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In a speech at the group's annual meeting, its former president, Cary Nelson, warned of a broader battle over intellectual property being waged on college campuses.
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Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)'s curator insight,
March 13, 2014 4:37 PM
A personal story.
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William and Mary News
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Distressed at the thought that Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, could do to them what the internet has done to newspaper reporters, academics are lobbying state legislators to urge them to avoid considering them for use in state universities. Via Alberto Acereda, Ph.D.
Keith Hampson PhD 's insight:
Interesting example of how changes challenge existing revenue models in higher ed.
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I grew up in Quebec - Canada's predominantly French-language province. But my neighbourhood was inhabited almost entirely by English speaking families. And my clan - with it's UK-origins - fit righ...
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Acrobatiq
Keith Hampson PhD 's insight:
An exicting new company. (But then I'm on the team!) Acrobatiq from Carnegie Mellon University. 
Domitilla Enders's curator insight,
July 30, 2013 10:55 PM
Intelligent Courseware, Learning Analytics and more based on the science of learning...promising to "improve learning measurably"...spinoff from OLI...stay tuned for launch this August
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In a recent post, Dr. Lloyd Armstrong writes: "Unfortunately, most of the push-back about using MOOCs so far has been about preserving academic freedom in teaching, and not about benefits to studen...
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As big names crowd into smaller classrooms via MOOCs, professors begin to wonder if their own teaching is at risk.
Keith Hampson PhD 's insight:
The comments made in response to this article in the Chronicle tell us a great deal about the perspectives of faculty regarding MOOCs and other technology-based changes in higher education.
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A free online education provider announces a deal to provide free access to selected textbooks.
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For a small group of the young, digital elite, Enstitute seeks to challenge the conventional wisdom that top professional jobs always require a bachelor’s degree.
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Latest news and events at Southern Education Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia.
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It's almost impossible to put out messages that aren't seen to undermine academic values, says Andrew Derrington, but why not assume managers want to act in your best interests?
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TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - Public university students in Florida next year will be able to start working toward college degrees without actually going to college, under a law Governor Rick Scott signed on...
Keith Hampson PhD 's insight:
See also SUNY, Wisconsin, and California for interesting, state-wide ventures. |
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Who is troubled by this week's Sebastian Thrun hagiography ('Udacity's Sebastian Thrun, Godfather Of Free Online Education, Changes Course') in Fast Company, as well as this announcement ('Launchin...
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Learning analytics is one of the key developments in higher education, as these articles attest. At its core, learning analytics is about capturing, reporting,analyzing and acting upon the right data.
Mark Smithers's curator insight,
July 4, 2013 10:31 PM
Acrobatiq, formed by Carnegie Mellon University as a spinoff of the Open Learning Initiative (OLI), will build on OLI’s proven approach of data driven, intelligent courseware informed by the science of learning.
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What’s the point of college? Two books consider the question from different perspectives.
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In a speech at the group's annual meeting, its former president, Cary Nelson, warned of a broader battle over intellectual property being waged on college campuses.
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The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (HLC), NAU’s regional accreditor, approved their application to offer a competency-based degree program that moves away from the credit hour standard to use an approach referred to as “direct assessment” instead. Via Alberto Acereda, Ph.D.
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If you thought monetizing social media apps was difficult, you have not witnessed the bizarrely impossible act of selling education technology into schools. It is, from what I can tell from a start...
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The Rev. Donald J. Harrington’s announcement came a few months after the board of trustees requested an inquiry into possible improprieties at the university.
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The Department of Homeland Security ordered changes after finding that Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend of the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings, used a visa that should have been canceled.
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Technology is transforming the way we learn. Universities must urgently adapt to ensure a new golden age for higher education, write Saad Rizvi and Katelyn Donnelly.
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In theory if you had a few credible competency-based programs out there, then differnt approaches to teaching could compete on the basis of being effective at imparting competency to students. In practice, I think it's all very challenging and there are good odds that USNH's initiative won't amount to much. But it's great to see someone trying and getting encouragement from the Department of Education. Via Alberto Acereda, Ph.D. |
