College textbook forecast: Radical change ahead
Unsustainable costs, a digital landscape and low-cost alternatives force change to the textbook industry.
Should you Mooc and match?
The non-profit research organisation Ithaka S+R this month released its highly anticipated report on its work with the institutions in the University System of Maryland, which for the past 18 months have experimented with courseware from Carnegie Mellon University, Coursera and Pearson in face-to-face courses.
College, On Your Own
Competency-based education can help motivated students. But critics say it’s no panacea.
Telling Stories Using Smartphones: BSU Professor Teaches Mobile Journalism Course
An award-winning Bowie State University professor and mobile journalism expert is joining four instructors to teach a free online course to nearly 3,000 people in 130 countries about how to tell compelling stories using their smartphones.
UB/Towson MBA to Launch New Approach to Business Education This Fall; Forward-Thinking Redesign Represents Collaboration with Baltimore's Business Community
A newly conceived UB/Towson MBA curriculum - created with significant input from business leaders at prominent area companies - will be introduced as of the fall 2014 semester, beginning Aug. 27.
USM Receives Grant to Expand Role of Academic Transformation Initiatives
The University System of Maryland (USM) will expand its national leadership role in transforming the post-secondary academic model with the receipt of a $200,616 State Systems Transformation Co-creation grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the USM Foundation.
Blended Learning: College Classrooms of the Future
Getting out of bed for an early morning class can be trying after a long night of studying; dreading a long walk across campus, you only wishing you could attend without having to leave your dorm.
