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Measuring the Impact of MOOCs - Human Resource Executive Online

Measuring the Impact of MOOCs - Human Resource Executive Online | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
Research suggests massive open online courses (MOOCs) figure to play a larger role in the corporate learning programs of the future.
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Are MOOCs Threat or Opportunity ? ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Are MOOCs Threat or Opportunity ? ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it

MOOCs have been around for several years now and only in the first decade of this millennium that they gained so much popularity because of the ease of accessibility to internet and also because of a growing digital culture among the generation Y.

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The Next Generation University

The Next Generation University | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it

Today, New America's Education Policy Program released The Next Generation University, a policy report about the future of public higher education. The report comes at a time when too many public universities are failing to respond to the nation's higher education crisis.

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University Announces That Cornell Will Join edX, MOOCs Consortium

University Announces That Cornell Will Join edX, MOOCs Consortium | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it

Cornell announced Tuesday that it will soon begin offering several MOOCs

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AUDIO | Lifelong Learning Critical to Weathering Coming Workforce Skills Crisis

AUDIO | Lifelong Learning Critical to Weathering Coming Workforce Skills Crisis | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
Here is The EvoLLLution’s interview with Bonnie Patterson.
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"Success Navigator", new ETS test on non-academic skills

"Success Navigator", new ETS test on non-academic skills | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
ETS releases a new test to measure students' non-academic skills. Colleges want to use test for advising and finding remedial students with "grit."
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College Is Going Online, Whether We Like It Or Not

College Is Going Online, Whether We Like It Or Not | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it

Skittish college professors won't stop the digital disruption of higher education. This online educational revolution is the next wave, and it is still very early. Rarely has a societal problem been presented with such an ideal solution. We should embrace it passionately, because it's happening whether we do or not.

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Saylor Foundation Launches Open Online K-12 Courses

Saylor Foundation Launches Open Online K-12 Courses | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
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Saylor.org, the free education initiative of the Saylor Foundation, announced today the launch of its new K-12 program of open online courses.
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MOOC Skeptic Proposes an Anti-MOOC MOOC

Here's a course topic not currently offered by any of the providers of massive open online courses: "The Implications of Coursera’s For-Profit Business Model for Global Public Education." The course was proposed last week by Robert Meister,...
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Studies challenge the findings of 'Academically Adrift'

Studies challenge the findings of 'Academically Adrift' | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
Challenging findings of landmark 2011 study, new data suggest that college students make significantly bigger gains in critical thinking. But differences in methodology may contribute to the differing conclusions.
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UBTech 2013

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UBTech 2013 is higher education's most focused high-level conversation about technology's impact on every aspect of campus leadership and practice.
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Need Your Help On FAQ: Non-academic Competencies?

Need Your Help On FAQ: Non-academic Competencies? | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
I am receiving an increasing number of emails from people that have questions about competency-, proficiency-, mastery-, and performance-based education, and I’m sure many of you do as well.
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Some Professors Want Brakes Put on MOOCs

Some Professors Want Brakes Put on MOOCs | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
Times Higher Education Some Professors Want Brakes Put on MOOCs The Nonprofit Quarterly Although initial news coverage suggested that Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) were a harbinger of democratic higher education available to all, professors...
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Spain's government aims to reform school education

Spain's government aims to reform school education | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
The reform will oblige students to opt at age 15 to follow either a vocational or academic course of study, and to pass new exams at each stage of their schooling.
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eLearning Papers just released its 33rd issue entitled “MOOCs and Beyond”. | EFQUEL

eLearning Papers just released its 33rd issue entitled “MOOCs and Beyond”. | EFQUEL | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it

 there a future for MOOCs in Europe? Will this historical movement in Open Education have a lasting resonance in the digital age? To what extent can MOOCs engage users socially? How well can they promote entrepreneurship education?

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MOOCs Gain Momentum & College Credits

MOOCs Gain Momentum & College Credits | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it

Some of these free massive open online courses (MOOCs) can even be used to get actual college credit, includes these five math and science courses from Coursera.

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The Importance of What You Measure

The Importance of What You Measure | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it

Measurement is only useful if it leads to real performance improvement. Anything else is pretty much a waste of effort.

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High School Dropout Sells Social Networking Giant Tumblr To Yahoo! For $1.1 Billion - CBS New York

High School Dropout Sells Social Networking Giant Tumblr To Yahoo! For $1.1 Billion - CBS New York | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
If you're a social media junkie, you and a few million others know what Tumblr is. If not, you might be wondering why Yahoo! would pay a king’s ransom for it.
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He’s a high school dropout who started the social networking site Tumblr six years ago. On Monday, New Yorker David Karp officially sold the site to Yahoo! for more than $1 billion.
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ACT: 25% are ready for college

ACT: 25% are ready for college | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it

Twenty-five percent of ACT test takers in 2012 were prepared for college, according to ACT’s 2012 Condition of College and Career Readiness report.

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Stunning college degree gap: Women have earned almost 10 million more college degrees than men since 1982

Stunning college degree gap: Women have earned almost 10 million more college degrees than men since 1982 | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it

According to data from the Department of Education on college degrees by gender, the US college degree gap favoring women started back in 1978. The concern about gender imbalances and gender equity in higher education is very selective, imbalanced and inequitable – there is only concern when women are under-represented and never any concern when men are under-represented.

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Creative destruction meets higher education

The future will be grim if you run one of the 4,100 colleges or universities in the United States and are unwilling to embrace dramatic change.
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Study challenges data and ideas behind grade inflation in higher education

Study challenges assumption that professors have become more lenient in evaluating students, or that their grades have less "signaling" power. Another researcher challenges paper as inaccurate.
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Sir John Daniel puts MOOCs into context

Sir John Daniel puts MOOCs into context | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
The public is invited to join Sir John Daniel, a world-renowned researcher and theorist in the field of online and distance education, for a presentation, “Making sense of MOOCs and other emerging models in higher education,” from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
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Salman Khan’s Inspiring One World Schoolhouse

Salman Khan’s Inspiring One World Schoolhouse | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it

The first in a series of articles reviewing this look at how the Khan Academy came to be, and why these ideas can truly change education.

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Higher Education through the Looking Glass (Part 1)

Higher Education through the Looking Glass (Part 1) | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
Technology, economics and the redefinition of ‘the college experience’ are three forces that will create the most significant changes in higher education.
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Overhaul Needed for Career Services

Overhaul Needed for Career Services | TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Scoop.it
A new report focused on bridging the gap between higher education and the labor market was published last week.
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