Leveraging ‘Lingua’
Open-access advocates see an opportunity to capitalize on the Lingua controversy, but outcomes of previous mass resignations at scholarly journals paint an unclear picture of the impact of “editorial mutinies.” Inside Higher Ed
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Open Ed. Resources Would Get Boost Under Education Department Proposal
To promote wider use of open educational resources by states and schools, the U.S. Department of Education proposed Thursday a new regulation that would require any new intellectual property developed with grant funds from the department to be openly licensed. Education Week
Second annual Online Education Week celebrates program’s success
Ball State is using Online Education Week to tout its success after increasing enrollment by 14.9 percent. The week is a chance for people to learn the importance of online education and to celebrate online students, said Staci Davis, executive director of online and distance education programs. Many of the events will be live-streamed. Ball […]
NSF, Universities Launch Big Data Innovation Hub
The National Science Foundation initiative is focused on solving some of the nation’s most pressing research and development challenges — health care, coastal hazards, industrial big data, materials and manufacturing, and habitat planning. Center for Digital Education
A review of models and frameworks for designing mobile learning experiences and environments
Mobile learning has become increasingly popular in the past decade due to the unprecedented technological affordances achieved through the advancement of mobile computing, making ubiquitous and situated learning possible. At the same time, there have been research and implementation projects whose efforts centered on developing mobile learning experiences for various learners’ profiles, accompanied by the […]
Big Data and analytics in higher education: Opportunities and challenges
Institutions of higher education are operating in an increasingly complex and competitive environment. This paper identifies contemporary challenges facing institutions of higher education worldwide and explores the potential of Big Data in addressing these challenges. The paper then outlines a number of opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation of Big Data in the context […]
Technology Device Ownership: 2015
68% of Americans have smartphones; 45% have tablet computers. Ownership of other digital devices has not grown in recent years. Pew Research Center
Implementing a flipped classroom approach in postgraduate education: An unexpected journey into pedagogical redesign
This paper describes the implementation of a flipped approach by two lecturers teaching different postgraduate education courses at an Australian university. Case studies, written as chronological stories, were developed with data collected from email correspondence between the two lecturers as critical friends, as well as from student feedback in the form of face-to-face discussions, online […]
A context-aware knowledge map to support ubiquitous learning activities for a u-Botanical museum
Recent developments in mobile and wireless communication technologies have played a vital role in building the u-learning environment that now combines both real-world and digital learning resources. However, learners still require assistance to control real objects and manage the abundance of available materials; otherwise, their mental workload could become so high that learning becomes less […]
Student Enrollment and Dropout: An Evaluation Study of Diploma in Computer Science and Application Program at Bangladesh Open University
The aim of this study is to investigate the present status of DCSA program focusing on student enrollment, dropout and completion trends. The study tries to explore the factors that attract or pull students to enroll in the program and push them to dropout from the program. Secondary data analysis and interview are used to […]