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A preliminary Exploration of Operating Models of Second Cycle/Research Led Open Education Involving Industry Collaboration

Scientists from five Swedish universities were interviewed about open second cycle education. Research groups and scientists collaborate closely with industry, and the selection of scientists for the study was made in relation to an interest in developing technology-enhanced open education, indicated by applications for funding from the Knowledge Foundation 2013. The study is founded on […]

Download Report: It’s Here! The NMC Horizon Report > 2014 Higher Education Edition

The NMC and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) jointly released the NMC Horizon Report > 2014 Higher Education Edition at a special session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2014. This eleventh edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact […]

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Howard University and Pearson have put on hold their partnership to create a flagship campus for distance education among historically black colleges and universities, after changing expectations and time constraints derailed a planned launch this fall. Inside Higher Ed Full Article

CEOs join forces to support eRate modernization

eRate program, broadband upgrades are essential for students, group says eSchool News Full Article

Timid About Fair Use?

Visual arts professionals, including art historians, let real and perceived fears about copyright law get in the way of their work, finds a new report from the College Art Association. And while the fundamentally visual nature of their discipline raises particular concerns among scholars of art, artists, editors and museum curators, experts say their fears […]

Introduction to Distance Education: Corporate eLearning

By: Farhad (Fred) Saba, Ph. D. Distance education has enjoyed several decades of growth in major corporations, particularly since the 1960s. Many major corporations developed and managed their own distance education programs as a function of their training departments. Some also relied on programs offered by institutions of higher education. In the 1906s, for example, Stanford […]

iTunes U.

Lynn University will phase out its learning management system for the next stage of its tablet-centric evolution. Beginning this fall, the university’s daytime undergraduate courses will be managed through Apple’s course management software, iTunes U. Inside Higher Ed Full Article

What if You Blended Adaptive Learning With MOOCs?

MOOCs and adaptive-learning software are often billed as two of the most potentially game-changing technologies in higher education. The White House, for one, is excited to see what might happen if and when those two technologies meet. Wired Campus Full Article

Introduction to Distance Education: Virtual K-12 Schools

Farhad (Fred) Saba, Ph. D. Founder, Distance-Educator.com Since the turn of the century, there has been a dramatic growth in distance education for K-12 students. In 2000 only 14 states planned and operated state-sanctioned virtual k-12 schools. This was by directly establishing such schools, or by legislative action and provision of funds for local public […]

Enabling the Future of Learning, By Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education

I can’t predict the future, but as I wrote back in July, I can say that learning in the future ought to be more personalized. Teachers should have up-to-the minute information that will help them tailor instruction for each student. They should be able to connect and collaborate with other teachers to tackle common challenges […]

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