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Online learning may be the University's future

Online learning may be in University's future
Campus Times
Last night, I visited the Coursera web site. After entering just my name and email, I had access to over 120 courses in 16 diverse categories offered by 20 different top universities. Within a minute, I was registered for a world history course taught ...

Campus Times

Brown, Top Universities to Offer Free Online Courses via Coursera
College Classes
Brown recently announced that it will be joining some of the top universities in the world by collaborating with Coursera, the platform offering online college coursesto anyone with an internet connection and a computer. The courses, which will ...

College Classes

EdX Announces Option Of Proctored Exam Testing Through Collaboration With ...
Daily Markets
“Our online learners who want the flexibility to provide potential employers with an independently validated certificate may now choose to take the course exam at a proctored test site,” said Anant Agarwal, president of edX. “This option enhances the ...

Rahm's Chicago Education
Wall Street Journal
That may be more telling of Mr. Emanuel's fight to reform Chicago's public schools than it is of Mr. Obama's education agenda. In recent weeks, the Chicago teachers have ramped up their rhetoric against the mayor. At a Labor Day rally, Chicago Teachers ...

Chicago teachers union increases pressure as strike deadline looms
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union, which has vowed to strike next week without a new contract, filed unfair labor practice charges against the Chicago school system on Wednesday, ratcheting up pressure on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to make ...

Report: Teacher fund lax on anti-spiking efforts
Businessweek
The office found that the California State Teachers' Retirement System failed to adequately audit school districts, missed opportunities to stop unjustified salary increases, and failed to use its own electronic system to detect possible abuses ...

NJ group recommends education law changes
CBS News
Chris Christie's task force on education said Wednesday that the state should implement the governor's major education recommendations, as well as get rid of regulatory provisions in an effort to give schools and their teachers more leeway for spending ...

Crisis Talks On Teacher's Strike End in Stalemate
AllAfrica.com
Nairobi — The Government's first meeting with the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) over the on-going strike has ended in a stalemate. No single item between the parties was ...

Victorian teachers' union blocks fight against Labor's assault on public education
World Socialist Web Site
Thousands of teachers and school support staff participated in one of the largest strikes in recent years in the Australian state of Victoria yesterday, only to have union officials block and oppose discussion on how to defeat the assault on public...

World Socialist Web Site

Teachers union President Michael Mulgrew sandbags kids by stalling on ...
New York Daily News
He won an anti-kid victory by stalling negotiations over a system for evaluatingteacher performance. Though he committed two years ago to setting terms with the Education Department, Mulgrew balked, evaded and delayed. Doing so, he cynically achieved ...

New York Daily News

Anchorage teacher to be education fellow
Sacramento Bee
Begich says Kluever's teaching knowledge will be an asset in advancing the importance of STEM education in classrooms. Kluever is a longtime teacher who has most recently taught seventh grade at Begich Middle School and has won accolades for his ...

Catholic teachers say further strikes are on the table
Herald Sun
Teachers at state schools are considering strikes on October 16 as part of their own pay dispute. A ballot on whether to strike closes next Friday. Yesterday's Catholic sector strike action closed down part of Edward St for almost 30 minutes while ...

'Education system not keeping pace with evolving technology'
New York Daily News
New Delhi, Sep 6 — India's education system is not keeping pace with rapidly evolving technology, resulting in difficulty in finding suitable candidates where millions are unemployed, FICCI president R.V. Kanoria said Thursday. "We have a paradoxical ...

News Quiz | September 6, 2012 - The Learning Network
By By ANASTASIA ECONOMIDES
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Kenya's education dividend | ReliefWeb
Kenya's education dividend. Report. —. World Bank. SUBMITTED BY WOLFGANG FENGLER, CO-AUTHORS: JESÚS CRESPO CUARESMA ON WED, 2012-09-05 09:31. Despite positive news and the talk of an African “renaissance,” many still doubt whether the continent is ready for take-off. Rapid population ... Kenya has some 250,000 teachers, which is not enough: while class sizes are somewhat manageable in the cities, they remain very large in rural areas. Moreover, on ...
Kenya

New Jersey 'Teacher Of The Year' Arrested For Sexual Assault ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Colorado high school physical education teacher and basketball coach Lauren Redfern was charged with sexual assault on a child by a person of a position of trust with a pattern of sexual abuse after suspicions arose that she was having an ...
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Abusive Teacher Gets Lesson From Little Girl Video
The teacher calls the student stupid and pokes her in the head three times ... it's not theteachers fault that the girl couldn't understand that simple concept ...

Effective teachers model and apply the NETS·S as they design - ISTE
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to- ...of the International Society for. Technology in Education.

Benbow appointed to Education Sector board | Research News ...
Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human ... primary accrediting body for institutions and organizations preparing K-12 teachers.

RTI International to Lead National Career, Technical Education Center
RTI International has been awarded a three-year contract to establish and lead the National Center for Innovation in Career and Technical Education.

Give credit for learning, not time — Joanne Jacobs
Give credit for learning, not seat time, argues a new report. As more students learn online at their own pace, the credit hour's day is ending. Filed Under: College ...

Pius Offers Online Learning
ABQ Journal
Students at St. Pius High School in Albuquerque can now claim classmates from across the country, even from as far away as Dubai in the Middle East. It's part of a fledgling, online learningexperience the Catholic school on the West Side is offering ...

SHSU moves to eliminate eCollege online learning system by renegotiating ...
SHSU Houstonian Online
Sam Houston State University is close to finalizing a re-negotiated deal with Pearson Education that would eliminate eCollege as the university's learning management software, making the new Blackboard 9 the single online system, university officials ...

K12 INC. : VISNET and K12 Inc. Expand Access to Online Learning Curricula ...
4-traders
6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- K12 Inc., the nation's leading provider of proprietary curricula and online education programs for students in kindergarten through high school, and VISNET, an online learning and professional development consortium supported by ...

Follett Software Unveils Aspen Curriculum & Learning
Sacramento Bee
Other assignments, such as online quizzes or tests, can be auto-graded and the grades immediately sent to the Gradebook for real-time results. Six districts piloted Aspen Curriculum &Learning during the 2011-12 school year and users were universally ...

Daniels plans to increase online courses
Purdue Exponent
Mitch Daniels' plan to increase the amount of online classes at Purdue has received mixed feelings. Lindsay Roberts, associate director of Purdue's Extended Campus, said Purdue currently offers 60 online courses covering a wide variety of subjects. One ...

Penn University appoints online learning director
Virtual College
His new position will see him supporting the integration of online training programmes and virtual learning environments, working alongside deans, the president, provost, departmental heads and other university leaders with the aim of bringing ...

The reality and the hype behind online learning and the
By Leonie Haimson
There is a well-documented gold rush now, with many companies getting into the business ofonline learning, including Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, headed by Joel Klein, which acquired Wireless shortly after Klein was hired. With the help of ...
NYC Public School Parents

Fall ACRL E-Learning
By Margot Conahan
ACRL is offering a wide variety of online learning opportunities in fall 2012 to meet the demands of your schedule and budget. Full details and registration information are available on the ACRL website. Registration for all online courses and ...
ACRL Insider

Learning Takes a Leap – ODYSSEYWARE Introduces New ...
By eSchool News
ODYSSEYWARE recently expanded its online curriculum with new teaching and learning tools for the 2012-13 school year. ODYSSEYWARE remains committed to.
eSchool News

Ed Notes Online: The reality and the hype behind online learning ...
The reality and the hype behind online learning and the "School of One". One day Joel Klein will be doing a perp walk with his coat over his head .... Ed Notes, c.

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