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…
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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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…
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…
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…
New platform addresses content consumption
A new platform has launched in an effort to provide content publishers with granular control of how their content is consumed. The first product, Share By StoryCloud, now…
CalArts launches open online game design
New Coursera course explores game design, preparation to pitch ideas for production. The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is ... Read more
4 hiring trends that harm students, faculty
A new report emphasizes the importance of faculty and student interaction, noting its critical influence on student success, but also warns of a number of trends decreasing the…
EdCast launches “10 Minute Insight” series
Social knowledge network EdCast has launched a "10 Minute Insight Series" offering an interactive setting for global influencers to share their specialized insights to help better the world.…
Which 100 universities are the most innovative?
Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University top the inaugural Reuters Top 100 ranking of the world’s most innovative universities. The Reuters Top 100 ranking…