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Shipments of Google-powered Chromebooks to K-12 schools have surpassed Apple and Microsoft Devices combined, according to market research firm Futuresource Consulting. T.H.E. Journal
For many Americans, daily life orbits around a high-speed Internet connection. Workers and students go online to communicate and learn. Families stay in touch through live video feeds. Job seekers often need an electronic resume and an email address for applications. Smartphones put maps, social networks, and video streams in people’s pockets. The American economy […]
University students across the UK have been unable to submit work, after the academic computer network known as Janet came under cyber-attack. BBC
The University’s in-house online course creation department wants to double the number of courses they create each year to keep up with the growing demand for online courses, the director of the department said. GW Hatchet
Several unlikely teammates collaborated to add language to the Every Student Succeeds Act that would authorize grants to help students improve in their academics and digital literacy. Center for Digital Education
I’ve been thinking a lot about director Ridley Scott’s 1984 Apple commercial – for those of you too young to have seen it, check it out. The premise: in a black and white world of uniformity and totalitarianism, every now and then someone (or something) comes along and topples the status quo. That commercial is […]
The internet is a central resource for Americans looking for work, but a notable minority lack confidence in their digital job-seeking skills Pew Research Center
The majority of research on the implementation of ePortfolios focuses on curriculum, faculty development, or student buy-in. When ePortfolio systems have been described in technical terms, the focus has been on the functionality, affordances, and limitations of ePortfolio systems (e.g., TaskStream, LiveText), free web tools (e.g., Google Docs), and course management systems (e.g., Sakai). Seldom […]
This article examines pre-service teacher perspectives of teaching with an online synchronous (live-time) platform as a part of their training. Fifty-three students who participated in a blended learning (including both face-to-face and online lectures) course were assessed in a teaching simulation through an online presentation, and participated in questionnaires and interviews about their experiences as […]
Today’s generation often seeks help from each other in online environments; however, only a few investigated the role of Internet technologies and the nature of online help-seeking behavior in collaborative learning environments. This paper presents an educational design research project that examines college students’ online help-seeking behavior. The context was a large-enrollment science course that implemented a form of […]