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Breakup in Florida?
UF Online has told Pearson it may terminate controversial 11-year deal, but both sides say negotiations continue about a possible continued role for the company.
Would-Be Disruptor Shifts Gears
A plan to create an accreditor for online programs adopts a new model: free MOOCs to help students earn placement credit.
Opinion
New and Improved Writing in Your Underwear
Brian Goedde explains how he came to embrace online learning for a form of teaching known for its in-person experience.
When the Only Seat Is in Front of a Screen
U of Central Florida is using lecture-capture technology to enroll more students than can fit in its classrooms. But is a live stream a sufficient replacement for a face-to-face lecture?
Opinion
General Ed Cheap and Easy
Inside Higher Ed explores JumpCourse, an online education platform, after a former professor finds that a course lacks rigor and sophisticated sense of its subject matter -- even as the American Council on Education vouches for its quality.
Minecraft in the Classroom
University of Hull demonstrates pedagogical potential of world-building game.
Learning to Adapt
Newark's Essex County College tried adaptive learning software to improve remedial math success rates. It hasn't worked, as students and faculty have struggled with the "self-regulated" approach to learning.
Multiple Personalities, Disorder
Researchers at Harvard U and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology find a uniquely MOOC way of cheating.