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Leading colleges announce for-credit, online courses - 0 views
New College: Beyond Old Commodity Colleges | James Paul Gee - 1 views
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Fantastic piece on transforming higher education--love his framework.
10 Highly Selective Colleges Form Consortium to Offer Online Courses - Wired Campus - T... - 2 views
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A group of 10 highly selective colleges has formed a consortium to offer online courses that students enrolled at any of the campuses can take for credit. The group, which includes Wake Forest and Brandeis Universities, will offer semester-long online courses using software from 2U, an education-technology company formerly called 2tor.
Community Colleges Try MOOCs in Blended Courses -- Campus Technology - 1 views
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moving towards new models in higher education
College Textbook Industry Gets Disruptive Shock from Internet - 0 views
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Via Instapundit: In Technology Review, Michael Fitzgerald reports on an innovate approach to make digital versions of expensive textbooks available to cost-conscious students.
The "UnCollege" Movement- NYT - 0 views
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Programs and organizations like "UnCollege" and the "Thiel Fellowship" provide low-cost, low accreditation practical alternatives to college. Part of the changing landscape of higher education, perhaps one that reinforces the MOOC revolution. New York Times, "Saying No to College".
Saying No to College - 1 views
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I am wondering if this is the most disruptive form of education for college-age students...
Why Are Colleges Slow to Adopt Mobile Technology? [#Infographic] | EdTech Magazine - 1 views
Digital Divide Hits College Admissions Process - 0 views
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While technology is changing the face of college admissions, "not all students are reaping the benefits of this virtual access to resources and information. For disadvantaged students lacking awareness or the digital-connection capabilities, entry into college may become harder to obtain than ever before."
Can you MOOC your way through college in one year? - 4 views
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/04/13/can-you-mooc-your-way-through-college-one-year-can-you-mooc-your-way-through-college-one-year/lAPwwe2OYNLbP9EHitgc3L/story.html
Digital Divide Hits College-Admissions Process - 0 views
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Seems that students from low-income populations not only need access to up-to-date computers, but also they need much better college counseling supports. It's a shame that those who aspire to college, are stressed out that they aren't receiving the assistance they need.
Exporting Online - 1 views
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"Coastline Community College is set to create low-cost, online bachelor's degree pathways where students can enroll simultaneously at one of three public universities, none of which are in California."
A Brooklyn High School Takes a New Approach to Vocational Education - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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A look at a Brooklyn public school that offers a six-year high school/college curriculum geared toward jobs in the technology industry. Ironically, it doesn't seem like technology is being used to transform student understanding. And there seems to be a risk that these kids are being trained to do jobs that will be obsolete by the time they finish school.
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.
What Colleges Must Do to Stay Relevant | MindShift - 1 views
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This article ties into our discussion about disrupting colleges a few weeks ago.
How The 10 Most Innovative Colleges Use Technology - 4 views
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This infographic is especially interesting because, as far as I saw it, most of these "innovative" approaches didn't actually seem all that extraordinary. More generally, it's puzzling (and troubling, really) that despite advances in ed-tech in primary and secondary school, higher education institutions are quite far behind the curve as far as innovative uses of technology goes.
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I agree - besides a lot of back-office and stick-stuff-online applications, only Mixable stood out (forming study groups), and that seems not to have much scope.
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