(18 September 2013) At Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the general elective for undergraduates Introduction to Forensic Science is a popular course that can accommodate 1,600 students each time yet is always over-subscribed. Now NTU is repackaging this as a free online course for anyone in the world. NTU is partnering Coursera, a leading Massive…
(9 September 2013) The National University of Singapore (NUS) today announced a new initiative to enable Returning Full-time National Servicemen (RNS men), who had earlier gained admission to the university, to earn academic credits before matriculation as undergraduate students. These RNS men can now have a head start in university education and more time to…
(New York, NY , 16 July 2013) Student use of alternative and illicit course materials is on the rise, according to new research from the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)’s ongoing survey of Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education. The second installment in Volume Three of the study, which is powered by Bowker Market…
(Las Vegas, July 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/) — Blackboard Inc. today announced a free, flexible option for running massive open online courses (MOOCs): a hosted instance of Blackboard Learn™, the company’s flagship learning management system (LMS). With more institutions looking to offer large, open courses, the offer will give institutions a fully functional, flexible platform option complete…
edX Learning Platform to be open source and available on 1 June 2013 (Cambridge, MA and Stanford, CA – 3 April 2013) – Stanford University and edX, the not-for-profit online learning enterprise founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), today announced their collaboration to advance the development of edX’s open source…
With release of XBlock source code, global community invited to participate in the development of the edX learning platform and the next generation of online and blended courses (Cambridge, MA and Santa Clara, CA (PyCon 2013) 14 March 2013) – EdX, the not-for-profit online learning enterprise founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of…
(14 March 2013)The OCLC Research and University of Pennsylvania “MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?”event on Monday and Tuesday, 18-19 March will feature thoughtful and provocative presentations about how libraries are already getting involved with MOOCs, and engage attendees in discussions about strategic opportunities and challenges. The entire event will be streamed live…
MOOCs have implications for libraries, in particular how courses interact with library services. A recent article in D-Lib Magazine, March/April 2013, by Forrest Wright explains how. Abstract Over the past several months, the proliferation of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) has been hailed as a potent defense against the rising cost and insular culture of…
(Cambridge, MA, 20 February 2013) edX, the not-for-profit online learning enterprise founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has expanded its X University Consortium with the addition of six new global higher education institutions. The Australian National University (ANU), Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne…
edX, the online non-profit learning initiative founded by Harvard University (Harvard) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and launched in May, announced 15 October the addition of The University of Texas (UT) System to its platform. The UT System, one of the largest public university systems in the United States with nine academic universities…
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