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aria-label="visualization (6 items)">visualization</a> </div> </div> <div class="js-ajax-frame"> <section class="post-list"> <h3>Recent posts</h3> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2014">5 Mar 2014</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">Gender role literacy: Girls in science?</a></h4> </div> <p>There are gender wars, and then there are casualties. It wasn’t until 2011 that the behemoth toymaker LEGO acknowledged girls’ desire to build with bricks, even though the company had long before made a seemingly effortless pivot to co-branding, video games, and major motion pictures. So it’s little wonder that girls face all-too-real obstacles when <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">Read more</a> </article> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2013">9 Dec 2013</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">Challenges of crowdsourcing: Analysis of Historypin</a></h4> </div> <p>Crowdsourcing can build virtual community, engage the public, and build large knowledge databases about science and culture. But what does it take, and how fast can you grow? For some insight, we look at a crowdsourced history site: Historypin is an appealing database of historical photos, with dates, locations, captions, and other metadata. It’s called History <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">Read more</a> </article> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2013">18 Nov 2013</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">Dinovember: Creative literacy starts young</a></h4> </div> <p>“Uh-oh,” Refe Tuma heard his girls whisper. “Mom and Dad are not going to like this.” It’s Dinovember, and his family’s plastic dinosaurs have been getting into mischief all month. Every year, Tuma and his wife devote the month of November to “convincing our children that, while they sleep, their plastic dinosaur figures come to life. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">Read more</a> </article> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <main role="main" id="main"><div id="twocolumns" class="full_width"> <div class="container default_page"> <div class="twocolumns-holder"> <section id="content" class="ajax-container"> <div class="title"> <h1>Tag: higher education</h1> </div> <div class="post-4210 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning category-strategy tag-africa tag-classroom tag-education tag-free tag-higher-education tag-learning-2 tag-massive-open-online-course tag-mobile tag-mooc tag-online-course" id="post-4210"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/29/online-courses-for-developing-the-developing-world/" rel="bookmark">Online courses for developing the developing world</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/29/online-courses-for-developing-the-developing-world/" rel="bookmark">July 29th, 2013</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4228" alt="Bangladesh laptop user" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-Shot-2013-07-29-at-4.17.13-PM-150x98.png" width="150" height="98" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-Shot-2013-07-29-at-4.17.13-PM-150x98.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-Shot-2013-07-29-at-4.17.13-PM.png 235w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Online education can have a real impact in the developing world. Last week, we needed to hire a programmer for a small freelance job. To my surprise, several candidates advertised they had completed programming <a title="Lessons to be learned from MOOCs, 2 years out" href="http://www.idea.org/blog/2013/04/22/lessons-to-be-learned-from-moocs-2-years-out/">MOOCs</a>. These were young programmers in their 20’s, in countries like Pakistan and Thailand, who lacked college-level coursework, but are trying to launch freelancing careers based on online courses.</p> <p>Online courses and MOOCs may be a poor substitute for in-person learning with a charismatic teacher, but they are light-years better than nothing, and are particularly relevant for higher education and specific skills, when students are self-motivated. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/29/online-courses-for-developing-the-developing-world/#more-4210" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Online courses for developing the developing world">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/07/29/online-courses-for-developing-the-developing-world/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/africa/" rel="tag">Africa</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/classroom/" rel="tag">classroom</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/free/" rel="tag">free</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/higher-education/" rel="tag">higher education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/learning-2/" rel="tag">learning</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/massive-open-online-course/" rel="tag">Massive open online course</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mooc/" rel="tag">MOOC</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-course/" rel="tag">online course</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-4153 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning category-strategy tag-access tag-distance-education tag-free tag-higher-education tag-interactivity-2 tag-learning-2 tag-mooc tag-online-course" id="post-4153"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/04/22/lessons-to-be-learned-from-moocs-2-years-out/" rel="bookmark">Lessons to be learned from MOOCs, 2 years out</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/04/22/lessons-to-be-learned-from-moocs-2-years-out/" rel="bookmark">April 22nd, 2013</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-4154 alignright" alt="Two Cheers for Web U!" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-22-at-2.10.16-PM-150x135.png" width="150" height="135" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-22-at-2.10.16-PM-150x135.