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New discoveries in neuroscience show that the human brain and body work together to experience and evaluate emotions and thoughts and to create a felt sense of presence in the material (or virtual) world. The brain engenders (creates) bodily feelings that represent emotions and thoughts. By directing attention to present moment bodily sensations we experience […]
Online discussion is a commonly used means to promote student understanding of a topic and to facilitate social interaction among students or between students and instructor; however, its effects on student learning in online learning environments have rarely been investigated. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of online discussion in student […]
The Peer Review (PR) is a very popular technique to support socio-constructivist and connectivist learning processes, online or face-to-face, at all educational levels, in both formal and informal contexts. The idea behind this technique is that sharing views and opinions with others by discussing with peers and receiving and providing formative feedback enriches the quality […]
Some online programs use projects to give students constant feedback and help them master specific skills. US New & World Report
COLUMBUS, Mississippi — The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, as part of an ever-expanding focus on outreach, has been awarded a nearly $500,000 grant which will allow for the creation of a distance learning network within the state of Mississippi. WCBI
University of Wisconsin experts say law is ‘big, positive step forward’ for educational policy in state The Badger Herald
Have you ever wondered why learning-management systems, which just about everyone on campus uses every day to keep classes running, seem destined to disappoint, year after year? I can tell you why. It’s because of a dirty word that academics don’t like to talk about: procurement. The Chronicle of Higher Education
What is Snapchat? Simply put, Snapchat is a video- and photo-sharing app built only for smartphones and tablets. Using directly shared usernames, phone numbers already in your contact list, or Snapchat-based QR code or “snapcode” (see Figure 1), you can share images and videos of things going on near you or about you, which are […]
Technology provides higher education with tools that can tailor the learning experience to the individual, help at-risk students master core skills, and develop guided pathways that assess students’ progress toward graduation and suggest interventions if challenges arise along the way. EDUCAUSE Review
In 2013, Richard Saller, dean of Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences, argued that teaching the humanities online was nearly impossible. “The humanities have to deal with ambiguity [and] with multiple answers,” he said, “My hunch is that the kinds of platforms that are available now can provide a forum for exchange among students with […]