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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: Food for Thought
How To ACTUALLY Study In Your Dorm Room
Despite what you have heard, you can study anywhere, even inside of your dorm. A lot of students prefer not to study in their dorms because they find them to be very distracting due to their roommates, clutter, and a number of … Continue reading
Posted in College, Exams, Food for Thought, Study Tips, Study Tools, Tips
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5 Reasons to go to Your Professor’s Office Hours
Visiting with your professors is an essential aspect of your college experience. They are not just there to assist with your assignments, but they are also there for guidance and support. Professors often have access to resources and information that … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Exams, Food for Thought, Study Tips, Study Tools
Tagged College, course hero, exams research, office hours, professor, Study tips, study tools, tips
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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
Posted in Edtech, Food for Thought, Technology
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Edtech is Shamefully Low-Funded, Says Bill Gates
Last month, Course Hero’s CEO Andrew Grauer attended SXSWedu where Bill Gates delivered the keynote address on the state of education technology today. The Microsoft founder said “We currently only direct about 1 percent of total R&D dollars toward edtech … our … Continue reading
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The Importance of the Campus Visit
Winding up at the wrong college can waste time and money, not to mention bury your motivation. Visiting campuses before you enroll can prevent that. Unfortunately, it may be impossible for you to see every school you’re interested in, or … Continue reading
Posted in Admissions, College, Food for Thought
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The Most Important Key to Improving Your Grades
Learning styles have a tremendous impact on how well you pick up and retain new skills and information. This is one of the limitations to traditional education: if lessons are taught in a way that conflicts with your natural learning … Continue reading
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For Learners, By Learners
I was Skype-conferencing with one of my top interns at Brown University who had just read over one of our intern workshops on innovation (commonly referred to as the PDPs). Her excitement was amazing and she said she had been … Continue reading
Keep the learning system sustainable. Create a knowledge marketplace.
This post originally appeared on EdTech Digest The increasing number of massive open online courses (MOOCs) in the education space proves that there is, no doubt, a wealth of great content and knowledge online today. At the same time, we’re … Continue reading
The Power of Data: Tesla Edition
If you’ve stumbled into the Twitterverse within the last 24 hours, it’s been hard to miss the spat between Tesla CEO, Elon Musk and the New York Times following a damning review of the Model S. The TL;DR version is … Continue reading
Posted in Edtech, Food for Thought
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