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-22-at-2.10.16-PM.png 159w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Online courses with very large enrollments have rapidly matured in the last two years, led largely by experiments outside mainstream academia by <a href="https://www.coursera.org/">Coursera</a>, <a href="https://www.udacity.com/">Udacity</a> and <a href="https://www.edx.org/">edX</a>. Ambitious educators, technologists, and funders have created courses on diverse topics, and over five million students worldwide have registered for classes. And 3% have completed the courses. What can we learn? <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/04/22/lessons-to-be-learned-from-moocs-2-years-out/#more-4153" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Lessons to be learned from MOOCs, 2 years out">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/04/22/lessons-to-be-learned-from-moocs-2-years-out/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/distance-education/" rel="tag">distance education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/free/" rel="tag">free</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/higher-education/" rel="tag">higher education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/interactivity-2/" rel="tag">interactivity</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/learning-2/" rel="tag">learning</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mooc/" rel="tag">MOOC</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-course/" rel="tag">online course</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3902 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning tag-classroom tag-costs tag-education tag-higher-education tag-mooc tag-teaching" id="post-3902"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/15/75-free-courses-from-expensive-schools/" rel="bookmark">75 free courses from expensive schools</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/15/75-free-courses-from-expensive-schools/" rel="bookmark">October 15th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3907" title="Moooooooooc" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MOOC-20uuehs-300x246-150x123.png" alt="" width="150" height="123" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MOOC-20uuehs-300x246-150x123.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MOOC-20uuehs-300x246-240x196.png 240w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MOOC-20uuehs-300x246.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Undergraduate education is valuable, but expensive, averaging $375/course at a community college, and $3.5k/course at a private university. As higher education explores new business models, many are trying out free massive enrollment courses. These courses are typically not for credit (which is easier to administer and get internal approval for), and allows the schools to see what it takes chance the assumptions about delivering education. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/15/75-free-courses-from-expensive-schools/#more-3902" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading 75 free courses from expensive schools">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/15/75-free-courses-from-expensive-schools/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/classroom/" rel="tag">classroom</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/costs/" rel="tag">costs</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/higher-education/" rel="tag">higher education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mooc/" rel="tag">MOOC</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/teaching/" rel="tag">teaching</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3248 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning category-strategy tag-access tag-classroom tag-community tag-distance-education tag-education tag-gamification tag-higher-education tag-learning-2 tag-mobile tag-museum tag-online-course tag-teaching tag-virtual-school" id="post-3248"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/11/what-is-an-online-course/" rel="bookmark">What is an online course?</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/11/what-is-an-online-course/" rel="bookmark">January 11th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3335" title="Online course robot" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-06-at-12.51.19-PM.png" alt="" width="121" height="142" /></p> <p>“The debate about which is better, face-to-face learning or online learning is fast becoming obsolete,” says <a href="http://learningdesign.psu.edu/index.php/section/staff/jennifer_berghage">Jennifer Berghage</a>, an instructional designer at Pennsylvania State University. The common goal is that “an online course should be, above all, <em>engaging</em>, so that the learner enjoys the learning and is able to not only assimilate it but retain it and apply it.”</p> <p>Online courses are revolutionizing formal education, and have opened a new genre of outreach on cultural and scientific topics. These courses deliver a series of lessons to a web browser or mobile device, to be conveniently accessed anytime, anyplace. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/11/what-is-an-online-course/#more-3248" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading What is an online course?">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/01/11/what-is-an-online-course/#comments">8 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/classroom/" rel="tag">classroom</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/community/" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/distance-education/" rel="tag">distance education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/gamification/" rel="tag">Gamification</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/higher-education/" rel="tag">higher education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/learning-2/" rel="tag">learning</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/museum/" rel="tag">museum</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-course/" rel="tag">online course</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/teaching/" rel="tag">teaching</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/virtual-school/" rel="tag">Virtual school</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-682 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning category-technology tag-distance-education tag-ebooks tag-higher-education