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While online instruction — including MOOCs — is frequently peddled as a way to expand access and deliver learning without barriers to students, the format is ill-suited to help those who could most benefit from a college education. Those are the parting thoughts from the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education, a coalition of faculty groups, in its last of three reports examining the potential fallout from higher ed's seemingly unstoppable rush to adopt online forms of education. MoreBrown University will host an "edit-a-thon" October 15 to help students and other interested individuals create or expand Wikipedia pages for women scientists. MoreGale's new purchasing model enables college and university libraries to buy e-books from Gale Virtual Reference Library according to actual usage. MoreA new on-demand professional development resource aims to help faculty get up to speed on emerging technologies. MoreIMS Global Learning Consortium has launched the Connected Learning Innovation Challenge in an effort to encourage plug and play integration of learning apps, tools, and content. MoreGeorge Mason University's Institute for Humane Studies has launched EDvantage, an online portal for curated videos, articles, and other resources for use in the classroom. MoreMcGraw-Hill Education launched the company's first adaptive math placement platform at the Educause 2013 conference in Anaheim. More
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