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Big Data For Higher Ed: With $4.1M From First Round, Floodgate, Former Kaplan Exec Launches Civitas Learning

Rip Empson wrote 1 day ago: As colleges and universities strain their resources to accommodate an ever-growing, diverse student … more →

Tags: Education, Fundings & Exits, startups, TC, Civitas Learning, EdTech

Oregon State University - Strand Agriculture Hall

Hennebery Eddy Architects wrote 1 day ago: When completed in 1913, Agriculture Hall was the largest building on the Oregon State University [th … more →

Tags: Diagram, Sketch, Historic Preservation, Oregon State University, Universal Design

Some thoughts and a minor existential crisis over online courses/OERs1 comment

Alex Pryce wrote 1 day ago: I’d like to say I discovered this video when researching the use of digital media in learning … more →

Tags: dphil, Digital Humanities, oer, Online Courses

University of Arkansas Adjusts to Transgender Students

Erwin de Leon wrote 1 day ago: May 25, 2012; Source: Inside Higher Ed The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) is formulatin … more →

Tags: Immigration, LGBT, Transgender

Stanford dodges the 'c' word

jmichaelramey wrote 2 days ago: http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/stanfords-credential-problem/46851?sid=at . . . unlike Harvard … more →

Tags: Strategic Issues, Trends, eLearning, Innovation, US education, Credentials

Data-Driven Social Media Strategy (Part 4): Evaluation2 comments

Alaina Wiens wrote 2 days ago: It’s been some time since I’ve shared my progress as I work toward finalizing my university’s … more →

Tags: Best Practices, Social Media, evaluate measure strategy

Social Media in Education: Privacy and Friending

professorjosh wrote 2 days ago: Part 4 in the Series: Social Media in Education There has been much attention given in the media rec … more →

Tags: tech tricks and tips, Valencia, Education, social media EDU, Blended Learning, facebook, HYBRID, Instructional Design, Online Learning

Postsecondary enrollment increases locally and nationwide

wistechcolleges wrote 2 days ago: From wisconsinrapidstribune.com: “Rising local higher education enrollment reflects trends … more →

Tags: postsecondary, Enrollment, Access, MSTC, // NTC //, Northcentral Technical College, Mid-State Technical College

From The View From Alexandria Via Instapundit: 'Reynolds' Law'

chr1 wrote 2 days ago: Full post here. Perhaps not a law (moral/political/economic?), but: “Subsidizing the markers of stat … more →

Tags: Current Events, Economics, Education, Law, Literature, media, Philosophy, Politics, Public Debate

Lightly hitting the books: comments and responses

escubed wrote 2 days ago: As a follow up to yesterday’s posting about the limited amount of time students spend studying … more →

Tags: College, University, Students, Learning, university administrator

Some college graduates return to tech school for job training

wistechcolleges wrote 3 days ago: From jsonline.com: “Some college graduates return to tech school for job training” … more →

Tags: Technical College, Economy, Education, Jobs, MATC, Milwaukee Area Technical College

Moraine Park Distance Challenge teaches teamwork, problemsolving

wistechcolleges wrote 3 days ago: From fdlreporter.com: “Moraine Park holds first annual Distance Challenge” –  Ball … more →

Tags: Technical College, postsecondary, mptc, Instructors, Moraine Park Technical College, Skills Gap, Engineering & Technology

Testing Out Facebook's New Ad Product: Promoting Posts

adampcoulter wrote 3 days ago: Follow @AdamPCoulter As Social Media Specialist at Curry College in Milton, MA, I manage a bunch of … more →

Tags: Communications/Resources, Strategic Communications, Social, Media 2, communications, Social Media, facebook, promoting posts, Facebook Ad

Lightly hitting the books

escubed wrote 3 days ago: I can’t say I am surprised by the results of a recent study finding college students are studying le … more →

Tags: College, University, Students, Learning, university administrator, studying, how not to learn

Dear Economist: If We Need Better Teachers, Shouldn't We Make Certification Programs More Rigorous?

Educonomist wrote 4 days ago: I recently had a discussion with a friend who was quite upset about a new law in her state that woul … more →

Tags: Certification, bubble, Teacher Quality

Adventures in Horizontal Education

CurriculumVeto wrote 4 days ago: The Yippie Museum Cafe. Pic courtesy of Yelp. And yes, that is a pot leaf overlaying a Zapatista fla … more →

Tags: occupy, ows, David Graeber, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Education, Vaclav Havel, robbie mcclintock, Occupy University, Niral Shah

Links - or, suggested reading

ryanalexanderhunt wrote 4 days ago: I apologize for the lack of content recently. As I’m sure most bloggers know, motivation to bl … more →

Tags: Links, Online Resources, Video Games, video games

Keep it to yourself2 comments

pattiblaine wrote 6 days ago: Thursday evening I finished my final project for the school year, submitted my work electronically, … more →

Tags: finished things, On the fly (aka from a mobile device), Extracurricular, gardening, secrets

Criticality and the Rebirth of the Public Sphere3 comments

johnacaseyjr wrote 1 week ago: Tonight I attended a talk by University of Chicago Professor Bernard Harcourt at the Gleacher Center … more →

Tags: occupy movement, Bernard Harcourt, freedom and education, gleacher center, Graham School of Continuing Studies, University of Chicago, Criticality, Public Sphere


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