has today launched a new Postgraduate Certificate (PGC) for IT Service Managers (ITSM). The Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Professional […]
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