Category Archives: Online Learning

I have heard rumblings that BYU Provo that BYU Provo is showing an increased interest in online learning. I will confess to mixed feelings, however, which I will admit are totally selfish… Shortly after I arrived at BYU in 1992, I visited … Continue reading →

It seems that Apple and Pearson are about to shell out big bucks, $6.4 million to be exact for what appears to be a massive failure in supporting a tablet initiative in a thousand schools in Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Unified School … Continue reading →

I have believed for some time that good educational practice is intimately related to the notion of good storytelling. As I was reading today about this massive investment that Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders are making in … Continue reading →

Udacity is throwing in the towel on MOOCs with the company’s founder, Sebastian Thrun, declaring that they don’t work for higher education. I described in a recent column in Educational Technology how the primary advantage of MOOCs is that they … Continue reading →