Boston University to tighten cybersecurity
The age of internet innocence gets less innocent every day, Boston University announced. In an email to faculty and staff, ... Read more
Month: March 2014
Vetica Launches New Professional Learning Platform at SXSWEdu 2014
Ontario, Canada—March 3, 2014—Vetica, an education technology company, is presenting its newest product, Chalk.com, at the 2014 SXSWEdu. As a ... Read more
5 cutting-edge privacy considerations for Big Data
Big Data is taking higher education institutions by storm; however, the discussion has moved from whether or not Big Data is useful to whether or not institutions can…
These online degrees are on the rise
As demand for medical services booms, odds are increasing that your next visit to the doctor will mean meeting a specialized nurse — one who may have earned…
The quick fix for online education: Make instructors binge on TED talks
In a 2010 talk, TED curator Chris Anderson describes the concept of “crowd-accelerated innovation”—a self-fueling cycle of learning which has accelerated ... Read more
UCI evaluating its online class experiment
A year ago, UC Irvine plunged into an experimental online teaching model that allowed hundreds of thousands of students around ... Read more
A MOOC mystery: Where do online students go?
What if, the New Yorker asks, as a novice teacher or professor, you began a course and the entire class ... Read more
Extron Pro Series Control Processors Deliver Speed, Security, Power
Anaheim, California (February 27, 2014) – Extron is pleased to introduce six IP Link Pro Series control processors. All of ... Read more
Extron Introduces the Industry’s Most Powerful Configurable Control System Software
Anaheim, California (February 26, 2014) – Extron is pleased introduce Global Configurator Professional. This dynamic configuration software is ideal for ... Read more
Successful eLearning begins with well-prepared teachers
When the state of North Carolina dramatically reduced textbook funding, yet decided it would implement the Common Core State Standards, our School of Education at Gardner-Webb University decided…