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Are super-storms becoming more frequent, more destructive, more deadly? Can we engineer our way to safety if Sandy is a sign of things to come? Using candid first person accounts of storm survivors from the hardest hit areas, and eye-opening interviews with experts and scientists, NOVA’s Special Presentation of “Inside the Megastorm” gives scientific context […]
We are again talking about innovation in higher education and it is a refreshing change. The most conspicuous, challenging and controversial subject of these discussions is “MOOCs” – massive open online courses. MOOCs such as Coursera, Udacity and edX, all launched in early 2012, have received extensive media coverage accompanied by a lot of commentary. […]
How a teacher in El Salvador became an advocate of massive open online courses, and why hardly anyone listens to him yet. MIT Technology Review Full Article
There are a growing number of military officers vying for a finite number of seats for their mid-level professional education. The vast improvements in distance learning technology provide a solution to meet the educational demand of the armed forces and bypass the constraints of resident programs. Effective distance learning programs offer the same learning outcomes […]
New Mobile Application Provides Students, Faculty, Administrators and Alumni with Campus Event Info, Athletics Updates, Student Newspaper, Bus Transportation Routes, University Maps and More Desire2Learn Press Release
Denver — Clay Shirky is one of the country’s most prominent Internet thinkers—“a spiritual guide to the wired set,” as The Chronicle Review put it in a 2010 profile of him. In his latest book, Cognitive Surplus, the New York University professor argues that a flowering of creative production will arise as the Internet Wired […]
COLLEGE STATION – Students desiring a master’s or doctorate degree from Texas A&M University in plant breeding will no longer have to make the move to College Station, according to university officials. North Texas e-News Full Article
DENVER, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Blackboard Inc. and Kaltura, the leading open source video platform, announced today an expanded partnership across Blackboard’s learning platforms. Institutions using Moodlerooms’s Moodle-based platform, joule, can now access Kaltura’s advanced video tools directly in their learning management system. Blackboard Press Release
Digital technology is providing a growing variety of methods for school leaders to connect with parents anywhere, anytime—a tactic mirroring how technology is used to engage students. Education Week Full Article
Interview with CATHERINE LOVELADY Army Continuing Education System Country Supervisor, U.S. Forces, Afghanistan Military Advanced Education Read the Full Interview