WGU Texas & Three Community Colleges Develop Individual-Paced College Courses
Photo Credit: The Accent via Compfight By Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune September 25, 2012 In 2011, when Gov. Rick Perry issued an executive order establishing WGU Texas, a state-approved...
View ArticleJonathan Mugan: How To Build A Free Computer Within A Computer For Your Child
Photo Credit: Alec Couros via Compfight By Jonathan Mugan, Columnist The Curiosity Cycle emphasizes that tool use develops the mind. Tools are even better when they are your own. In this blog post,...
View ArticleAlvaro Salas As A Case Study In Crowd-Funding An Ivy-League Education
Alvaro Salas teaches a class in Central America By Paul Glader, Managing Editor Alvaro Salas earned a full-ride scholarship to Cornell University’s Masters in Public Administration program. To do...
View ArticleOpen University Enters Battle Of The MOOCs, Launches “FutureLearn”
Anirudh Koul via Compfight By WiredAcademic Staff Not to be outdone by US consortiums, the United Kingdom announced its own massive open online course (MOOC) provider on Friday called “FutureLearn”,...
View ArticleJörn Loviscach: A German Math Teaching Sensation Emerges On YouTube & Udacity
By Paul Glader, Managing Editor BERLIN — Bespectacled, bearded and donning a tweed jacket, Jörn Loviscach speaks with a measured cadence that demonstrates a concern for his students to grasp what...
View Article“Instreamia” Shakes Loose Moss By Launching Spanish Language Mini-MOOC
bluecinderella via Compfight By Paul Glader BERLIN — Scott Rapp and Ryan Rapp are purveyors of a new twist in the MOOC trend, what I’m calling ‘’mini-MOOCs.’’ That is, a startup or professor launching...
View ArticleSubterfuge & Skullduggery In The College Rankings Game
Michael Coghlan via Compfight By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report Once a year, a line of briefcase-wielding accountants in business suits files into an office at Texas Christian University. They’re...
View ArticleTrend: Corporate U Employers Offering Just In Time Education To Workers
Photo courtesy Starbucks April 15, 2013 By Christopher Connell, The Hechinger Report Arianna Suarez’s first job after emigrating from Cuba as a teenager was as a cashier at a Walmart in Hialeah, Fla....
View ArticleWhy Size Matters: Consolidation Sweeps Across US Higher Ed
Georgia Regents University, formed from the consolidation of Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University. (Photo by Georgia Regents University) By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report...
View ArticleOnline Courses Are Expanding, Along With Questions About Who Owns The Material
By Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report It took a year for Christopher Nelson to create a course for a new online degree program in philosophy at South Texas College, where he had to squeeze in the...
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