Microsoft takes aim at college textbooks
Books and bits united April 30 as Microsoft provided an infusion of money to help Barnes & Noble compete with top electronic bookseller Amazon. In exchange, Microsoft gets…
Curriculum & Instruction
At Virginia Tech, computers help solve a math class problem
There are no professors in Virginia Tech’s largest classroom, only a sea of computers and red plastic cups, the Washington Post reports.
New education platform from TED could help power ‘flipped learning’
TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading big ideas through a series of conferences and a free video platform, has continued its expansion into education by launching a…
At Virginia Tech, computers help solve a math class problem
There are no professors in Virginia Tech’s largest classroom, only a sea of computers and red plastic cups, reports the Washington Post.
Students put tech to good use in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup contest
Teams of high school and college students competed April 23 in using technology to help improve education, health care, the environment, and other pressing issues, reports the Seattle…
A 70-mile march of teachable moments
This is the U.S. Naval Academy’s idea of spring break: a 70-mile march along the craggy spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in a sesquicentennial tribute to Confederate…
Why do women steer clear of engineering?
Whenever I read about a dearth of women in engineering, I am struck by the fact that many young women continue to resist the opportunities awaiting them in…
Unemployed for years, professor turns to ghostwriting for students
Jennifer Sunseri lost her job as an assistant professor in 2009. Now, after nearly three years of unemployment, no health insurance, and diminished hopes of finding a new…
Experts push gaming as a ‘serious’ element of higher education
Campus technology leaders say “game” isn’t the four-letter word it once was in the Ivory Tower, thanks to a new crop of instructors willing to make games a…
Flipped learning: Professor tested, student approved
Marcio Oliveira could see the benefits of his kinesiology course’s flipped learning approach with every new hand that popped up in the first minute of every class, as…