Virtual Ed. Addresses Teacher-Certification Questions
States grapple with how to ensure the quality of online educators Education Week Full Article
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Watch the videos: OUA launches online Leaderships Series
The online videos feature four key speakers – Olympic gold medallist Lydia Lassila, Geelong midfielder Jimmy Bartel, acclaimed businesswoman Ita Buttrose and Westfield Matildas Sarah Walsh. Open Universities Australia Watch the videos
MOOCs’ Little Brother
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
Thomson Reuters to Expand Firm Element eLearning Offering
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 […]
The academic online: Constructing persona through the World Wide Web
This paper explores the way individuals are part of the prestige economy generated by universities as institutions. It explores how the construction of online identities or persona is now an essential activity for the academic both from the perspective of university value and individual/career value. Five distinct types of academic persona are explored primarily through […]
Why first-year college students select online research resources as their favorite
This paper reports results of a preliminary study on why first-year college students select certain online research resources as their favorite. Results, based on a survey of over 500 U.S. college students in first-year writing classes, offer a more complex picture of student motivation than popular accounts of these students as disinterested, lazy, and ignorant. […]
OU/BBC Series explores why women hold so few positions at the top of British Business
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 […]
Digital Textbook Legislation Waits on Calif. Governor’s Desk
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
Educators Evaluate ‘Flipped Classrooms’
Benefits and drawbacks seen in replacing lectures with on-demand video Education Week Full Article
New University Agreement Offers Downloads of Popular Microsoft® Products
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 […]