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Is a MOOC a Textbook or a Course?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 12, Clicks: 4)
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Justin Reich -- What exactly is a MOOC? Like most interesting things in this world, the term avoids simple definition. For instance, what constitutes a course? A particular body of knowledge to be delivered? Except maybe in the case of skill-based classes, like a writer's workshop. A start and end date? Except maybe in the case of self-paced, on-demand online courses. Interactions between students and instructors?

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Delaware Raises Teacher-Prep Admissions Requirement

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 9, Clicks: 4)
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Stephen Sawchuk -- Delaware lawmakers have passed a bill that would raise admissions standards for entry into the state's teacher-preparation programs, among other changes. Gov. Jack Markell, a Democrat, is expected to sign it.

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INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, Labor Spar On Immigration

Kbuck sumitted ago via http://www.npr.org (Views: 26, Clicks: 4)
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To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor.

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The Common Core on Campus

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.insidehighered.com (Views: 54, Clicks: 4)
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For traditional college freshmen, the gap between high school and college is easy to step across -- a few months, at the most, between graduating from one institution and enrolling at another. For those institutions, though, the distance between K-12 and higher education is often more like an unbridgeable chasm.

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Colleges Shortchanging Needy Students in Battle for Prestige, Money

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 25, Clicks: 4)
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Caralee Adams -- Just because students get a Pell Grant—federal aid that goes to families who generally earn $30,000 or less—doesn't mean their college gives them much of a break on tuition.

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E-textbooks could save Oklahoma college students hundreds of dollars

Kbuck sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 25, Clicks: 4)
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If University of Oklahoma student Mandi Gatlin had enrolled in Introduction to Sociology last year, she could have expected to pay between $50 and $100 for the course's textbook. But because she enrolled in the class last semester, Gatlin got her book for free.

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OpenStax College doubles down on free textbooks

nitajo sumitted ago via http://news.rice.edu (Views: 54, Clicks: 8)
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Rice University-based publisher OpenStax College today announced plans to more than double the number of titles in its catalog of free, online textbooks by 2015, thanks to a grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF). More than 150 colleges, universities and high schools have adopted an OpenStax textbook since the nonprofit publisher’s 2012 launch.

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Study shows need to better prepare teachers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 49, Clicks: 6)
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Editorial -- EDUCATION reform debates, locally and nationally, have largely focused on raising the bar for students. Less effort has been placed on ensuring that quality teachers are in the classroom. The National Council on Teacher Quality hopes this will change.

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Is college worth the cost?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://tv.msnbc.com (Views: 106, Clicks: 4)
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With the nation’s student loan debt rising more than $2,800 per second, families must be smart about higher education. The average loan rate is $25,000, said former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett. In his new book, “Is College Worth It?,” co-author Bennett urges students to think about college before they make the first deposit to the institution. They must consider the college or university, their areas of study, the cost, and post-graduation loans.

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Duke University quits elite online learning initiative

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 4)
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Valerie Strauss -- Duke University professors forced the school to quit an online learning initiative with other universities that will offer for-credit courses.

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Duke Faculty Say No

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.insidehighered.com (Views: 16, Clicks: 4)
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Duke University faculty members, frustrated with their administration and skeptical of the degrees to be awarded, have forced the institution to back out of a deal with nine other universities and 2U to create a pool of for-credit online classes for undergraduates.

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Using technology to fight cheating in online education

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 17, Clicks: 4)
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Finding ways to thwart the ingenuity of computer-savvy students is crucial to proving Internet courses and diplomas are valid. Webcams and keystroke monitoring are among tools in use.

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Coursera to offer new MOOC options for teachers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://townhall.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 12)
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A leading platform for the popular "massive open online courses" offered by elite universities is moving into a new realm: the expansive field of continuing education for teachers.

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How One College Is Closing The Computer Science Gender Gap

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.npr.org (Views: 27, Clicks: 4)
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Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe talks to a group of newly admitted students on the campus in Claremont, Calif. Klawe has had a great deal of success getting more women involved in computing.

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New Disclosure Policy Delayed at UT System

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.texastribune.org (Views: 33, Clicks: 4)
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The implementation of a robust but controversial conflict-of-interest policy at institutions in the University of Texas System that was originally scheduled for this spring has been delayed until at least September.

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