Educational Technology

• The Faculty Project – Free Courses from University Professors February 3, 2012
  by Free Tech 4 Teachers Udemy, an online course hosting service that I’ve previously written about, recently launched a new project called The Faculty Project. The Faculty Project is a series of free online courses developed by professors from top-notch universities including Northwestern, Dartmouth, and Vassar. The courses will be conducted through Udemy’s […]
• Cheating reports continue to increase February 3, 2012
  By KAITLYN BYRNE, the Reflector During the fall 2011 semester, 201 cases of academic dishonesty were reported at Mississippi State University. By comparison, 271 cases of academic dishonesty were reported for the entire 2010-2011 academic year. James Orr, director of the student honor code office, said the increase in reported academic dishonesty cases is no […]
• Sebastian Thrun Aims to Revolutionize University Education With Udacity February 3, 2012
  by Peter Murray, Singularity Hub  This past August fellow Singularity Hub writer Aaron Saenz wrote about Udacity, the online university created by Stanford artificial intelligence professor and Google autonomous vehicle leader, Sebastian Thrun. At the time Thrun was gearing up to teach his Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course to a class of 200 at S […]