We are so fortunate to live in a time where we have access to many amazing online tools. These tools are specifically created to help students perform their best. It does not have to be difficult to achieve high score anymore. It is great that students are trying to achieve competitive scores and shows commitment…
Reasons to consider MOOCs
Many high school students are now considering the option of taking MOOCs, which is an abbreviated form of Massive Open Online Course, where a platform is given to the students, teaching assistants and professors online to interact, as well as access the resources and content made available for free to them to reuse, as well…
5 predictions on the e-learning evolution
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Play”] Learning is on a path of change. The traditional learning methods that we are more acquainted with is becoming bulky, slow, expensive and less effective if we compare it with the new methods that are emerging and might one day completely replace it. The emergence of e-learning has drastically changed the scenario of…
5 Major advantages of online classes that you can’t ignore
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Play”] Most of the traditional educational institutes have been facing troubles in the form of course shortage and budget cuts, which have made a large number of students look for the alternative solutions rather than striving for traditional colleges or university for getting higher education. It might be quite surprising for you to…
5 online education advantages
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Play”] A larger number of people is being involved in logging into massive open online courses (MOOCs) and following courses of their interest for free from the top universities worldwide. This is just one way of the distance learning manner of reshaping the way institutions offer learning services. Michael B. Horn, Co-founder and Executive Director of…
100 days and 100 hours free online mini MBA program
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Play”] MyBskool has partnered with the Madras Management Association (MMA) and is offering a 100 day 100 hours free online mini MBA program. The content has been co-created in partnership with IIM Ranchi and has been hosted on myBskool.com’s Social Learning Platform. This program is used by students at IIM Ranchi, IMT –…
Coursera and Chegg: Edu Resources Empowered
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Play”] How can a large online education provider increase its resources even more, you might wonder? Well, the answer came on the 8 May 2013 when Chegg, the student hub, announced a new strategic partnership with Coursera, the leading massive open online course (MOOC) platform, that will provide digital content, like eTextbooks and other…
Top 7 education technology topics in 2013
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Play”] The new disruptions from online learning platforms, got the universities “taken by surprise” thanks to Coursera and edX. The problem of the students’ debt and increasing costs are no longer a big issue, trending to become a thing of the past (years will pass until this issues is really no longer an…
Future studies will be different from today
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Play”] It is very much likely that the future students will be faced with an entirely different set of choices than they do have today. College or career straight after high school graduation, will not be the only paths in front of them. The four-to-six-year commitment to a highly esteemed institution will not be…
How do MOOCs work?
The main characteristics of the MOOC can be categorized in the following manner: – informal setting learning via Internet for free or low fees – all materials presented can be shared by everyone, whenever needed – variety of assignments to be chosen from all professional disciplines – no enrollment needed, self-discipline is a key to successful…