by Sarah Green | Aug 31, 2015 | Student Issues
While many students look upon the advent of summer with wide grins and visions of impending laziness, others see it as a time to pack more unique experiences into their resumes and college applications. Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are popping up on more and...
by Sarah Green | Jun 20, 2014 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
According to a recent research report by the US Department of Education, over 25% of college students took at least one of their courses online in 2012. Of the US’s 21.1 million enrolled college students, 2.6 million took classes exclusively online. This follows 2.8...
by Supporting Education | May 22, 2013 | News
Wouldn’t you like to roll out of bed and go to class in your pajamas? Why bother with a hair brush if you aren’t going to see anyone in person? This is the reality for many students who attend classes via the web. The questions we need to ask ourselves are whether...
by Sarah Green | May 6, 2013 | News
With the rise of technology has come the rise of online courses—and with that, cheating has become easier than ever. Now online courses are utilizing technology to try and prevent cheating—but it remains to be seen just how effective such strategies are. Some...
