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Welcome to the Course Hero Blog!
Here you'll find our musings on the state of higher ed, where technology fits in and how we're hoping to change the future of education. We'll also post site updates, study tips and tricks and, well, things we just find interesting and want to share. This is our blog, and we hope you enjoy it!-
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Category Archives: Edtech
How Emerging Technology Is Transforming Higher Education
From smartboards to immersive virtual environments like Second Life, higher education is fertile ground for new learning technologies. These technologies will have a lasting impact on the way students learn, the way teachers teach, and everything in between. They are designed to make use of the … Continue reading
Call Focus to your Attention!
Before we explore some of the major theoretical aspects of attention and concentration and how they apply to college students in particular, let’s take a few moments to connect with the issue on a practical level. Read the following list … Continue reading
Posted in College, Edtech, Exams, Study Tips, Study Tools, Tips
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Business Built Around MOOCs: Improving the MOOC Experience
Recent years have seen an obvious MOOC trend in edtech. These massive open online courses (MOOCs) allow students from around the globe to sit in on classes offered by colleges via the internet. However, the completion rate of these courses … Continue reading
How Online Classes Are Changing the Face of Higher Education
The ability of colleges to offer online education has changed the entire dynamic of higher education. From being able to accommodate non-traditional students working a full-time job to helping students schedule classes in a more efficient manner, online classes make … Continue reading
Tips for Working While In School
If you choose to or have to work while attending school, you might feel that you’re overbooked and stressed. It’s easy to put most of your efforts into your job since you’re getting paid there, but this may mean that … Continue reading
Posted in Edtech, Jobs, Online Courses, Study Tips, Study Tools, Technology, Tips
Tagged Career, College, course hero, education, Jobs
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Fast Track Your College Degree
The typical degree takes four to five years of additional study after you leave high school, but who says you need to settle for a typical degree? With the help of a knowledge marketplace, you can save time and money … Continue reading
Getting the Most Out of Studying with Course Hero
Stressed prepping for the dreaded Econ final? Trying to memorize key terms for Art History? Or want to buff up your public speaking skills for a final presentation in Political Science? No matter what you are studying, Course Hero has … Continue reading
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The Future of Higher Education
What’s the Problem? Generally speaking, university education is evolving in a really sluggish manner. It’s possible the reason we have so many college graduates who are underemployed or unemployed could be because college education is not evolving as fast as … Continue reading
Posted in College, Edtech, Food for Thought, MOOC, Online Courses, Open Courseware, Study Tools
Tagged course hero, coursera, edX, higher ed, MOOC
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Head In The Clouds? How Sugata Mitra Wants To Transform Learning With Cloud Technology
Cloud technology is taking the world by storm, bringing people high-quality remotely-managed services quickly and easily. Why shouldn’t education take advantage of this technology? It is with this reason that we find Sugata Mitra’s initiative of teaching children with cloud … Continue reading
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Course Hero Adds 21 New Premium Courses!
Today we’re excited to announce the addition of 21 new Premium courses to our platform from nine awesome educators. We’ve come a long way since the fall of 2012 when we launched our Course Creation tool that allowed anyone to … Continue reading