The 7,500-crore (~1 billion USD) edtech sector in India is grappling with what seems to be its biggest challenge ever (market size as per KPMG estimates). Amidst downsizing, mass layoffs and closures, the smart ones…
Rodrigues, F.M., Abreu, A.M., Holmström, I. et al. E-learning is a burden for the deaf and hard of hearing. Sci Rep 12, 9346 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13542-1 Abstract When considering deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) population, research recognizes that fatigue due…
As the third university year of the Covid era nears its end in the northern hemisphere, things are starting, finally, to feel as if they are getting back to normal. But even as we in universities…
The Sustainable Development Report (formerly the SDG Index & Dashboards) is a global assessment of countries’ progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It is a complement to the official SDG indicators and the voluntary…
China ranks first globally in the numbers of massive open online courses (MOOCs) and viewers, and sees fast growth in the figures, said Wu Yan, director of the Department of Higher Education of China’s Ministry…
Free online courses have much to offer professors, including feedback on their own performance. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have generated a previously unavailable “feedback system” for academics who need to lift their game, a…
Two of the co-founding members of the Global MOOC and Online Education Alliance have done well amid stiff competition for Times Higher Education’s awards for Asian institutions, with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) taking home the top prize…
Kita, Y., Yasuda, S. & Gherghel, C. Online education and the mental health of faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Sci Rep 12, 8990 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12841-x Abstract While the negative impact of the pandemic on students’ mental…
Although the recent outbreak of Covid-19 cases in Beijing has rendered many Tsinghua faculty members to switch to online teaching from home, Tsinghua University has not let this change hamper Tsinghua students’ learning and research….
Mark Sarvary, director of the Investigative Biology Teaching Laboratories in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University (a co-founding member of the Global MOOC and Online Education Alliance), recently co-authored and…
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