The e-textbook company CourseSmart is making its books available on the iPhone through a deal with Apple, the Wall Street Journal reported. While company officials don’t expect students to do heavy reading on their handheld devices, the application will make …
Clues to a grand online-education plan emerge from the college and the experts that may have inspired it
Logan Stark’s classmates scramble for courses with professors who top instructor-rating Web sites. But when the California Polytechnic State University student enrolled in …
eCornell has announced the launch of Cornell University Professor Samuel Bacharach’s newest online certificate program, High Performance Leadership. Bacharach, the McKelvey-Grant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Cornell’s ILR School and director of Cornell ILR’s Institute for Workplace Studies, developed this …
The Obama administration is putting the final touches on a proposal to award federal funds to high schools and community colleges to develop free online courses. The program is part of a series of efforts to help community colleges
reach more …
The University of Kansas is becoming the first public university–following moves by all or parts of institutions such as Harvard and Stanford Universities and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology–to make all faculty journal articles available free in digital form. Chancellor Robert …
Google’s ambitious book digitization project will democratize access to knowledge for members of minority and other underrepresented groups, said scholars and activists gathered at the Howard University School of Law on Wednesday.
Panel members at the historically black university applauded Google’s …
On July 27, 2009, a federal appeals court invalidated Blackboard Inc.’s 1999 patent for its learning management software, overturning a lower court’s decision last year finding that the Blackboard competitor Desire2Learn had infringed the giant’s intellectual property.
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Monday’s ruling by the …
We are excited to announce the launch of a new online certificate program created by Cornell’s Engineering School in collaboration with eCornell – Customer-Focused Product and Service Design.
This program is relevant to anyone who participates in new product or service …
At an open “listening session” with top executives of Blackboard on July 15 at the company’s annual conference, college officials
expressed frustration with many of the system’s fundamental characteristics. At times, the meeting seemed to turn into a communal gripe session, …
The courses have been very enlightening, and I am glad to have completed them successfully. The discussion forums and assessments were A1 and the course materials were just right. The content is so fulfilling, and, yes, I want to roll …
Keep your eye on the world of Search. There is deep interest from the user and the investment community in expanding the world of Search. Google continues to add new functionality. Twitter users are developing a broad set of search …
A new Yahoo group is available for students who have taken the online courses in plant-based nutrition as an informal way to continue to keep in touch after the completion of coursework.
The Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition offered through the T. …
In discussing the impact of the financial crisis on international education at the annual conference of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, John K. Hudzik, vice president for global engagement and strategic projects at Michigan State University, pointed out that, by …
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My name is Mary Allen and I am an enrollment Counselor with eCornell. I am often asked how much time does it take to complete a Cornell University Certificate online. Most courses are 2 or 4 weeks in length and …
Free videos of Stanford’s wildly popular course on creating applications for the iPhone and iPod touch have now been downloaded a remarkable million times from Stanford’s site on iTunes U in the iTunes Store.
And all of the million downloads have …
Cornell University’s Project Leadership Certificate launched in the late fall of 2008. Here’s some feedback from a few of the students who have taken courses in this certificate.
“One of the best Courses I have ever taken. Opened my eyes to ideas, …
As tax season approaches, and the April 15th deadline creeps upon us, it’s a great time to ask the question, “Is the money I spent on my eCornell coursework tax deductible?”
Well, that is a question your accountant can answer for …
On Tuesday April 7, eCornell will be co-presenting with IBM India on the success of IBM’s blended learning program Bright Blue. The presentation, titled Accelerating the Development of the Executive Leadership, will be delivered by Radhika Singh, IBM India’s Growth …
Career Advancement Accounts (CAA) are available to some military spouses to use for education and training
that lead to an industry-recognized credential.
The Career Advancement Account program was designed to help military spouses acquire skills that are
portable and will help them find …
Faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have voted to make all of their scholarly articles available to the public, free and online. MIT and faculty members will let others use the articles in any way except to make …
