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Mirza Ramic

Analysis suggests MOOCs will be more disruptive than open access journals | Inside High... - 2 views

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    More on MOOCs: "One one side, there are those who portray traditional higher education models as enjoying too much immunity from market forces and public demands for greater academic efficiency and productivity; on the other side are faculty groups and others who are struggling against a narrative of disruption that sees higher education as a business while discounting the issues of academic quality, freedom and governance."
Katherine Tarulli

In Tennessee, A Possible Model For Higher Education - 2 views

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    Tennessee Technology Centers (a "career-training program" that is state funded) is using strictly enforced scheduling to help retain students with 1 in 4 odds of completing their program. The school is taking the opposite approach that most higher education schools take. Instead of having the freedom to create their own schedule, they work with the school to determine a schedule from the beginning which is permanent throughout the duration of their time at the school and is strictly enforced. The school is hoping to increase retention of students in 1 to 2 year programs that have low graduation rates, and produce more graduates in emerging technology fields.
Chris Dede

The 6 Technologies That Will Shape Higher Ed -- Campus Technology - 4 views

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    important annual report on emerging educational technologies in higher education
Mirza Ramic

NEXT: The Future of Higher Education - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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    A special report on the future of higher education and the role of innovation - lots of interesting and relevant topics here, including rethinking assessment standards, flipping classrooms, and reinventing the academic calendar.
Eric Kattwinkel

Tea Party Surge; Unemployment & Uninsurance; Elizabeth Warren - Left, Right & Center on... - 1 views

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    About 16 mins in to this mostly political conversation about economic pressures and the political changes expected this fall, Matt Miller calls out higher education as a place likely to see major disruption in coming years, saying that like the medical establishment, it's a sector "where the costs of delivering services are much higher in the US than anywhere else in the world, [which has] been able...essentially through interest group politics...to keep the income flowing to their sector at the expense of the average consumer... You've got all these new...small firms...that will deliver, like, freshman year for a thousand dollars...and they're being blocked by the...status quo establishment that likes to keep the cost of higher education at 15, 20, 35 thousand dollars a year. If you've got this kind of economic pressure across the board, I think it's only a matter of time before the boom really falls on these sectors."
Chris Dede

How 'collaborative learning' is transforming higher education | eCampus News - 2 views

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    new models of higher education are emerging
Devon Dickau

California Higher-Education System Needs Drastic Reforms, Report Says - The Ticker - Th... - 1 views

  • John A. Douglass, the paper’s author, says the state should create a centralized online university
  • California Higher-Education System Needs Drastic Reforms, Report Says
Devon Dickau

Audio: Wikipedia's Co-Founder Calls for Better Information Literacy - Tech Therapy - Th... - 1 views

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    How valid is Wikipedia use in education, teaching and research, especially in Higher Education?
Jason Hammon

Youtube Edu - 0 views

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    Disruptive Education in Higher Education
Janet Dykstra

Rethink College: 3 Takeaways from the TIME Summit on Higher Education - 1 views

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    Squares with our conversations for today! For a room full of academics talking about the future of higher education, the conversation was surprisingly blunt. Yesterday TIME gathered more than 100 college presidents and other experts from across the U.S. to talk about the biggest problems facing higher education, which U.S.
Maung Nyeu

American higher education must reinvent itself | Get Schooled - 1 views

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    More presidents of Universities agree that american higher education must reinvent itself.
Mirza Ramic

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/PCAST/pcast_edit_dec-2013... - 0 views

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    A letter to President Obama about MOOCs and higher education, from his council of advisors on science and technology. This was released just a couple of days ago and highlights some of the potential benefits and current issues in the ongoing MOOC debate which we have all discussed. "Although the new technologies introduced by MOOCs are still in their infancy, and many questions and challenges remain, we believe that they hold the possibility of transforming education at all levels by providing better metrics for educational outcomes, and better alignment of incentives for innovation in pedagogy."
Mirza Ramic

Online Courses Attract Degree Holders, Survey Finds - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    "Although Coursera's founders have presented their MOOCs as a way to democratize higher education by making it available online, free, to anyone in the world, the Penn survey found that in the United States and developing countries alike, most Coursera students were well educated, employed, young and male."
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    FYI, I went to Penn last year and was aware of this type of survey. Apparently, if you have a chance to look into their methodology, then they probably select a far larger number of Penn alumni than a representative portion. Considering that many Penn alumni love the idea of taking classes for free at their Alma Mater, I feel a bit skeptical about that reported unusually high percentage of bachelor's degree holders.
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    I think that this makes a lot of sense. You have to be very self-motivated with a desire to learn AND have the online resources and time to take a MOOC. That's a lot - and I would guess that people who are highly educated tend to be self-motivated. And then young men probably have more time than working parents. There's a lot of constraining factors despite the 'openness' of a MOOC.
Ando Endano

YouTube - A Vision of Students Today - 1 views

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    This video has gotten more than 3 million hits. It portrays the perceived realities of higher education through the eyes of students, and questions the claim that technology will save education.
Devon Dickau

Should Colleges Encourage Better Tech/Life Balance? - Tech Therapy - The Chronicle of H... - 0 views

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    Naomi S. Baron, a linguistics professor at American University, studies how cell phones and online messaging change social interactions. She talks to the Tech Therapy team about her concern that colleges push too much technology on students and professors. Should colleges encourage e-mail-free Fridays?
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    Interesting to think about technology saturation is impacting college students. Some college professors are even resisting technology integration in the classroom because of it - if you're interested in Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education has many interesting articles about technology in university settings.
Jeffrey Siegel

Where is Technology Leading Higher Education? - 1 views

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    Comprehensive article outlining many trends and pressures in the educational landscape. 1. COLLEGE COSTS HAVE SKYROCKETED 2. CONVENIENCE ATTRACTS STUDENTS ONLINE 3. TEACHERS CONNECT WITH DIGITAL GENERATION 4. DIGITAL EDUCATION OFFERS BROAD REACH 5. FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES COMPETE FOR STUDENTS 6. BIG ONLINE COURSES GAIN NOTORIETY 7. COLLEGE BUDGETS KEEP SHRINKING 8. WHERE IS THIS HEADED?
Chris Dede

Charting the Tech-tonic Shifts in Education -- Campus Technology - 1 views

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    the cost crisis in higher education
Jessica O'Brien

Higher Education's Tech Dilemmas - Science and Tech - The Atlantic - 2 views

  • Electronic readers and textbooks, while an interesting concept and potentially lucrative for publishers, so far aren't meeting student needs
  • A host of research over the past decade has shown that even the option to click hyperlinks to related material can create confusion and weaken understanding.
  • The iPad measured at 6.2% lower reading speed than the printed book, whereas the Kindle measured at 10.7% slower than print
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  • Education's real problem with readers is the dismaying fact that mass information technology out of the box was not developed for education.
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    This article summarizes some research findings that suggest that electronic readers, such as the Kindle and iPad, are still inferior to the printed page and may even worsen student comprehension of material. The most up-to-date information technology seems inadequate for educational and academic needs.
Cole Shaw

Microsoft Europe's take on technology in higher education - 0 views

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    Kind of a slightly different perspective from Europe, but some commentary from Microsoft Europe on how they think technology will change higher education and job preparedness. Towards the end he talks about things like personalization, digital resources for all schools, and some MS initiatives in schools (Partners in Learning).
Chris Dede

Better measures of college performance | Inside Higher Ed - 2 views

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    better predictors of higher education value added
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