MIT’s Gmail Visualization Tool: How It Works
Ever wonder how the endless emails in your inbox are all interconnected? Or your most frequent email contact? Or how your inbox has been affected over the years…
Month: July 2013
Exploring YouTube’s education channels
YouTube is usually associated with the latest viral video, but now growing numbers of people are turning to the video-sharing website for education instead of entertainment, NBC News…
MOOCs: Born of technology, a perfect fit for IT learning
In some circles, MOOCs are seen as highly disruptive for higher education. While the battle over massive open online courses may rage in some disciplines for years to…
Why MOOCS won’t revolutionize higher ed
Universal access to high-quality college courses at low cost for students anywhere with an Internet connection continues to make Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) the innovation that will,…
5+ social media tools to beat the college rush with
Way back in 2007, about the time social media and the so-called “conversation” really took off, Miriam Webster’s definition of the term really was about as archaic as…
More Students Succeed with Adapt Courseware, According to 2012-2013 Academic Year Validation Studies
Rochester, NY – July 8, 2013 – Adapt Courseware, the provider of comprehensive adaptive online curriculum resources that individualize each ... Read more
The worst higher education data breaches of the past year
Perhaps every month, not just January, should be Data Privacy Month in higher education.
Maharashtra Government mulls ban on mobiles in colleges, varsity campus
Maharashtra Government has sought views of principals and teachers on a proposal seeking ban on using camera mobile phones in colleges and university campuses across the state to…
My MOOC improves my classroom
Amidst all the angst within academia generated by the new MOOCs (massive open online courses) and online education in general, actually working on a MOOC for the last…
More growing pains for Coursera: in another slip-up, professor departs mid-course
For the second time in less than a month, an online course on Coursera has hit a stumbling block. This weekend, the professor of a ten-week course on…