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Interactive digital textbooks and engagement: A learning strategies framework

This mixed-methods study explored non-native English speaking students’ learning processes and engagement as they used a customized interactive digital textbook housed on a mobile device. Think aloud protocols, surveys of anticipated and actual engagement with the digital textbook, reflective journals, and member checking constituted data collection. Participants included 13 students in a large U.S. university […]

The Art of Blending: Benefits and Challenges of a Blended Course for Pre-Service Teachers

In this study, we explore the design and delivery of a blended social studies teaching methods course according to principles and core attributes of blended course design. In a survey at the end of the course, pre-service teachers were asked to reflect on their experience in the course, and identify the benefits and challenges of […]

Social Impact in Personalized Virtual Professional Development Pathways

This article presents exploratory research into an education-based virtual mentoring provision, the Virtual Professional Learning and Development (VPLD) program, and uses the Elements of Value Pyramid to help frame findings in a way that highlights the participants’ (mentors’ and mentees’) perceived value of working together. Participants were educators and education leaders based within primary and […]

Transformative? Integrative? Troublesome? Undergraduate Honors Student Reflections on Information Literacy Abstract Threshold Concepts

In this exploratory study the authors ask students enrolled in a credit-bearing undergraduate research methods course to rank and evaluate the troublesome, transformative, and integrative nature of the six frames currently comprising the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The results indicate that students have valid insights into threshold concept-based instruction, but may confuse […]

Tying It All Together: Integration PaaS [platform as a service] in the Next-Gen Enterprise

The iPaaS model is emerging as a key technology in the move toward next-generation enterprise IT, allowing higher education institutions to better integrate, manage, and maintain services and applications on campus and in the cloud. EDUCAUSE Review

New Report by North Dakota University System Highlights Distance Education Facets

A recent North Dakota University System report noted two particular facets of distance education in the state. The report, which is available here  supports IPEDS reported data that indicates that North Dakota has a lower-than-average rate of students who are attending college only through online means, yet the state has a higher-than-average rate of students who […]

Macmillan Learning Intros Curated OER Course Materials

Macmillan Learning is launching a new course materials product that brings together open educational resources, instructor supplements and on-demand support. Dubbed Intellus Open Courses, the materials are curated by the company’s subject-matter experts and editorial team. Campus Technology 

The 17th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning Mobilized Learning: Pedagogical and Technological Innovation for Teaching & Learning

mLearn is the leading international conference on mobile and contextual learning and attracts participants annually from more than 60 countries. mLearn 2018 provides a forum for researchers, policy makers, professionals and educators from higher education, school education and vocational education, government departments, industries and international organisations as well as IT developers and solutions providers to […]

5 Meaningful Degrees You Didn’t Know You Could Earn Online

Biomedical engineer. Video game developer. Forensic investigator. Non-profit director. Many of us grow up dreaming about careers like these. There’s something special about aligning professional aspirations with your passions… An excitement in a job championed by individuals we admire… An integrity in solving problems that make people’s lives a little healthier, safer or more accessible. […]

Creative Problem Solving Skills Are Key to Tomorrow’s Jobs, but Today’s Curricula Are Leaving Students Behind

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today at Bett, Europe’s largest exhibition for technology in education, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) released a global research study on the importance of teaching creative problem solving skills to students to ensure their success in tomorrow’s workplace. In researching Creative Problem Solving in Schools: Essential Skills Today’s Students Need for Jobs in Tomorrow’s Age of Automation, […]