Category: higher education

Short overview of Nixty, a sort of LMS-meets-wiki of online courses. Online Course Construction Gets a ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Web Site – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education.

George Veletsianos announces and describes this new book below. Michael Dowdy and I have a chapter in the book about personal learning environments. Congratulations George on what looks like a very useful book! Emerging Technologies in Distance Education: Available | George Veletsianos.

Here’s a really informative commentary by George Siemens about Blackboard’s purchase of Elluminate and Wimba. What it all means: elearnspace › Well Played, Blackboard.

Speaking of nice design: Rethinking Packaging | Maria Popova | Big Think.

Here’s an interesting article about open courseware: Higher Education Reimagined With Online Courseware – Education Life – NYTimes.com.

Interesting article about the University of the People. No tuition, and open access: It is a grand vision: a global college with no tuition, accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. When the higher education entrepreneur Shai Reshef laid out his ambitious plan to build a free university that would use modern technology to spread…

Virtual student clubs at universities: News: Student Clubs, Virtually – Inside Higher Ed.

From the Chronicle. Some schools charge more, and a few charge less for online tuition. Online College Access Comes at a High Price for Students, Survey Says – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education.