Rebecca Schuman delivers a thoughtful response to Thomas Friedman’s ideas about the future of education, MOOCs, and his biting criticism of some professors. Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education’s opinion section, The Conversation…
Thomas Friedman’s reports on the M.I.T. and Harvard conference on “Online Learning and the Future of Residential Education” Read more in The New York Times op-ed section…
Many online courses are currently being offered for free, but how to data limits effect learners? Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education…
Public libraries can help narrow the broadband access gap between those who have access and those who do not. Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education…
“You say what you want to learn, how you want to learn it and how you want to be assessed on learning it,” Thomas said. Read more here…
This announcement brought to you by the COE Innovation in Teaching and Technology initiative… Have you heard about “Reacting to the Past” courses and wondered how they might impact your own teaching? If so, you can find out all about … Continue reading
Online Courses Could Widen Achievement Gaps Among Students Read more at The Chronicle for Higher Education’s blog, The Wired Campus…
Michael Horn’s & Clayton Christensen’s take on how MOOCs figure into the evolving landscape of higher education. Read more at Wired Opinion…
Hello everyone, There has been much interest in the use of a virtual classroom for online teaching – UGA currently makes available a virtual classroom called Horizon Wimba (HW). At the last ITT Faculty Academy session, we did a quick … Continue reading
“Because of disagreements over how to best conduct this course, I’ve agreed to disengage from it, with regret,” Mr. McKenzie wrote. Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education’s blog, Wired Campus…