Could texting and tweeting boost retention?
A new study reveals that while students predictably learn much less when they use mobile devices in the classroom for non-academic purposes, students who tweet or message about…
Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
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Academic group votes to censure University of Illinois
A leading academic group voted Saturday to censure the University of Illinois' flagship campus over its decision not to hire a professor following his anti-Israel Twitter messages, a…
Wichita State connects students with real-world experiences
Wichita State University (WSU) has selected Jive Software to help facilitate its applied learning initiatives. WSU is implementing the Jive-n internal community solution to improve collaboration and knowledge…
MIT implements new research technology
MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) has deployed Exablox’s OneBlox as its primary storage for local users' files and images as well as its target for Veeam…
Large state university rolls out new engagement tool
The Ohio State University is rolling out Top Hat campus wide as the selected classroom engagement system to nearly 65,000 students and 7,000 faculty members. The rollout started…
6 ways to improve college math placement–and why it’s critical
States and colleges are being urged to revise their math placement policies in an effort to help more community college and four-year college students pursue and enter STEM…
Revealing statistics highlight campus video boom
Video is becoming more pervasive in lecture halls across the nation, with 67 percent of respondents in a recent survey indicating that video is used in student assignments.…