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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: Open Courseware
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
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
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
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
Posted in Online Courses, Open Courseware
Tagged course hero, edX, MOOC, Online Education, Udacity
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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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Mitch Resnick Makes Learning Coding as Simple as A, B, C
Computer programming was once an arcane art, limited to a few wizards who had put in the hours of effort it took to become proficient at coding. All that has changed in recent years, however, with the creation of a number … Continue reading
Posted in Edtech, Gmaification, News, Online Courses, Open Courseware, Technology, Web Programming
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Things to watch: “Rebooting Higher Education”
Tomorrow, a host of leaders in the online education space will descend upon UCLA to to talk about ways that online education can help improve and lower the cost of higher education here in California. It’s no secret that California’s … Continue reading
Why Online Courseware Can’t Replace A 4-Year Degree
Course Hero’s own Andrew Grauer for Forbes (Read the oringinal article here) Online education is getting a lot of attention as many elite schools are opening up their classrooms for the world to access what, for a long time, had … Continue reading
The Promise of Blended Education
Here at Course Hero, we talk a lot about the promise of blended learning. Since we acquired Cardinal Scholars back in July, we’re excited by the potential of offering both in person and online learning solutions, and believe that the right … Continue reading