Friday, May 27, 2011
Why Are So Many Students Still Failing Online?
Online learning has become the third rail in American higher-education politics: Step on it and you're toast.
That's especially true at community colleges, where many leaders have embraced online courses with an almost religious fervor. And we all know why. It's not because anyone is seriously arguing that online classes are consistently better than the face-to-face versions. And it's not even necessarily because students are clamoring for them (although they're clearly popular in certain segments of the population, such as stay-at-home parents, people with full-time jobs, and deployed members of the armed forces). It's because colleges can produce online courses much more cheaply while charging roughly the same tuition.
http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Are-So-Many-Students-Still/127584/
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Billionaire to Pay Kids to Skip College
Critic of college education believes part of "American Dream" is overpriced.
Monday, May 23, 2011
The Job Market: Is a College Degree Worth Less?
Employers and career experts see a growing problem in American society — an abundance of college graduates, many burdened with tuition-loan debt, heading into the work world with a degree that doesn't mean much anymore.
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1946088,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1946088,00.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
New York Times To Offer Online Accredited Courses
NEW YORK -- The New York Times Knowledge Network and New Jersey's Fairleigh Dickinson University are teaming up to offer online courses in subjects ranging from homeland security studies to global health care.
The courses will be open to all students and they may be taken individually or used toward an academic certificate.
What Course(s) Would You Like to Take Online?
The courses will be open to all students and they may be taken individually or used toward an academic certificate.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Classroom 2.0
Saturday, May 7th, Kim Caise, Lorna Costantini and Peggy George will be hosting another Classroom 2.0 LIVE show. As an extension to the Classroom 2.0 Ning community, Classroom 2.0 "LIVE" shows are opportunities to gather with other educators in real-time events, complete with audio, chat and desktop sharing. A Google calendar of upcoming shows is available at
http://www.youtube.com/elluminated#p/u/1/fKQZM4slwzA
The topic will be "Mobile Motivation: Real World Learning with Mobile Devices” with Shelly Terrell. Shelly will share ways to use mobile learning to engage and motivate students. "Dip your toes in" the conversations until you feel comfortable enough to "jump in with both feet"! More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com/
On the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! site you'll find the recordings from our recent "Mission US” session with Kim Flack and Joanne Henning. Click on the
If you haven't used Elluminate before, we encourage you to view this tutorial to prepare for the Elluminate session:
http://www.youtube.com/elluminated#p/u/1/fKQZM4slwzA
If you're new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Elluminate and navigate the site to find the archives of previous shows and resources. Each show begins at 12pm Eastern and may be accessed in Elluminate directly using the following link:
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html and recordings tab
Visit Classroom 2.0 at:Monday, May 2, 2011
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