College textbook forecast: Radical change ahead
Unsustainable costs, a digital landscape and low-cost alternatives force change to the textbook industry.
Should you Mooc and match?
The non-profit research organisation Ithaka S+R this month released its highly anticipated report on its work with the institutions in the Â鶹´«Ã½, which for the past 18 months have experimented with courseware from Carnegie Mellon University, Coursera and Pearson in face-to-face courses.
College, On Your Own
Competency-based education can help motivated students. But critics say it’s no panacea.
Telling Stories Using Smartphones: BSU Professor Teaches Mobile Journalism Course
An award-winning Bowie State University professor and mobile journalism expert is joining four instructors to teach a free online course to nearly 3,000 people in 130 countries about how to tell compelling stories using their smartphones.
UB/Towson MBA to Launch New Approach to Business Education This Fall; Forward-Thinking Redesign Represents Collaboration with Baltimore's Business Community
A newly conceived UB/Towson MBA curriculum - created with significant input from business leaders at prominent area companies - will be introduced as of the fall 2014 semester, beginning Aug. 27.
USM Receives Grant to Expand Role of Academic Transformation Initiatives
The Â鶹´«Ã½ (USM) will expand its national leadership role in transforming the post-secondary academic model with the receipt of a $200,616 State Systems Transformation Co-creation grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the USM Foundation.
Blended Learning: College Classrooms of the Future
Getting out of bed for an early morning class can be trying after a long night of studying; dreading a long walk across campus, you only wishing you could attend without having to leave your dorm.
