CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

May 29, 2013 | By Larry Gordon

Hoping to take advantage of new technologies to expand online education, 10 additional public universities and state college systems around the country are affiliating with Coursera, one of the leading providers of online education. But the schools' participation may focus more on their local campuses rather than on the worldwide audiences that Coursera previously had been courting. Thursday's announcement of the new partnerships means that the state schools, from New York to New Mexico, will experiment with using Coursera's massive online open course (MOOC)

BUSINESS

March 26, 2014 | By Michael Hiltzik

University of California President Janet Napolitano struck a rare blow for rational education practice this week by pushing back strongly against the craze for online learning courses. Online education isn't a panacea, she said; it's not for everyone, it's not cheap, and if it's done right it may not even save money. Are you listening, Gov. Brown? Napolitano, who took over at UC in September, made her remarks Monday during an appearance sponsored by the Public Policy Institute of California . Some 500 spectators were present in person and, ahem, online.

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

May 1, 2013 | By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times

While Jennifer Clay was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a proctor a few hundred miles away was watching her every move. Using a webcam mounted in Clay's Los Angeles apartment, the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her eyes shifted from the computer screen and listened for the telltale sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her computer browser was locked - remotely - to prevent Internet searches, and her typing pattern was analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her password with the same rhythm as she had in the past?

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

June 6, 2013 | By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times

For Steven Ancheta, the time is long past for more arguments about online education's merits and convenience. The West Covina resident, who is enrolled in a fully online program for a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University, praised the experience and the chance for working people to take evening or weekend classes. His positive view about online education was strongly supported in a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll . Among the registered voters who participated in the survey, 59% said they agreed with the idea that increasing the number of online classes at California's public universities will make education more affordable and accessible.

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

April 11, 2013 | By Larry Gordon

To make it easier for students to earn college credits in online courses, government regulation of such classes should be streamlined across state boundaries and better consumer protection rules enacted, a national commission said Thursday. Rules and fees allowing online courses to operate for academic credit in various states sometimes conflict with each other and are unnecessarily restricting the potential growth of online learning, according to the group headed by former U.S. secretary of Education Richard Riley.

BUSINESS

May 31, 2000 | From Reuters

NEW YORK-Online bookstore Barnesandnoble.com said Tuesday it has purchased a minority stake in NotHarvard.com. The companies will jointly create Barnes & Noble University, which will use free, online education as a sales and marketing tool. Financial terms were not disclosed. However, Barnesandnoble.com is one of several new investors in NotHarvard.com, which raised $26 million in its second round of venture funding. Other investors include Impact Ventures, Merrill Lynch and Austin Ventures.

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