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We’re big proponents of online and open coursework here at OpenStudy–and we’ve written about it before. But there’s been little said about the specifics of the open course programs themselves. With this post, we hope to highlight some of the strongest open course programs available today. This by no means a comprehensive list (just for [...]
One of the biggest challenges of online study is students’ need for real-time help. This is one of the things that education, right now, does not do very well–message boards, blogs, and even OpenStudy have a handle on asynchronous learning, but when a student needs to have their question answered right that moment because he [...]
Conventional wisdom holds that smaller classes yield better results for students. However, smaller classes (especially at the college level) also yield much higher prices. Online learning changes this formula by allowing one instructor to reach many people effectively (no worrying about fitting them all in a lecture hall!), but the question about how online learning [...]
When people think about college students, they mostly picture bright-eyed 18-year-olds, out of the house for the first time. But the fastest-growing group of students are “non-traditional” students, and they’re increasingly being catered to by online programs and distance learning. For college administrators (and those marketing to college students) this raises a question: how will [...]
There’s no question about it: peer-to-peer learning is more efficient than lecture-style classes. Going forward, students and teachers are going to have to figure out how to organize themselves to take advantage of this, both online and off. Should groups be teacher-led, all working on the same material at the same time? Should students work [...]
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