All posts by Cait Etherington
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More Admissions Directors Are Targeting Online Students
November 04, 2018 Cait Etherington
The 2018 Survey of College and University Admissions Directors was released in October. Not surprisingly, as university enrollments drop and competition increases, admissions directors…
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Vishal Makhijani Prepares to Leave Udacity
November 03, 2018 Cait Etherington
Vishal Makhijani has announced plans to leave Udacity where he has served as CEO since 2016. Neither his replacement nor exact date of…
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Madrasa Will Be the Largest Free eLearning Platform in the Arab World
November 02, 2018 Cait Etherington
In late October, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which recently launched a new series of MOOCs for adult learners with the support of…
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Duolingo Makes a Bid to Help Dying Languages Flourish in a Digital World
November 01, 2018 Cait Etherington
Since Duolingo launched in 2011, it has been gaining fans as a fun and free way to learn languages such as English, French,…
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Three Frightening Facts About Edtech
October 31, 2018 Cait Etherington
Most things about edtech are positive, but as history has repeatedly demonstrated, technologies are rarely used simply as intended. Technologies engineered for work,…
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Reimagining the Higher Education Ecosystem–With a Lot of Help from Private Business
October 27, 2018 Cait Etherington
In Spring 2018, the Office of Educational Technology proposed a challenge to postsecondary institutions–remap the higher education ecosystem. In early October, the winners…
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An Innovative Blended Learning Program Is Bringing Music Education to Detroit Youth
October 26, 2018 Cait Etherington
Detroit has long been home to one of the richest music scenes in the United States. From Jazz to electronic music, the city…
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Southern New Hampshire University Announces Strategic Merger with LRNG
October 25, 2018 Cait Etherington
Over the past decade, Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) has emerged as leader in the eLearning market. Now SNHU has announced a merger…
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Why Colleges and Universities Are Adopting Canvas
October 24, 2018 Cait Etherington
Earlier this year, it was widely reported that Canvas had finally edged out Blackboard Inc. as the most popular learning management system (LMS)…
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80 Years Ago Today Xerography Was Invented
October 22, 2018 Cait Etherington
Eighty years ago today, in a home laboratory in Astoria, Queens, Chester Carlson invented a process that would come to be known as…
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