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News on Online Courses for High School

By Abhi On October 1, 2015 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Technology, General, In The News, Resource
Purdue offers free online course for high school students Purdue University is offering a free online class for high school students. Registration is available for the Purdue Department of Computer Science’s placement course. The eight-month program teaches students about various computer science topics . . .     How High Schoolers Spent Their Summer: Online, [...]
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News on Online Courses

By Abhi On August 25, 2015 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, Resource
The 37 best websites for learning a new skill Forget overpriced schools, long days in a crowded classroom, and pitifully poor results. These websites and apps cover myriads of science, art, and technology topics . . .         Three Questions For The ASU/edX Global Freshman Academy Online Program In April, Arizona State University and [...]
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Learning Analytics and MOOCs

By Scott Cronenweth On April 30, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Education: Technology, Learning Analytics
According to a recent piece in the Stanford News, Stanford"s Lytics Lab is gleaning learning analytics data from MOOCs to understand how people learn.
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Essay Grading Software: Indispensible or Insulting?

By Scott Cronenweth On April 9, 2013 · 5 Comments · In Education: Technology, Tutoring
How would you feel about having your essays or short written test answers graded by a software program? Instead of getting results back days or weeks later from an instructor, you'd get instant feedback -- and a chance to rewrite the piece for a better grade.
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Post-College Professional Training: The Next Big Trend in Tutoring?

By Scott Cronenweth On February 26, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Teaching & Tutoring
Enter the online tutoring startup Thinkful. Its tagline is "Online school for a better career." Its aim is to bridge the gap between the skill set you have when you get out of college and the skill set you really need to get a good job: "level-up to find the job you"ll love" as they put it.
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Measuring the Motivation of MOOC-Takers

By Scott Cronenweth On January 23, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Tutoring
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have come under increasing scrutiny as the modality has grown in popularity. A recent criticism of MOOCs is that their effectiveness is limited because their completion rates are so low.
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Coursera Offers Fee-Based "Verified Certificates" to MOOC Students

By Scott Cronenweth On January 15, 2013 · 1 Comment · In In The News
By linking students" coursework to their identities, Signature Track provides a way to show achievement and share course records with employers, schools, or whomever you choose.
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4 Sources to Help You Find Cool MOOCs

By Scott Cronenweth On December 12, 2012 · 7 Comments · In Tutoring
MOOCs are proliferating by leaps and bounds – but how do you know what’s available?
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Peer Assessment in MOOCs and Online Courses

By Scott Cronenweth On September 25, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Assessments, Education: Technology
MOOC type courses, such as those that leverage the Coursera platform, are inherently conceived to empower learners to educate each other, such as through posts and responses in course forums. This form of “crowd-sourced commentary” helps create a learning community – so why not build the community even further by empowering learners to evaluate one another?
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