Helping MOOC students navigate open educational resources
Open education, open textbooks, massive open online courses (MOOCs) -- there’s a common element that ties together many of higher education’s most-hyped online learning buzz phrases.
Month: June 2013
Teaching A Class from 1,700 Miles Away: How Texas Tech University Leverages Mediasite for Live Remote Instruction
University uses Mediasite by Sonic Foundry for distance education, flipped instruction, dual enrollment, community outreach and staff training MADISON, Wis. ... Read more
Calling All STEM Educators: Applications Now Open for the 2014 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Daylene Long Christine Allman Vernier Software & Technology KEH Communications 503-277-2299 410-975-9638 dlong@vernier.com christine@kehcomm.com Calling All ... Read more
The rise of MOOCs and the myth of mass exodus in traditional higher ed
Neither the idea of the traditional university nor the MOOC vision of universal access to education is new, Hybrid Pedagogy reports.
The drive to spread expertise
Ever since the crisis of 2008, and the realisation that many of those implicated in the meltdown were ignorant of the risks they were taking, financial training has…
5 MOOC professors to see before you die
Times have changed. The new rock stars are top professors from top universities. The brave knights of 21st century fight the darkness of ignorance, earning the love of…
Turn your Kindle Fire into an Android 4.2 tablet
New service N2Aos gives you the tools to easily root your Kindle Fire, and can even do it remotely if you're not a tech-savvy user. Plus: a free…
Colleges fight to retain interest of STEM majors
Experts estimate that less than 40 percent of students who enter college as STEM majors actually wind up earning a degree in science, technology, engineering or math, U.S.…
Is AP better than freshman college courses?
We are in the midst of a national debate over the worth of Advanced Placement courses and tests in high school, says Jay Mathews for The Washington Post.