Laura Ascione, Author at eCampus News

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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.

Florida Atlantic adopts Internet of Things platform

September 22, 2015 by Laura Ascione

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

September 22, 2015 by Laura Ascione

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…

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Pearson hosts third student coding contest

September 21, 2015 by Laura Ascione

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…

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Carnegie, XanEdu partner to improve math delivery

September 18, 2015 by Laura Ascione

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…

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New platform addresses content consumption

September 17, 2015 by Laura Ascione

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…

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CalArts launches open online game design

September 17, 2015 by Laura Ascione

New Coursera course explores game design, preparation to pitch ideas for production. The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is ... Read more

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4 hiring trends that harm students, faculty

September 17, 2015 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

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…

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EdCast launches “10 Minute Insight” series

September 16, 2015 by Laura Ascione

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.…

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Which 100 universities are the most innovative?

September 16, 2015 by Laura Ascione

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…

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Mobile platform seeks to boost engagement

September 15, 2015 by Laura Ascione

A new mobile learning platform called TEx aims to improve student outcomes by providing an engaging environment that students want to interact with. Created by mobile app development…

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