Before the fact
Inside Higher Ed reports that some institutions at this week's Educause conference are seeing the benefits of "prescriptive" learning analytics by being able to identify at-risk students before they drop or fail a course.
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“Greater flexibility” as the new mantra
Contact North defines five approaches to flexible learning, which include: flexibility in course design and delivery options, flexibility in program completion, flexibility in terms of learning recognition and credit granting, flexibility in assessment, and flexibility with respect to transition from apprenticeship through diploma to degrees to graduate work.
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MOOC offerings, events, and development opportunity this fall
UBC has two MOOCs currently underway and two more slated to start over the next month.
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Vive la révolution MOOC?
France is encouraging its universities to build massive open online courses on the edX platform.
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The MOOC juggernaut: Year 2
Class Central, a MOOC aggregation site, has posted a brief analysis on the growth of MOOCs over the last two years.
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Coursera’s online insight: Short classes are education’s future
Internal Coursera data shows that longer classes suffer from higher dropout rates.
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Recent reports and papers on MOOCs and online education
The International Council for Open and Distance Education provides an overview of nine key documents published over the past year is provided to support the ongoing debate on MOOCs, Open Educational Resources and online education, and to support the change processes in this time of openness.
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Faculty pushback on online deal
Faculty members at Rutgers University Graduate School recently voted to block a partnership with Pearson to offer more graduate degree programs online.
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Getting aboard the high-tech train
Richard Hurley, the president of the University of Mary Washington (UMW), argues that universities "need to understand how technology can enhance coursework and broaden our students' exposure to the world.
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Harvard Business School launching online learning initiative
Harvard Business School is developing its first online learning initiative.
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