All posts by Henry Kronk
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Educators Tend to Forget That Most Online Students Still Live Near Campus
March 16, 2018 Henry Kronk
The majority of online students live within 100 miles of the university in which they are enrolled. According to a report updated in…
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New Study Finds Discrimination and Bias in Online Course Forums
March 15, 2018 Henry Kronk
Among online course participants in a 2017 Georgia Tech Computer Science course, the percentage of women and ethnic minorities enrolled was double the…
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Skyepack Harnesses Open Educational Resources to Offer College Course Material to Students for Just $35
March 14, 2018 Henry Kronk
While traditional textbook publishers have been hiking their costs in recent years, a Purdue-affiliated company is changing that story. Skyepack works with professors…
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Code Burst Episode 2: From the Beginning
March 13, 2018 Henry Kronk
"I’ve loved Mined Minds since day one and it’s been three and a half years. I’ve been with them in and out, in…
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New Adobe Study Highlights the Need for Creative Problem Solving in School
March 12, 2018 Henry Kronk
But when most people hear reports of an incoming tsunami, they get to high ground. In terms of automation, that means learning how…
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Why You Should Teach Online Courses
March 11, 2018 Henry Kronk
Professors like Christopher Schaberg and others who actively denigrate online courses speak from a position of privilege. It's no hyperbole--they themselves received an…
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This Summer, Take an Online Course in Space Law
March 10, 2018 Henry Kronk
As private companies join nations as space-going entities, Elon Musk foretells of a human colony on Mars, and David Cameron lays plans to…
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George Washington University Online Courses Pit Professors Against Administrators … Just Like Everywhere Else
March 10, 2018 Henry Kronk
Maltzman highlighted several other benefits of the non-traditional offerings at George Washington University. These courses attract a more diverse and older crowd. Online…
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Grading with AI: How Kadenze Powers Its Online Fine Arts Courses
March 09, 2018 Henry Kronk
To fine art purists, Kadenze does the unthinkable. Not only does it offer art courses that span “Designing Synthesizer Sounds” to “Custom Handlettering”;…
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Code Burst, Episode 1: The Conflicting Coverage of Mined Minds, a Free Coding Bootcamp that Retrains ex-Coal Miners
March 07, 2018 Henry Kronk
I first came across the coding bootcamp called Mined Minds in a story a colleague shared with me. The title reads “In Appalachia,…
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