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Challenging “What School Looks Like”

Today’s editorial on the growth of online offerings in higher education was right to acknowledge the benefits of blended learning models of instruction, but erred in its treatment of fully online courses and their potential ability to reach and teach students.

3 months ago by Susan Patrick

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Distance Learning and Online Relationships

I never get to meet most of my students in person, because I teach asynchronous online courses via Blackboard, for the City University of New York (CUNY). I was part of a cohort of Ph.D. students who began teaching after fully online programs were available.

3 months ago by Guest Author

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12 Trends Transforming the Post-Sec Landscape

The number of post-secondary students taking an online course has nearly ...

3 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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Mass Community Colleges Focus on Employability

The 15 Massachusetts community colleges participating in the Massachusetts Community ...

3 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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New Ideas On What Colleges Want to See Out of Prospects

We all remember the students from our own graduating classes who did it all. Their GPAs were at the top of the class, or very near to it. They might have played two or three different sports, and served as captain in one or two of them. They were members of two or three clubs, with a leadership position in student gove...

3 months ago by Guest Author

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MSOE: An Example of Education for Employability

The Milwaukee School of Engineering experience is a pretty good example of “rigor, relevance, and relationships” (as my friends from Big Picture would say). Their commitment to employability is as strong as any campus that I’ve visited. It’s a place that seems to be asking the right questions about what’s n...

3 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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Hype vs. Hope: San Jose State + Udacity vs. Linn State Technical College

While it would be a stupendous achievement if Udacity and other MOOC providers are able to develop and deploy a model that can successfully remediate math and reading at scale, we need to step back and look at the bigger picture: A more powerful (and much more realistic) achievement would be to put society’s needs a...

3 months ago by Guest Author