Oxford launches free interactive course book 26 March 2012Last updated at 09:45 ET By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent Tablet computers are being used as a way of delivering digital textbooks to students Oxford University's Internet Institute has published its first digital, interactive textbook for students - which will also be free to the public. This is the latest step in the emergence of digital textbooks, driven by the growth in tablet computers. It is also an example of how institutions are able to publish their own specialist materials. Prof Viktor Mayer-Schonberger said this prototype book "will help to revolutionise learning tools". Oxford Internet Institute, part of Oxford University, has produced Geographies of the World's Knowledge, which uses text and graphics to map the spread of information in the digital era. It compares geographical concentrations of information - such as internet use, Wikipedia references, research activity and user content on Google. Global classroom Continue reading the main story
The eLearning Guild Publishes 2013 Global eLearning Salary & Compensation Report by Jennifer Neibert “In this report, we explore the trends in pay and look at how full- and part-time employment status, country, regional areas, gender, industry, company size, number of people managed, years of eLearning experience, years of education, and job focus influence salary calculations. It’s critical to note that there are many more variables than these that impact salaries, and that these factors don’t necessarily cause salaries to change.” The eLearning Guild has released the 2013 Global eLearning Salary & Compensation Report. Most of the respondents providing survey input for this report are full-time employees; almost 41% describe their roles as “practitioners.” Average salary by continent Figure 1: Average global salary by continent and region While the average salary within the eLearning industry varies quite dramatically around the world, with the range from $99,293 in Australia to $30,854 in India, pay is consistently higher for men than for women. Online Salary Calculator
Private colleges remain under the weather Some private colleges that managed to weather the recession are finding new troubles. So they are announcing layoffs, cutting programs and more. Almost all of these small to mid-sized privates are tuition-dependent and lack large endowments. National declines in the number of traditional college-age population mean students just aren't showing up to privates, which are facing competition from public colleges that are more stable now than a few years ago and the reality that privates cannot afford to indefinitely lure students by cutting prices with generous financial aid packages. And this could become a huge problem. College presidents, private college trade groups and higher ed consultants blame a confluence of long- and short-term trends for battering some private colleges, particularly the small to mid-sized privates that depend on tuition dollars because they don't have significant endowments. Some colleges are looking to work together in new ways, another sign of stress: St.
What's Your Major? 4 Decades Of College Degrees, In 1 Graph : Planet Money In honor of college graduation season, we made a graph. It answers a few questions we had: What is the mix of bachelor's degrees awarded today, and how has the mix changed over the past several decades? Hover over the graph to see how the popularity of each category changes over time. Click or tap to see a category individually. A few notes: The persistence of business. The decline of the education major. The rise of health professions. The data come from the National Center for Education Statistics.