Noteworthy
If you have content that you believe is appropriate to share with the BU community about educational technologies and their impact on higher education, please send a note to Prof. Azer Bestavros, who is maintaining this feed.
The Trouble with English
This article presents a point of view (provocative as it may) about the need for... More
MOOCs not (yet) Lucrative
The New York Times has an article that looks at the business models of MOOCs:... More
On MOOC Business Models
The Wall Street Journal published an article that examines MOOC business models -- ways in... More
End of University as We Know It
This article in the January/February issue of The American Interest Magazine argues that "the higher... More
Higher Ed: An Obituary
The New Criterion published an article on the future of higher education in the Internet... More
What College Could Be Like
Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, discusses his view of College of the Future... More
MOOCs scaling what’s broken?
This Chronicle of Higher Education contrasts the technology and business perspective of MOOCs. Quoting: "Making... More
UK Universities Form Consortium
A group of U.K. universities, lead by the Open University (O.U.) — the U.K.’s distance... More
Platform lets profs price courses
The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interesting article about yet-another model for on-line courses, More
Badges for military skills
It can be difficult for veterans to explain the skills and training they received in... More
MOOCs for Liberal Arts Education
Inside Higher Education published an article that shows the open, exploratory way that liberal arts... More
Online Learning Studies Review
The Department of Education published a "Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies", entitled Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices... More
Sociology’s perspective on MOOCs
Here is the first in a series of articles that the NYTimes is publishing on... More
Consortium to offer online course credit
A consortium of "top-tier universities" are banding together to offer credit-bearing fully online courses through... More
Gates Foundation promotes MOOCs
The clearest path to college credit for massive open online courses may soon be through... More
MOOCs evaluated for college credit
CHE published an article entitled: American Council on Education May Recommend Some Coursera Offerings for College... More
On aggregating content
The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article about yet another Dot-Com aiming to "drive... More
Napster, Udacity, and the Academy
A provocative article by Clay Shirky (writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic... More
E-textbooks log student reading habits
This article in the Chronicle of Higehr Education discusses how e-Textbooks could be used to... More
Elite education at half price?!
A start-up called the Minerva Project is setting up an online university in which students live... More
The Crisis in Higher Education
The Crisis in Higher Education is an article published in MIT Technology Review which attempts... More
How “open” are MOOCs?
How ‘Open’ Are MOOCs? discusses the “fine prints” in the terms of service for MOOCs... More
Helping students teach themselves
This is an interesting blog on How technology is helping students teach themselves?! One quote from... More
A Lecture Heard ‘Round The World
BU Today published an article summarizing the work of the Council on Educational Technology and... More
Future of the trillion-dollar education business?
Technology Review published an article entitled The Most Important Education Technology in 200 Years which... More
Year of the MOOC
The NYT published an article entitled “The Year of the MOOC” -- a good read to... More
The University of the Future
Ernst & Young published an interesting report on “The University of the Future”. The report is... More
The Siege of Academe
For years, Silicon Valley has failed to breach the walls of higher education with disruptive... More
Announcing New Council on Educational Technology & Learning Innovation
TO: Boston University Community FROM: Robert A. Brown, President Jean Morrison, University Provost SUBJECT: Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation DATE: October... More
Stanford and MOOCs
Stanford president John L. Hennessy delivered a provocative keynote speech, "The Coming Tsunami in Educational Technology,"... More
