Electronic learning could enable millions more students to train as doctors and nurses worldwide, according to research. A review commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and carr... Read more
WHEN the first commercially successful steamship traveled the Hudson River in 1807, it didn’t appear to be much of a competitive threat to transoceanic sailing ships. It was more expensive,... Read more
The Coursera courses are no replacement for the MBA program The rise of free online learning platforms has been evidenced this year by the addition of MOOC (massive online open course) to th... Read more
Is the era of the ivy-walled college coming to an end? How much will technology reshape what we think of as the college experience? See what the experts had to say. Higher education is rapid... Read more
“AH, you’re a professor. You must learn so much from your students.” This line, which I’ve heard in various forms, always makes me cringe. Do people think that lawyers learn a lot about the... Read more
The response ranges from curiosity to fear of losing a crucial competition A few months ago, free online courses from prestigious universities were a rarity. Now, they are the cause for anno... Read more
Last semester he taught 100,000 in an online course on machine learning Andrew Ng is an associate professor of computer science at Stanford, and he has a rather charming way of explai... Read more
Currently, the degree is the only meaningful “unit” of education to which employers give any credence. Jailbreak verb. 1 To get out of a restricted mode of operation. 2 To enable use of a pr... Read more
Will offer the online teaching of M.I.T. courses free of charge to anyone in the world For Wall Street Occupiers or other decriers of the “social injustice” of college tuition, here’s... Read more
The Khan Academy is brainchild of Salman Khan Online learning platform and non-profit organization Khan Academy has been granted $5 million from The O’Sullivan Foundation. The organiz... Read more