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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

Edsurge

Department of Education forecasts that by 2027, postsecondary enrollment among adults will grow by just 1 percent, compared to a 5 percent growth rate for more traditionally-aged students. But one particularly promising solution to engaging adult learners and increasing degree attainment is to more intentionally integrate learning and work.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

I’d hardly know where to begin in writing one, but I want to open this particular article – one that focuses, in part, on the whole “everyone should learn to code” craze – recognizing his great contribution to educational computing as well as his loss. “Everyone should learn to code.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Times Higher Education : “For-profit claims ‘learning gain’ victory over universities.” MOOCs are out. ” From the press release : “ Macmillan Learning Offers Educators Support for Open Education Resources via the Intellus Platform.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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