Gates Foundation funds online university open access
Online courses provided by some of the top universities in the United States are going to be used by students at local community colleges, in a project funded by the Gates Foundation.
9 Ways Students Can Host Peer Tutoring Sessions Online
Today, thanks to web conferencing tools, students don’t even need to be in the same country in order to tutor each other. Here are some good tools that students can use to host peer tutoring sessions online.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/11/9-ways-students-can-host-peer-tutoring.html…
The 7 Best Places For Online Education
In the below infographic from Online Universities, you can see how each online course provider differs, what they currently offer, and even find out what they’ll cost you. Whether you’re a teacher, student, parent, or simply a lifelong learner … …
27 Ways to Learn to Program Online
A great list of resources to learn how to program online and for free!
An Online University Reinvents What Learning Can Be
P2PU isn’t just revolutionary because it’s online, it’s revolutionary because it’s reshaping traditional educational models by replacing them with a community of people who are both teachers and students.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680741/an-online-university-reinvents-what-learning-can-be…
Free Online Certificate Courses from Great Universities: A Complete List
Below you can find a list of free online courses offered by leading universities. Most of these free courses offer “certificates” or “statements of completion.”
Presentation of the Week: New pedagogies; New technologies: Disruptive Threats to open Universities
Online Learning in the Social Era: Human, Connected, and Inclusive
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Stanford launches Class2Go, an open-source platform for online classes
The platform, called Class2Go, allows professors the flexibility to incorporate other online tools and to conduct research as they teach.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/september/class2go-online-platform-091212.html…
How Coursera, A Free Online Education Service, Will School Us All
An online education outfit started by a pair of Stanford professors is offering top-drawer college-level courses for free. Higher learning may never be the same.
http://www.fastcompany.com/3000042/how-coursera-free-online-education-service-will-school-us-all…
How to Create Your Own Online Course: 100 Tools, Guides, and Resources
The resources below will help you discover how to combine both what you have to offer and what you wish to gain by guiding you through creating and establishing an online course. No matter what age of student, subject you …
7 Ways to Educate Yourself Outside the Classroom
Since so many schools have begun offering online courses as part of their curricula and app developers are making education apps by the truckload, we thought it’d be worth our while — and yours — to assemble a shortlist of …
Daphne Koller: What we’re learning from online education
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ClassConnect: A Platform To Make The Best Lessons Open To Everyone
We’re seeing a transition from this static classroom to really engaging materials that are catered for each student.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680263/classconnect-a-platform-to-make-the-best-lessons-open-to-everyone…