Platform helps drive conversation among thousands of MOOC students
MindMixer, a platform for online community engagement, was used during a recently-concluded Coursera MOOC.
Month: June 2013
eXplorance and Desire2Learn Integrate Course Evaluation into LMS
The integration provides Desire2Learn clients with access to course evaluations, surveys, and feedback analytics directly from the learning suite Montreal, ... Read more
Plan for technology costs when saving for college
Textbooks may soon be as outdated as the phrase "Kodak moment." That's how Jeff Livingston, a vice president with McGraw-Hill Education, sees it, U.S. News reports.
Three key developments in educational AV technology
Campus officials must design their technology infrastructure to accommodate a host of different student devices, all running on various operating systems. Now, developers of audio-visual products are responding…
Top NBA draft pick turns up wearing Google Glass
Thursday saw an annual ritual that dedicated sports lovers cherish beyond most. Yes, a bunch of tipsy New Yorkers mercilessly booed NBA commissioner David Stern while he tried…
Software tracks facial expressions, improves online learning
New software can track facial expressions to assess the emotions of students during interactive online learning activities, PsychCentral reports.
Pakistani middle school student on education, technology and MOOCs
Khadija Niazi, a 12-year-old Udacity student from Pakistan, has written “Education for All? - A Young Girl’s Proposal and Where MOOCs Fit In,” to discuss the role of…
Keeping the “human” in humanities MOOCs
How do you connect 100,000 students all around the world with subject matter usually taught to a couple hundred students ... Read more
Vernier Launches its Fall 2013 Data-Collection Workshop Series for Science Educators
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Daylene Long Vernier Software & Technology 503-277-2299 dlong@vernier.com Christine Allman KEH Communications 410-975-9638 christine@kehcomm.com Vernier Launches ... Read more
Education CIOs: Get involved in big data
Thirty years ago I got in a heated argument with the head of the computer center at a college, where I was director of assessment, InformationWeek reports.