Tech-enhanced learning
Just putting up lectures on an LMS does not a MOOC make
High quality interactive content, scaleable grading systems and big data collection. Few of the things I find absolutely interesting about the current crop of online learning efforts.
Just putting up lectures on an LMS does not a MOOC make
High quality interactive content, scaleable grading systems and big data collection. Few of the things I find absolutely interesting about the current crop of online learning efforts.
Innovation under austerity: A call to arms
Watch a spectacular keynote by Eben Moglen from the Freedom to Connect conference. It is one of the most provocative, intelligent, and outraged pieces of technology criticism I’ve heard.
Innovation under austerity: A call to arms
Watch a spectacular keynote by Eben Moglen from the Freedom to Connect conference. It is one of the most provocative, intelligent, and outraged pieces of technology criticism I’ve heard.
Study suggests that students learn even better online
A new study compared two versions of an introductory statistics course, one taught face to face by professors and one mostly taught online with only an hour a week of face time. The findings suggest that students fared equally well in both formats, and that the online group appeared to learn faster!
Study suggests that students learn even better online
A new study compared two versions of an introductory statistics course, one taught face to face by professors and one mostly taught online with only an hour a week of face time. The findings suggest that students fared equally well in both formats, and that the online group appeared to learn faster!
Interactive exercises make learning fun!
I got to spend some hours with Code School over this last weekend. And I had a blast learning.
Interactive exercises make learning fun!
I got to spend some hours with Code School over this last weekend. And I had a blast learning.
Is adaptive learning the future of education?
There are hundreds of thousands of data points for each student over the course of their academic career, data points which could be leveraged to deliver customized education. Two new startups, Knewton and Junyo plan on doing just that.
Is adaptive learning the future of education?
There are hundreds of thousands of data points for each student over the course of their academic career, data points which could be leveraged to deliver customized education. Two new startups, Knewton and Junyo plan on doing just that.
A new book out on education and information technologies
“Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies” takes a hard look at the education landscape today and asks what that landscape might look like tomorrow.
A new book out on education and information technologies
“Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies” takes a hard look at the education landscape today and asks what that landscape might look like tomorrow.
Candice Thille on research into technology-enhanced learning
Candace Thille, director of the Open Learning Initiative and a leading advocate of intelligent teaching software, talks to Inside Higher Ed about massive open online courses, data, and what we may soon know about how students learn.
Candice Thille on research into technology-enhanced learning
Candace Thille, director of the Open Learning Initiative and a leading advocate of intelligent teaching software, talks to Inside Higher Ed about massive open online courses, data, and what we may soon know about how students learn.
Pathwright launches platform to let anyone create online courses
Prominent initiatives such as Udacity, edX and Coursera have the resources to build their own custom software and infrastructure to deliver their content. Pathwright hopes to build a platform for everybody else.
Pathwright launches platform to let anyone create online courses
Prominent initiatives such as Udacity, edX and Coursera have the resources to build their own custom software and infrastructure to deliver their content. Pathwright hopes to build a platform for everybody else.
Facing a robo-grader? Just keep obfuscating mellifluously
A recently released study has concluded that computers are capable of scoring essays on standardized tests as well as human beings do… sort of.
Facing a robo-grader? Just keep obfuscating mellifluously
A recently released study has concluded that computers are capable of scoring essays on standardized tests as well as human beings do… sort of.