Education startup OnlineDegree.com makes the first year of college tuition-free — from forbes.com by Richard Vedder Excerpt: If you were told that an educational institution existed […]
Andrew Ng is probably teaching more students than anyone else on the planet. (Without a university involved.) — from edsurge.com by Jeff Young Excerpt: One selling […]
From DSC: Check out the 2 items below regarding the use of voice as it pertains to using virtual assistants: 1 involves healthcare and the […]
Per Catie Chase from BestColleges.com: As you know, online education is rapidly expanding. At BestColleges.com we believe it’s important to evaluate the latest trends in distance education and […]
From DSC: What can higher ed learn from this? Eventually, people will seek alternatives if what’s being offered isn’t acceptable to them anymore. The […]
AI Helps Figure Out Where Students Go Wrong on Math Problems — from steamuniverse.com by Joshua Bolkan Excerpt: Researchers at Cornell University are working on […]
Blockchain: Is it Good for Education? — from virtuallyinspired.org Excerpt: What is Blockchain? Blockchain is a public ledger type database made up of records called […]
NGDLE is really just “enigma” misspelled — from er.educause.edu by Bryan Ollendyke An example of a next generation digital learning environment (NGDLE) is in development […]
AT&T’s $1 billion gambit: Retraining nearly half its workforce for jobs of the future — from cnbc.com by Susan Caminiti Excerpts (emphasis DSC): AT&T initiated […]
In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor’s — from edsurger.com by Sydney Johnson Excerpt: These days, though, many MOOC platforms are […]
Scientists Are Turning Alexa into an Automated Lab Helper — from technologyreview.com by Jamie Condliffe Amazon’s voice-activated assistant follows a rich tradition of researchers using […]
From DSC: After seeing the article entitled, “Scientists Are Turning Alexa into an Automated Lab Helper,” I began to wonder…might Alexa be a tool to […]
