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Gamification has gained a lot of attention in recent years as a possible way to foster students’ motivation and learning behavior. As a high drop-out rate is associated with distance learning, in particular with students often struggling to engage with the material, the implementation of gamification may support and enhance more successful online learning. A […]
No extant research has examined the web presence, web popularity, and paid adword tactics of historically-Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) compared to similar institutions. This study explores these measures and evaluates how HBCU web presence, web popularity, and paid search tactics compare to similar institutions to learn whether HBCUs are competing in one of the […]
Formative assessment and personalised feedback are commonly recognised as key factors both for improving students’ performance and increasing their motivation and engagement (Gibbs and Simpson, 2005). Currently, in large and massive open online courses (MOOCs), technological solutions to give feedback are often limited to quizzes of different kinds. At present, one of our challenges is […]
The push for technology integration in classrooms calls for examinations of available options, particularly those that have not yet been used to their full potential for various reasons. One such technology is digital commercial games which, though designed for entertainment, may have potential educational benefits. Although there have been several discussions in the literature about […]
In this webtext, I experiment with novel forms of audiovisual accessibility. Enhanced captioning (also called kinetic, embodied, integral, dynamic, and animated captioning) offers radical alternatives to the taken-for-granted landscape of captioning and sonic accessibility. It disrupts norms and asks us to imagine different disability futures. By blending form and meaning, enhanced captions become integral components […]
Purdue University Global will stop using a contentious confidentiality agreement that critics say requires academics to waive their rights to course materials they create. Inside Higher Ed
This is an LMS with some real attitude. The attitude is all about making it quick and easy to create and curate content in the LMS. And yes Eurekos has put an amazing level of thought and detail in, making it incredibly easy for the busy training team to create and manage content. It is […]
Helping schools, colleges and educators make smarter decisions How can we prove that learning technology works? Randomized controlled trials are considered the gold standard in efficacy research, yet they are costly to implement, take years to complete, raise ethical issues, and are difficult to scale in size. Can we democratize the way we look […]
Mobile technologies and apps have become integral to our lives and have potential to play a role in education. Without embracing these technologies in learning and teaching, we will be doing the next generation and future workforce a disservice. Our Google-funded project investigates the role of Google Expeditions, a mobile virtual reality (VR) application, in […]
New model provides students first day course material access and services throughout their college career at a savings of up to 70% Pearson