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Colonel Matthew Clarke currently serves as the commander of the Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC) in Orlando, Fla., a subordinate organization under the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s Human, Research and Engineering Directorate. He assumed his duties in June 2012, after serving as the assistant to the director – […]
Blackboard has started beta testing a new LMS-agnostic, cloud-based learning object repository, xpLor. Seventy-two K-12 schools, colleges, and universities have joined the beta program as of Nov. 5, Blackboard reported. Campus Technology Full Article
Pearson, a major textbook publisher, continued its push into digital education on Monday by introducing a service that allows instructors to create e-textbooks using open-access content and Pearson material. Wired Campus Full Article
A 1,700-page physics classic is undergoing a major mobile makeover at Georgia Tech. Researchers in the Georgia Tech Research Institute have already replaced the first chapter of The Infrared Handbook with an in-house app. And they have plans to create at least two more apps as they turn a static physics textbook into an e-book, […]
It is ironic that the management of education has become more closed while learning has become more open, particularly over the past 10-20 years. The curriculum has become more instrumental, predictive, standardized, and micro-managed in the belief that this supports employability as well as the management of educational processes, resources, and value. Meanwhile, people […]
We live in a time of great enthusiasm for the role that e-Portfolios can play in education and a time of exploration in which educators and researchers are investigating different approaches to using e-Portfolios to differentially support educational goals. In this paper, we focus on preparedness portfolios and portfolio studios as two key components of […]
Two software companies that sell course-management systems, Blackboard and Instructure, have entered the race to provide free online courses for the masses. Wired Campus Full Article
The Open University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indonesia’s Universitas Terbuka. The signing took place in the presence of David Cameron during a State Visit by Indonesia’s President Yudhoyono, at Downing Street on 01 November 2012. The Open University, UK Press Release
Since its inception in 1997, the federal eRate has disbursed several billion dollars in discounts to help schools and libraries purchase telecommunications services and internet access. The filing window for the 2013 program year opens soon. eSchool News Full Article
Even community colleges can offer free online courses (and raise their national profile) through the Canvas Network eCampus News Full Article