07/06/2012
 Online MBA programs may be losing some of the stigma they have in the marketplace, as more employers say they are increasingly open to hiring graduates of these programs, according to a study published in this summer’s Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration.
The authors of t
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07/03/2012
 As professionals develop their careers, distance learning is becoming a growth area for universities.
Employers and universities have been putting their heads together. Recently the Higher Education Academy reported on the outcomes of eight flexible learning pathfinder projects, funded by the
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07/01/2012
 Online education is the next hot bet in venture capital.Coursera, a joint venture of Stanford, the University of Michigan, the and Princeton received an investment of $16 million back in April from two of Silicon Valley’s biggest VC firms – NEA and Kleiner Perkins. edX, a non-profit partnershi
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06/27/2012
 Facebook’s post-IPO flop is a reason to cheer. It’s slowed the flow of funds and IQ into silly social media. Free-labor businesses are whimsical. Fans say Facebook can become a platform for more serious businesses built on firmer ground, such as health care and higher education. But health care and ed
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05/31/2012
 In the wake of Steve Jobs’ passing, many wrote about the statements he made throughout his adult life about how to improve the U.S. education system. Some noted that for much of Jobs’s life, he had, ironically perhaps, been skeptical of the positive impact technology could make on education.
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05/07/2012
 Transformational is how some describe edX, an online education platform that will make Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) courses available to everyone. Inevitable is probably a better term. As textbooks go digital, more testing is conducted on-line and mobile applications democrat
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05/06/2012
 Online education is getting a sudden burst of media attention. That’s because the two biggest brands in the business – Harvard and MIT – announced a multi-million dollar program to deliver some courses online. And since these schools are widely admired, other colleges and universities are aski
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05/01/2012
 Economics doesn’t play a large role in childhood education. Children learn the basics of currency and mathematics in elementary school. They may be taught the basics of interest rates as a mathematical principle, but applied economics is a topic often left until high school for study. Even the
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04/23/2012
 In his 40 years of teaching, Al Hasvitz has always understood the importance of video aids in the classroom. “I am one of the few teachers in the United States who can thread a 16mm projector,” the award-winning social studies teacher from Walnut, Calif., boasts. But today, like most teachers, Ha
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02/25/2012
 Just over a year ago, I wrote a column about badges, those digital displays of hyper-focused competency that migrated from foursquare, gaming, and e-commerce to education. I noted then that badges “won’t supplant transcripts, majors, degrees, and resumes anytime soon,” but that “they are a f
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02/20/2012
 Despite lack of the internet, prisoners can study via distance learning, but there are many hurdles to leap.
"When I was sentenced to 10 years, I was determined that I'd get something out of it and that I'd educate myself to a level where I could do a job I wanted to, with young people, when I
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01/31/2012
 The European leader of e-learning solutions providers unveils the results of a survey that sheds light on the place of e-learning within training strategy and gives a better understanding of its application. The results of the first barometer on the use of e-learning in Europe*, conducted by CrossKnowl
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01/24/2012
 The concept behind Skillshare is simple: empower everyone to teach anything, anywhere. And sometimes it’s the simplest ideas that have the greatest long-term impact. The Skillshare philosophy is that everyone has something valuable to teach. Skillshare.com provides countless opportunities to enr
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01/20/2012
 Apple’s digital textbook venture, launched yesterday in New York, is just the latest attempt to bridge a yawning gulf between technology and learning. It’s still the beginning. The gulf is so large, it will take decades and thousands of experiments to cross. But we’ve begun, and things will move f
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01/16/2012
 Bertelsmann is making its long-awaited foray into education as anchor-investor in a $100m fund that aims to form partnerships with universities and vocational schools to offer online study and other types of courses worldwide.
The German media group has pu
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12/19/2011
 MIT today announced the launch of an online learning initiative internally called “MITx.” MITx will offer a portfolio of MIT courses through an online interactive learning platform that will:
-organize and present course material to enable students to learn at their own pace
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12/21/2011
 For Wall Street Occupiers or other decriers of the “social injustice” of college tuition, here’s a curveball bound to scramble your worldview: a totally free college education regardless of your academic performance or background. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) will announce
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12/06/2011
 This January 2012, you can attend Stanford’s Technology Entrepreneurship class from the comfort of home, online! This class is for technology entrepreneurs and provides a combination of in-depth case studies and research on the entrepreneurial process. The professor is Chuck Eesley from Stanfor
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12/02/2011
 Education is undergoing a dramatic wave of digital innovation that will make learning vastly different for students and curious adults over the next five to ten years. Many of the changes are coming from outside the system, recognized innovators like Sal Khan, a former hedge fund analyst whose 2,700 fre
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11/20/2011
 I am co-director of the Babson Survey Research Group which, for the last nine years, has published a survey of online education in the United States. It has yet to see any clear indication of an overall slowdown in the growth of online education but there are changes in the differential growth of progra
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11/11/2011
 Free lunches for undernourished pupils, distance learning and subsidies for poor families are helping to keep children in school. Distance learning, free school meals and child-centred learning techniques in the Philippines are pushing the country closer to the goal of universal primary education.<
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11/07/2011
 Despite the brevity, the admissions committee could learn a lot from the applicants’ tweets, says Fine. “It helps them boil down their main selling points,” she adds. And MBA candidates could add links to separate Web pages, videos, and blogs that would inform the school even more about the pers
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11/04/2011
 WASHINGTON -- Among the many new program integrity rules the U.S. Education Department issued a little over a year ago was one that went relatively unnoticed at the time: a rule that defines the “last date of attendance” for students who withdraw from online programs more stringently than in t
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10/25/2011
 EduCause is the annual Woodstock of higher education. With a particular emphasis on “the intelligent use of information technology” in the robust arena of online education. Over 5.6 million people enrolled in at least one online course in 2009, according to the 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning
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10/21/2011
 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 17, 2011) -- Soldiers can now earn up to 16 promotion points for completing language instruction with the Headstart2 language training program.
The Headstart2 software uses digitally animated characters involved in military scenarios to teach reading, writing,
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10/18/2011
 Britain has the highest demand for online learning in the whole of Europe, according to one online resource. The e-learningcentre.co.uk, an information provider for those interested in learning online and members of the industry, suggested that the popularity of the UK's e-learning sector tops the mar
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10/13/2011
 Online learning company Knewton wants to bring new technology to an industry that is often slow to make changes: education. Knewton has raised $33 million in Series D financing led by Founders Fund and strategic investor Pearson. Existing investors also participated including Accel Partners, Bessemer
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09/14/2011
 The accrediting commission responsible for accrediting schools that offer degrees in the western United States recently revised its policy regarding distance education and correspondence. The policy revision reflects changes to federal regulatory requirements and the policy document includes best pr
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06/29/2011
 MIAMI — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness says distance learning will be the choice of many more students to achieve tertiary level education in the future. On picture: Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right), with Caribbean graduates of the distance learning programme
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06/28/2011
 Professors are building new software to simplify lecture recording, host course material online, spark discussion among students and teachers and share Stanford courses. Others are testing these new tools in the classroom.
BY MELISSAE FELLET
Several Stanford faculty members are working tog
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