Senator Brownsberger submitted the following written testimony to the Joint Committee on Education. TO: Joint Committee on Education FROM: Senator William N. Brownsberger RE: House Bill 344 DATE: September 18, 2013 I am writing in favor of H344, An Act to increase capacity to address the complex needs of students with autism. This legislation …
Education
arts, college for all?, education aid, independent learning, policies and programs, special education, structural reforms
S246, An Act relative to healthy kids
Senator Brownsberger submitted the following written testimony to the Joint Committee on Education. TO: Joint Committee On Education FROM: Senator William N. Brownsberger RE: S246, An Act relative to healthy kids DATE: September 12, 2013 I am writing in support of S246, An Act relative to healthy kids. As the number of cases concerning childhood …
New Meeting of Boston School Quality Working Group: August 7, 2013
The Boston School Quality Working Group will meet again on Wednesday, August 7, at 26 Court Street on the first floor in Winter Chambers and the adjacent conference room. The Senator’s office learned from the Mayor’s office that the Measuring Quality and Community Outreach Subcommittees will meet from 6 to 8:30 pm, while the Quality Assurance Subcommittee …
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Online versus Traditional Learning
The number of students who took at least one online course surpassed 6 million in 2011. This growth rate of 10 percent from the previous year outpaces the 2 percent growth of higher education in general. An online course is typically defined as a class where 80 percent of the material is found online.These include programs …
Online Learning
What do you think about online learning programs? Have you taken any online courses before? A list of institutions that offer online courses can be found here. Research on the effectiveness of online learning can be found here.
Technology and Online Learning
The table below shows all the academic institutions that support online learning programs, the specific programs they use, the level of education, and the subject areas they offer. All data was compiled from www.mooc-list.com. Most online programs are private, for-profit companies that provide services for universities worldwide. However, some services like edX and most in …