Feb 16 Watch 6:47 How schools with the slowest Internet could get re-wired By PBS News Hour Across the U.S., many schools have taken full advantage of online learning opportunities. But that’s not so easy for the nearly 10 percent of all students who come from rural areas with inadequate infrastructure. New changes to an FCC program… Continue watching
Apr 02 Who is taking MOOCs? Teachers, says MIT-Harvard study By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH A new MIT-Harvard study released on Wednesday finds that nearly 40 percent of learners who take open online courses are teachers. That finding has researchers wondering whether they can better design online courses once predicted to upend students’ experience to… Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch Can online courses replace a campus education? By PBS News Hour Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that anyone can take from anywhere in the world, are the future of higher education or the vehicle of its demise, depending on your perspective. Hari Sreenivasan talks with the man who first created… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Online university skips class to be more accessible By PBS News Hour College for America, an online degree program, has no classes, professors or credit hours. It's been cited as an innovative way to make college more affordable. But how do its students qualify for a degree? Hari Sreenivasan reports from New… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch How Free Online Courses Are Changing the Traditional Liberal Arts Education How Free Online Courses Are Changing the Traditional Liberal Arts Education… Continue watching