The Nonprofit Online Helpers
The current technology-driven upheaval in higher education has created new markets of students who cannot or will not commute to and from a physical campus.Inside Higher Ed Full Article
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No Financial Aid, No Problem. For-Profit University Sets $199-a-Month Tuition for Online Courses
It’s a higher-education puzzle: Students are flocking to Western Governors University, driving growth of 30 to 40 percent each year. You might expect that competitors would be clamoring to copy the nonprofit online institution’s model, which focuses on whether students can show “competencies” rather than on counting how much time they’ve spent in class.Wired CampusFull […]
Students seek to get money savvy with OU finance course
Budgeting is not just something that interests the Chancellor as The Open University has discovered – its course in managing personal finance is pulling in higher numbers each time as tutors find more and more people want to get a handle on their money. Take up of places on You & Your Money: Personal Finance […]
Remarks by Chairman Genachowski and Digital Education Leaders on National Adoption of Digital Textbooks
Chairman Genachowski to Hosted Leaders From the Digital Education Ecosystem to Drive National Adoption of Digital TextbooksOn Thursday, March 29, 2012, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski met with leaders across the digital education space, including CEOs from broadband companies, publishers and digital device manufacturers, for a working group meeting on transitioning the U.S. K-12 schools to […]
Georgia district implements virtual-world technology
A major metropolitan school district has announced that it will offer a 3D virtual-world environment to every classroom teacher in its 35 schools.eSchool NewsFull Story
Blackboard’s Open-Source Pivot
In a turn that shocked many in the higher ed tech world, the e-learning giant Blackboard on Monday announced that it has acquired two companies that provide support to Moodle, the leading open-source alternative to Blackboard’s proprietary online learning platform. As part of a raft of announcements, the company said it has bought Moodlerooms, a […]
PBS KIDS AND THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION INSPIRE KIDS TO EXPLORE THE OUTDOORS THIS SPRING
Arlington, VA, March 21, 2012 – This spring, PBS KIDS is partnering with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), America’s largest association of state and local parks and recreation facilities, to encourage families to “Explore the Outdoors.” From March 26 through April 20, PBS will present four weeks of themed on-air programming and online […]
NSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure – Network Infrastructure and Engineering (CC-NIE) Program
An opportunity for leading U.S. research universities to create a platform for innovation History of Innovation The research and education community has played a seminal role in the creation of the modern Internet and the applications that have made it the most transformative technology of the 20th century. The Internet we know today is largely […]
Nurses can prepare for informatics career with new online program
Delivered online through the World Campus, this program will enable registered nurses to manage electronic health records and data for the benefit of patients. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As hospitals and health organizations move from paper to electronic health records, a new profession is emerging. Nursing informatics combines nursing, computer and information sciences for managing […]