Tag: informal learning

June 7, 2016

he University of Colorado this week officially launched “Connect,” an online platform that links prospective students to all online course and degree offerings across CU’s four campuses. The website, formerly known as University of Colorado On Demand, is a hub […]

June 6, 2016

A new report released by Fuel Education takes a closer look at the outcomes and benefits of the use of blended and online learning programs that involve Fuel Education curriculum. For the report, “Outcomes of Blended and Online Learning Programs in Schools Using […]

May 17, 2016

An increasing number of colleges and universities are electing to replace their learning management systems (LMS), according to a comprehensive report from e-Literate, an education technology research and analysis site. The report, LMS Market Dynamics, is the first of the […]

May 4, 2016

According to a new study from the National Education Policy Center, while virtual schools are continuing to grow in popularity, they need to make improvements in order to truly benefit students across the United States. Based in Boulder, Colorado, the NEPC […]

April 25, 2016

For all the promises of online courses disrupting education, completion rates are notoriously low. Some studies found that about five percent of those enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) completed the course. And those who took the […]

April 20, 2016

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tasked with examining the future of online education have returned with a simple recommendation for colleges and universities: focus on people and process, not technology. Back in 2013, an MIT task force presented […]

April 8, 2016

Let’s face it: Online education has always been the unhappy stepchild to traditional classroom teaching. It’s generally been seen as a make-do solution to serve students who—whether for reasons of geography or scheduling—were unable to attend class in person. And, […]

April 1, 2016

Stackable credentials let students test out their interest in a program without too much risk. They can figure out if they like it, if they have time for the program, and if it’s worth the cost. The online programs also […]

March 29, 2016

Even in the digital era, the regulation of educational institutions is left to each state. The resulting array of requirements confuses both students and institutional faculty and staff. The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) was created to apply consistent review […]

March 24, 2016

A new survey from the Pew Research Center shows just how much the United States considers itself to be a nation of lifelong learners and the movements toward collecting information from a variety of sources including work, conferences, libraries, and the internet. Individuals […]

March 15, 2016

Amazon is currently testing a tool that it says can better help teachers search through open educational resources (OER), and the company is now inviting select teachers to take part in a private beta test of the platform. The online retail […]

March 11, 2016

Inside Higher Ed conducted an analysis of founding partners of Coursera and edX, finding the nonprofit platform originally created as a joint project of Harvard and MIT has recruited all of Coursera’s early adopters. By contrast, none of the schools […]

March 10, 2016

Boone County, WV isn’t exactly known for being a bastion of education technology. But in the western coal-mining town of Comfort, WV, Sherman Elementary School is seeing success in motivating young learners to tackle the challenges of e-learning by offering […]

March 9, 2016

Iceland has released an online tool called Iceland Academy to teach tourists the basics of what they should know as visitors to the nation. Local people and experts are teaching classes on the site in a variety of subjects from […]

February 22, 2016

Quality, cost, reputation — in that order. Those are the top three factors that influence how faculty members pick which textbooks and course materials they assign, according to the results of a survey of faculty at two- and four-year institutions. […]

February 18, 2016

Two different online operators of high schools that call themselves legal are alleged “diploma mills” that charge from $135 to $349 for a certificate that is valueless, according to the Federal Trade Commission. An FTC press release on the subject […]

February 17, 2016

Most college-bound high school students are concerned about the quality of online education, but many say they are open to the idea of taking some of their courses online, a new study shows. But the most recent issue of the […]

February 9, 2016

The Babson Survey Research Group is ending its influential report on the number of students who study online and how chief academic officers feel about the delivery method, citing a “coming of age” of the online education market. Yet the […]

February 2, 2016

Should the standard catch on in schools, there would no longer be a need for middleman businesses like Clever to exist. That would likely come as a disappointment to Apple, which last week revealed it had acquired one of Clever’s […]

January 29, 2016

I have heard a lot of people say that they don’t think that online schooling works well because there isn’t in-person interaction between a student and their teacher. This belief is a myth. When both teachers and students participate the […]