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The dirty secret of online learning

The dirty little secret of online learning: Students are bored and dropping out
Quartz
Because if online education is going to be useful for learners, then it's time for online learning to grow up. Hundreds of ... The four major MOOC platforms (Coursera, edX, Udacity and Udemy) have attracted at least 4 million sign-ups to date. Many of ...

Digital learning startup Benchprep expands into video-based software training ...
GigaOM
Benchprep, a digital learning startup based in Chicago, is rolling out video-based software training courses targeting college and high school students, not adults looking for professional development. BenchPrep. When Benchprep launched two years ago ...

GigaOM

Online learning: Campus 2.0 | education's digital future
When campus president Wallace Loh walked into Juan Uriagereka's office last August, he got right to the point. “We need courses for this thing — yesterday!” ...
edf.stanford.edu/readings/online-learning-campus-20

Digital Learning Now! Grades States on Ed-Tech Policies
Education Week News (blog)
Out of those, 152 of them were signed into law, allowing students to take classes online, equipping students and teachers with mobile devices, and providing schools the flexibility to embrace blended-learning models. The report found that many of the ...

Faculty describe experiments with digital learning on MacVicar Day
MIT News
Attendees at the MacVicar Day celebration on Friday, March 15, became participants in anonline-learning experiment led by Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Anette “Peko” Hosoi. She asked the crowd in Bartos Theatre, “What is the first ...

Online learning popular at AITE
The Advocate
Mark Mucceri, far left, Chief Learning Officer of Virtual High School, speaks during a meeting aboutonline learning at the Academy of Information Technology & Engineering in Stamford on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Photo: Lindsay Perry | Buy This Photo ...

4 States Address Online Learning, Student Information and Digital ...
States across the country are working on legislation and finding funding for digital resources.
www.centerdigitaled.com/.../4-States-Address-Online-Learning...

Southern States See Changes in Virtual Education
Education Week News (blog)
Increased access to online learning, particularly at the district level, has states working to formalize their relationships with school districts to improve the delivery and quality of online courses—a trend Education Week explored in Technology ...

Education Week News (blog)

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