August 2, 2009
The University of California at Berkeley recently received a $1.5 million grant that will allow the university to develop open-source software that would let colleges around the world easily post lectures from their most popular professors. The new software should be available for release in July of 2010.
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One of the clouds appearing on the horizon for online universities is The College Opportunity and Affordability Act signed by President Bush late in 2008. This new law requires universities to authenticate test takers taking online courses through costly identification technology or with exam proctors.
The federal Education Department is expected to release guidelines for implementing this new law in the months ahead so the new law can be made effective later this year or early 2010. They say the “devil is in the details,” but on the surface this provision of the new law seems to provide uncertain benefits combined with certain increases in costs for online universities – and ultimately their students.Continue reading »
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Yoni Ryan, Director of the Learning and Teaching Centre at the Australian Catholic University who reports to have conducted extensive research into online learning, says she knows many IT undergraduates who have a preference for online study.Continue reading>
In November of 2008, the U.S. News and World Report estimated the average net present value of a four-year college degree is around $300,000. Of course, graduates with career-related degrees like Business, Nursing, and Technology will find the value of their degrees will be much greater compared graduates in Humanities or History. Continue reading>>
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November 2008, Education Dynamics conducted a survey of 150 online students who discontinued their effort to earn an online degree or certificate program. Perhaps the most surprising result was the finding that almost half of the online students surveyed failed to complete their first course.
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