tag-mobile" id="post-682"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/10/mobile-and-ebooks-big-deal-for-higher-ed-in-2011/" rel="bookmark">Mobile and eBooks big deal for higher ed in 2011</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/10/mobile-and-ebooks-big-deal-for-higher-ed-in-2011/" rel="bookmark">February 10th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-683" title="Horizon 2011 report" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-10-at-3.58.40-PM-261x300.png" alt="" width="128" height="147" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-10-at-3.58.40-PM-261x300.png 261w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-10-at-3.58.40-PM-130x150.png 130w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-10-at-3.58.40-PM.png 367w" sizes="(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px" />Mobiles and eBooks will be a big deal in higher education by the end of the year, predicts a panel of 42 experts in education, technology, and business in a new report jointly released by a consortium and association related to higher education. These predictions are gathered in the “<a href="http://www.nmc.org/news/nmc/8343">2011 Horizon Report</a>,” released today.</p> <p>Also, coming soon, <a href="http://horizon.wiki.nmc.org/2011+Advisory+Board">these experts</a> predict that by 2014, augmented reality and game-based learning will be important. And by 2016, they predict students will often use gestures to interact with computers, and that learning analytics will be common.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/10/mobile-and-ebooks-big-deal-for-higher-ed-in-2011/#more-682" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Mobile and eBooks big deal for higher ed in 2011">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/technology/" rel="category tag">Technology</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/10/mobile-and-ebooks-big-deal-for-higher-ed-in-2011/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/distance-education/" rel="tag">distance education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ebooks/" rel="tag">ebooks</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/higher-education/" rel="tag">higher education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-552 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning tag-distance-education tag-e-learning tag-higher-education tag-online-access tag-open-courseware" id="post-552"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/05/online-college-courses-with-and-without-the-degree/" rel="bookmark">Online college courses, with and without the degree</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/05/online-college-courses-with-and-without-the-degree/" rel="bookmark">February 5th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-589" title="Inside Higher Ed" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-04-at-7.21.48-PM.png" alt="" width="173" height="79" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-04-at-7.21.48-PM.png 173w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-04-at-7.21.48-PM-150x68.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px" />Do we need yet another online version of Economics 101? Why are universities putting courseware online, and what’s in it for students and schools? Inside Higher Ed’s post by Steve Kolowich, “<a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/03/book_examines_free_online_course_giveaways_at_elite_american_colleges_and_universities">Online Courseware’s Existential Moment,</a>” discusses the world of open courseware, and what the next chapter may look like. He includes a short interview with Taylor Walsh, author of <a href="http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9386.html" target="_self"><em>Unlocking the Gate</em></a>, a new book about how universities are opening up access to courses. Here are some key points and excerpts from the article:</p> <p> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/05/online-college-courses-with-and-without-the-degree/#more-552" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Online college courses, with and without the degree">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/02/05/online-college-courses-with-and-without-the-degree/#comments">2 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/distance-education/" rel="tag">distance education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/e-learning/" rel="tag">e-learning</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/higher-education/" rel="tag">higher education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-access/" rel="tag">online access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/open-courseware/" rel="tag">open courseware</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="footer"> <div class="container"> <nav class="page-nav"> <ul> <li id="menu-item-4498" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-4498"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4497" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4497"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/about/">Mission & history</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4499" class="popup menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4499"><a title="popup" class="js-btn-show-popups" href="#wrapper">Browse topics</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4666" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4666"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/contact/">Contact IDEA</a></li> <li>Copyright © 2024 <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog">IDEA</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </footer> </div> <script type='text/javascript'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var wpcf7 = {"apiSettings":{"root":"https:\/\/www.idea.org\/blog\/wp-json\/contact-form-7\/v1","namespace":"contact-form-7\/v1"},"cached":"1"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/scripts.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/themes/ideaorg/js/jquery.main.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js'></script> </body>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-Y68B45MT0H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-Y68B45MT0H'); </script> </html>