An educator’s guide to trying maker ed learning
Give practical context, allow for failure, and for heaven's sake, get out of the way! These were just some of the main takeaways in a recent edWeb webinar.
Month: September 2015
Online course innovator launches mobile player
Smartphones and tablets have become a day-to-day part of our lives. And the opportunity to learn on-the-go is not only a huge benefit, it’s a requirement. Versal is…
Florida Atlantic adopts Internet of Things platform
Florida Atlantic University's Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-SENSE) is adopting Telit's deviceWISE IoT Platform in an effort to aid the university's research projects and…
AIR partners with UVA-backed education accelerator
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) will partner with the Jefferson Education Accelerator (JEA) under an agreement making it a preferred research and evaluation outlet for the newly-launched…
Why flipping the core is not sacrilege in higher education
As a proud recipient of an arts and sciences undergraduate degree, I fondly look back on the cattle call that was course selection for my first semester of…
Pearson hosts third student coding contest
Pearson is partnering with the Hour of Code to launch the third annual Student Coding Contest. The 2015 contest places an emphasis on recruiting college students and teams…
College’s cloud app revitalizes student advising
More and more university administrators are following advice typically found in the bathrooms of rustic B&Bs: "Too much paper clogs the pipes." It's certainly a tip that the…
Hold the phone: A better technology for communication
As legacy phone systems reach their end-of-life stage, colleges and universities across the country continue to make the switch to VoIP. However, while the driving force for VoIP…
Carnegie, XanEdu partner to improve math delivery
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and mobile content provider XanEdu have partnered to deliver developmental math programs to higher education instructors. The Carnegie Foundation selected…
Is higher education heading toward a smart city future?
According to researchers around the world, there is increasing momentum from some of the world’s most innovative universities to align curriculum, research and overall mission to city development…