What’s the proper role of MOOCs in higher ed? Armando Fox, Academic Director, Berkeley Resource Center for Online Education | 4/24/13 Given the inordinate media attention and recent flurry of legislative activity around MOOCs (massive open online courses), I wanted to clarify the position of Berke[...]
Posts Tagged ‘WGU’
April 26th, 2013 - 8:35 am § in Misc.
Another WGU student defends her education
Comment you said, would you hire a self taught nurse who passed assignments and exams with a pass. Some of the worlds greatest inventors, artists and musicians were self taught, ie Mozart, Einstein, Davinci. I suppose you would not want to be taught by any of these people. I am a recent grad [...]
April 5th, 2013 - 4:54 am § in Schools & Colleges
More WGU: “2.6% grad rate for students attending 4 years”
I am wondering if this was written by a WGU PR flack, It certainly attempts to gloss over unpleasant facts Over at the Business Week blog, there are few positive and negative comment about WGU that are worth reading. The one I found most interesting was this defense of WGU by “Russel.”[...]
February 25th, 2013 - 10:54 am § in Misc.
Another WGU Student Pops Up.
I am a WGU graduate (Feb 2012). I have nothing but positive results from the school. My degree was an MA in Life Science Education. I already hold a BS in Science Education and an NC teaching license. My main motivation was to go to school to learn more about current classroom practices, as well [&h[...]
January 31st, 2013 - 2:01 pm § in Misc.
More WGU Feedback
Go shove your WGU prejudices up your ass from false email address. The disturbing thing is that I never get emial form a current student or from WGU disputing my concerns. Caveat Emptor [...]
January 22nd, 2013 - 7:13 pm § in Misc.
More from WGU
E-mail : deleted! a real person responded OK … another WGU post. This time I posted the email too. Who knows this coud be a real person who beoievees that WGU’s accreditation (actually it is fairly easy to get accredited .. mostly am a lot of paperwork) overcomes the fact that it giv[...]
January 19th, 2013 - 12:30 pm § in The Ave Scene
WARNING: Rocky Times Ahead For UW,
IIf we can market the Huskies, why can’t we market our faculty? Moody’s Investor Services.has downgraded its outlook for all of higher education. The credit rating agency cited poor revenue prospects: “The U.S. higher education sector has hit a critical juncture in the evolution of its b[...]
January 15th, 2013 - 12:06 pm § in Misc.
More mail from the Western Governors University
This one if from [email protected] Comment Is it just me or does this whole article come across as completely biased so that the current 4 year universities can keep their stranglehold on higher education? To me it appears that people tend to be harsh about alternatives that threaten “the way[...]
December 9th, 2012 - 12:59 pm § in Misc.
IS WGU A DIPLOMA MILL? ANOTHER LETTER FROM SOMEONE AT WGU
Yet another WGU Testimonial. Since I first posted on WGU I get these comments. Many are anonymous. Others, like this one, are signed with an email address but .. when I ask for confirmation I dis not get one. The emails always follow the same theme … Lets call the author “William”.[...]
November 29th, 2012 - 7:34 pm § in Misc.
A WGU Student Answers Questions
Mitch, a WGU student, responded to some questions I asked. My impression, based in what he wrote, is that Mitch is using WGU not as a place to learn, i.e. as a university, but as a device to get degrees that acknowledge his work experience. I very much like the idea of recognizing work experienc[...]