An interesting article, “10 IT Skills that Today’s High School Kids Have – Do You?” by Randy Muller offers some of the technologies and tools with which high schoolers are comfortable. Some of these seem typical, like blogging, Facebook, Linux,… Continue Reading
UMass Amherst University Without Walls (UWW) has announced its largest graduating class ever. The UWW graduating class of 2011 consists of over 250 online students who hail from 21 states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota,… Continue Reading
A recent email from the Economic Development Council of Western Mass highlighted the many organizations in Western Massachusetts that are built to stimulate economic growth through entrepreneurship. I was stunned to see just how many organizations were listed and was… Continue Reading
Based on reports provided by the five University of Massachusetts campuses, UMassOnline announced recently that for fiscal year 2011, the University’s online course and program offerings saw a 16% increase in revenue, from $56.2 million to $65.2 million, and a 12%… Continue Reading
In July in San Jose, California, at the Sloan-C/MERLOT Fourth Annual International Symposium, several panelists will gather to address trends and developments in open textbooks. The panel is entitled “Building Communities of Practice to Encourage Open Textbook Use.” In case… Continue Reading