Ed-Tech Leadership
Teaching tool-in-the-making is all fun and (video) games
Online teaching tools will become more like video games through a program Thomas Nelson Community College's Michael Uenking is working on. A supplement for regular classroom or online students, it's…
Online psych students outperform those in lecture hall class
Most sections of Psychology 101 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee fit the popular image of a college class: Hundreds of students pack into a lecture hall twice a week and…
Montana State campuses receive grant for wind turbines
Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology announced Jan. 20 that it has received a $2 million federal grant to implement its wind turbine program and develop wind energy programs…
Florida Virtual School, UCF to train future teachers how to teach online
The Florida Virtual School--the country's first entirely online statewide public school--and the University of Central Florida are teaming up to offer future teachers what they call first-of-its-kind training, reports the…
University offers most textbooks electronically
Officials at Northwest Missouri State University are looking to save students' backs and wallets as they begin replacing traditional textbooks with electronic versions, reports the Jefferson City News Tribune. …
ASU, Penn create tech-transfer partnership to bolster resources
Arizona State University and the University of Pennsylvania have entered into a formal partnership to help each other commercialize certain technologies, reports Biotech Transfer Week. …
University creates collaborative campus network
Newsfactor.com reports how Howard University -- a research-oriented college in Washington, D.C. -- embarked on a plan to upgrade its campus network that would allow it to support high-end research…
Jr. colleges outpace 4-year schools in tech use
Most community colleges cannot match the budgets and endowments that are typical of four-year colleges and universities. But that doesn't mean they are lagging in terms of educational technology: In…
‘Communiversities’ melds attributes of junior colleges, universities
Faced with an urgent need for accessible, affordable education, Arizona's West Valley is venturing into a brave new academic experiment called the "communiversity," reports the Arizona Republic.…
Four trends that could change everything
Several trends, already firmly established, now seem poised to exert a significant impact on international relations and human interaction. As a result, educators might do well to take heed of…