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This world-renowned proponent of open education will be a keynote speaker at the 25th ICDE World Conference in Tianjin, China, 16-18 October 2013, bringing his unique perspective on innovation and technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including on the benefits from MOOCs for an institution, and on the changing economics and ecology of education. International […]
The 29th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning features keynotes, Dr. Richard Baraniuk from Rice University and Dr. Sally Johnstone from Western Governors University. The three-day schedule has more than 150 educational opportunities plus several networking events. Conference Website
Farhad Saba, Ph. D. Founder and Editor, Distance-Educator.com In this series of articles, I presented a hierarchical model of distance education consisting of seven interrelated nested systems levels. These systems have been present in most distance education organizations that I observed, or planned and built over the past 30 years. In the previous weeks, I […]
Press Release June 3, 2013 San Diego Global Knowledge University (SDGKU) has just signed a historic collaboration agreement with the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE). SDGKU (www.sdgku.com) is an online / networked university dedicated to global competency education and training using the Internet and latest communication technologies. Through its video-based instructional content […]
SUMTER, S.C. — Lexie Kinder solves problems during math class, earns gold stars from her teacher and jokes with classmates at her elementary school. The New York Times Full Article
Retention in MOOCs should be considered in the context of learner intent, especially given the varied backgrounds and motivations of students who choose to enroll. When viewed in the appropriate context, the apparently low retention in MOOCs is often reasonable. EDUCAUSE Review Full Article
California state senators voted unanimously last Thursday to pass Senate Bill 520 (SB 520), despite opposition from faculty at California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California. The bill establishes incentive grant programs for the state’s public universities and colleges to develop online courses on massive open online course (MOOC) platforms, such as […]
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — President Obama visited an innovative middle school in central North Carolina on Thursday to demonstrate the Internet-based education programs that he is proposing to make available nationwide. The New York Times Full Article
Instructure, a company that sells course-management software, announced on Wednesday that it had won $30-million in venture-capital funds, and some observers said the company was gaining ground on Blackboard, which has long dominated the market for learning-management systems, or LMS. Wired Campus Full Article
This is a critical phase for Open Educational Resources (OER) movement: on one side the number of OER is increasing rapidly, and on other side debates about quality of OER-based courseware are heating up. These debates emanate from the fact that OER-based courseware are supposed to help users to follow a logical learning path and […]
