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Online Learning: Special Issue on Blended Learning in the Health Sciences

This special edition focuses on the experiences at one university that exemplify faculty-led change. It is premised on the idea that faculty know their subject matter, curricula, and most importantly, their students better than outside drivers, and are in a pivotal position to affect change that provides meaningful improvement to their academic programs. The articles […]

#Gamergate and Games Research

The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) is under attack by critics who say academe is colluding with the mainstream media to push a feminist agenda in video games. Inside Higher Ed

Technology’s Impact on Workers

The internet and cell phones have infiltrated every cranny of American workplaces, and digital technology has transformed vast numbers of American jobs. Peel Research Internet Project

Workers on tap

The rise of the on-demand economy poses difficult questions for workers, companies and politicians The Economist

2014 in Computing: Breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence

The past year saw progress in developing hardware and software capable of human feats of intelligence. MIT Technology Review

Watch The Conference Sessions: The Education in the Digital Era

The Education in the Digital Era conferece took place on December 11th, 2014, in Brussels, Belgium. Ministers, leaders of educational institutions, and educational innovators convened to discuss the opportunities and challenges of adapting education to a faster changing, digital society and economy, shaping education’s place and priority in the EU’s sustainable growth agenda. You can […]

Kano

Kano is a computer you build and code yourself. