Moocs/open educational resources
Microcredentials designed by Google and IBM will add practical training in key roles to traditional academic offerings, says chief executive of edtech firm
Online education firm had vacancy at top since departure of chief executive Andy Hancock in March
With most major players making redundancies and tightening their belts, edtech has faced a difficult year, but could moves into career development save the industry?
Expanding the blended or online learning currently on offer will not be enough to achieve reskilling agenda, says Betty Vandenbosch
One of the biggest original Mooc providers is ‘entering a new chapter’, its chief executive has told staff, amid a gloomier financial climate
Financial difficulties faced by major players like FutureLearn show Mooc market ‘appears to be on a drastic downturn’
United Nations report examines how academic credits can be validated more easily
Open University confirms plans to sell its stake in company it helped to found
Apprenticeships provider that became UK’s first edtech ‘unicorn’ to offer candidates chance to study ‘debt-free’
Coursera co-founder warns that faculty are ‘burning the candle at multiple ends’
Free online courses have much to offer professors, including feedback on their own performance
Universities urged to work alongside edtech companies and other online players to improve offering to students
Measures to limit the dominance of Western universities in online learning may be required, says Getachew Engida
Nobel laureate among professors vowing to move courses on to non-profit alternative platform after deal with 2U
China and India embrace creation of online courses to support universities that lack the capacity to create their own digital programmes
As most universities digitise all their teaching, they are finding it very difficult to deliver education online. Gorgi Krlev offers three challenges to conventional wisdom
Improving remote learning may be smartest move universities can make, quality chief advises
McGraw-Hill and Cengage abandon union after government demands heavy culling
Australian Qualifications Framework overhaul also recommends decoupling of knowledge and skills
In five years, Moocs go from dream of universal education to limited service for higher-end customers
Chief executive Anant Agarwal explains how the Harvard-MIT platform has defied sceptics and financial pressures to stay true to its mission
FutureLearn phases out acronym for massive open online courses as internet learning evolves
Billed as a remedy for career uncertainty, micro-credentials may play into bosses’ hands, critics warn
Increasing use of technology on campus will erode division between online and offline education, according to Jeff Maggioncalda
Tech entrepreneur says there is a fear of AI and automation in Europe and North America while students in Asia see it as an opportunity
If microcredentials could only gain the trust of employers and workers, platforms would have a golden goose on their hands, says Chris Fellingham
New courses from University of London and Imperial College London include platform’s first bachelor’s programme
University of Colorado Boulder master’s programme will ‘bring the laboratory experience’ to students at home
Long-held beliefs about the UK’s hierarchy of institutions do not stand up to scrutiny, and hold back progress, argues Edward Peck
It may be five years since Moocs went mainstream, but Diana Laurillard and Eileen Kennedy believe they still have the potential to reach the hard-to-reach
Following hype over their potential, online courses drained senior management time to the detriment of open educational resources, conference hears
Ang Davies looks at the pros and cons of the University of Manchester’s recent clinical bioinformatics Mooc
Open University vice-chancellor claims that courses curated by technology giants might be more attractive than Russell Group’s offerings
Scholars are increasingly willing to use other people’s data in their research, writes Mark Hahnel
Online learning design is now a refined art, says Geoff Webster, and universities must show they can produce high-quality courses at a reasonable cost
Tasmanian researchers find it takes 10 hours to plan an hour’s lecture for online students, compared to eight hours for on-campus delivery
University will establish 50 degrees over the next five years
Research highlights concerns around quality despite medium being preferred by many Western universities
Ian Jacobs says visits by hundreds of thousands of international and lifelong learners on short courses will transform campus life
What will hold back the use of technology in higher education over the next five years?
Expansion into ‘digitally advanced market’ confirms platform is ‘firmly on the map’, says chief executive
Scholars and publishers assess some bold responses to the pressures on traditional formats
More than 198,000 people have signed a petition in support of Ahmadreza Djalali
Lucrative offer to professor renews concerns over 'unethical' contracts
Deakin University will deliver six postgraduate degrees via the online platform
Copyright and intellectual property policy on lecture capture ‘evolving’, says report, but institutions should provide supportive advice to academics
World's top-ranking university announces course on economic development through new collaboration with online platorm edX
Platform to ‘continue developing’ an educational role after pilot broadcast in partnership with UCL
Experiment on online philosophy course marks a new path for humanities Moocs
The Open University's vice-chancellor says now is the moment to turn around decline in part-time study
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Whether or not Moocs live up to the hype, technology’s impact on universities is real and growing, Stanford University’s John Hennessy tells Ellie Bothwell
Daphne Koller says online platform reached millions of learners largely because of the publicity, both good and bad, about Moocs
Leeds and OU programmes signal significant change in online platform’s pricing structure
Both the government and resurgent left-wing groups are promoting ‘red education’ in the country’s universities
McGraw-Hill Education chief executive says companies must work to allay ‘legitimate concerns’ of higher education staff
Sharing data on students’ academic activities will bring the field to a tipping point, says Martin Hall
The school was launched by four students who met on an online course at McGill University
Andrew W. Robinson on the sound pedagogical reasons to swap the industrial, identikit approach to teaching and learning for something less bloody boring
Controversial material can be the most challenging to our intellect, argues Sue House
