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Flipped learning is a form of active learning in which the basic content is assimilated before scheduled classroom sessions, enabling more productive use of classroom time to cultivate problem-solving ability, a key requirement of engineering graduates. While the flipped learning approach has escalated in popularity in the last five years, there are relatively few case […]
In this paper we ask: “how might we take the ideas, the methods and the underlying philosophy behind agile software development and explore applying them in the context of doing research — even research that does not involve software development?” We look at some examples of agile research methods and think about how they might […]
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The recent Public Domain Day celebrated a raft of new creative works whose copyrights have expired, making them freely available to all. And educators should take note. Center for Digital Education
Artificial intelligence is making its way into a variety of education technologies. Here, vendors talk about their current and future work with AI in the higher education space. Campus Technology
The Academic Libraries Video Trust (ALVT), a project of the National Media Market (NMM), this week announced that American University, Duke University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Delaware, Hofstra University, and the University of North Texas have joined the organization as Founding Benefactors. Each institution will provide $10,000 in initial funding […]
The new online degree programmes gave been designed to meet the needs of those wanting to change careers, as well as students taking their first steps into the computer science sector. The programme includes the study of the fundamentals of computing, as well as machine learning, data science, virtual reality, game development, and web programming. […]
This is the sixth year CoSN has conducted a survey of U.S. K-12 district connectivity.Formerly known as “CoSN’s E-Rate and Broadband Survey,” the survey has sinceexpanded to include broader questions about school infrastructure. As a result, the survey has nearly doubled in size from 31 questions in 2013 to 59 questions this year. While some […]
HBX, the online learning platform of Harvard Business School, is getting a name change. Starting today, the platform will be known as Harvard Business School Online. For an Ivy League business school once wary of entering the online education space, the rebranding is significant. Nitin Nohria, dean of Harvard Business School, once famously proclaimed that the school would […]
The Education Department’s proposals for upcoming negotiated rule-making process would narrow the responsibilities of accreditors and modify federal definitions for credit hour and distance education. Inside Higher Education