Comments on: University of the People- The New Low-Cost University http://openeducationnews.org/2009/01/28/university-of-the-people-the-new-low-cost-university/ Monitoring news related to open education around the globe Sat, 21 May 2011 01:05:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Maribeth Cristobal http://openeducationnews.org/2009/01/28/university-of-the-people-the-new-low-cost-university/#comment-534 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:47:48 +0000 http://openeducationnews.org/?p=1333#comment-534 I live in Canada and just found on line that you are offering just 2 courses right now I want to register in Business Admisnistration. Please let me know where to start.

Thanks,
Maribeth

]]> By: lifelonglearner http://openeducationnews.org/2009/01/28/university-of-the-people-the-new-low-cost-university/#comment-527 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:50:56 +0000 http://openeducationnews.org/?p=1333#comment-527 I am interested in applying to University of the People, however it is unfortunate I probably will not be able to apply because I was homeschooled, my senior year I did distance education with a private college and received a 3.88 gpa for a full year of college credits but I am guessing this is not enough.

The admission requirements state

“1. Secondary school (high school) diploma or its equivalent from a recognized institution as evidence of 12 years of schooling.” As a result of homeschooling and no real diploma I
am not able to apply.

Any way around this, or an alternative? I will read more on this blog I have tried some Open Course Ware which I think is pretty cool, knowledge w/o the cost and more flexibility the only “drawback” is a piece of paper.

AH, if only there were true reform to our education system.

]]> By: P. Aravindan http://openeducationnews.org/2009/01/28/university-of-the-people-the-new-low-cost-university/#comment-498 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:45:45 +0000 http://openeducationnews.org/?p=1333#comment-498 Some more details about the online courses are needed. This is really an interesting effort.

]]> By: Shmoop http://openeducationnews.org/2009/01/28/university-of-the-people-the-new-low-cost-university/#comment-452 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:13:03 +0000 http://openeducationnews.org/?p=1333#comment-452 The Open Educational Resources movement is definitely heating up. Groups like Curriki.org and Connexions (at Rice U) are providing teachers’ materials under Creative Commons licenses. Another interesting model – which could arguably provide higher quality content with a sustainable business model – are digital educational publishers who provide free academic content supported by advertising. Shmoop is a project created by Ph.D. and Masters students from Stanford and Berkeley. We have received a good deal of praise in our first few months of existence. PC Magazine just named Shmoop “Best of the Internet” in its January 09 issue. For an example of Shmoop’s content, see our coverage of Hamlet or World War II

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