Robert Ubell
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Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching
In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as they always did ... → Read More
Colleges need to go online but must recognize how different the students are (opinion)
Online is a crucial path for many underrepresented students and should expand. But if colleges don’t understand how virtual students differ from their residential peers and support them with robust online student services, Robert Ubell writes, they will miss the mark. → Read More
Online Learning’s ‘Greatest Hits’
From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: “How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their ... → Read More
Does Online Education Help Low-income Students Succeed?
From the start, access has been the defining achievement of online learning. Or so I thought.For a couple of decades, I championed online learning for ... → Read More
From Neutrality to Inequality: Why the FCC Is Dismantling Equal Access and What It Could Mean for Education
Faculty members who teach face-to-face may imagine that last week’s vote by the Federal Communications Commission to dismantle net neutrality doesn’t ... → Read More
Let’s End the War Between Online and On-campus Instruction
Open the way for research on the educational consequences of collaboration between virtual and face-to-face learning, Robert Ubell argues. → Read More
Why Your Next Job Training Course May Be a MOOC
MOOCs let workers acquire in-demand skills, but do they help companies build an agile workforce? → Read More
Why Your Next Job Training Course May Be a MOOC
MOOCs let workers acquire in-demand skills, but do they help companies build an agile workforce? → Read More
What Do Employers Really Think About Online Degrees?
If you’re worried about listing an online degree on your résumé, fear not → Read More
What Do Employers Really Think About Online Degrees?
If you’re worried about listing an online degree on your résumé, fear not → Read More
Can MOOCs Cure the Tuition Epidemic?
New MOOC-based master’s degrees from Georgia Tech, MIT, and Illinois are significantly cheaper than on-campus degrees → Read More
Can MOOCs Cure the Tuition Epidemic?
New MOOC-based master’s degrees from Georgia Tech, MIT, and Illinois are significantly cheaper than on-campus degrees → Read More
How the Pioneers of the MOOC Got It Wrong
By replicating the lecture format, massive open online courses ignore the truly innovative developments in online learning → Read More
How the Pioneers of the MOOC Got It Wrong
By replicating the lecture format, massive open online courses ignore the truly innovative developments in online learning → Read More
Advice for faculty members about overcoming resistance to teaching online (essay)
As a teacher, you may prefer traditional classrooms full of residential students, but virtual education is here to stay and offers significant benefits, writes Robert Ubell. → Read More