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New Player in Adaptive Learning
Career Education Corp. gets a jump on adaptive learning, a reminder that for-profits can move fast and go big with emerging technologies.
Free Courses for a Big Problem
Community colleges use open-source, MOOC-style content as study guides for remedial courses, and some are choosing homegrown content over courses from MOOC providers.
Udacity Project on 'Pause'
San Jose State's experiment with MOOC provider attracted enormous attention when it was launched. But students didn't do as well as they did in traditional classes.
The Pulse: Flipping the Classroom With the iPad
This month's edition of The Pulse podcast discusses (and shows) how educators can use an iPad and Apple TV to help flip their classrooms.
No-Bid MOOCs
MOOC providers are doing deals all over the country, in part through a series of no-bid agreements with public higher ed institutions.
Opinion
A Plea for 'Close Learning'
Scott L. Newstok writes that it's time for skeptics of massive distance education to define what they value in the classroom.
Opinion
The Gender Lens
Everyone seems to have a theory as to why humanities majors are disappearing. One doctoral student thinks the trend is due to women's widening career paths. His notion is gaining traction.
Blackboard Goes MOOC
Largest provider of classroom management software removes itself from the sidelines and joins the MOOC fray.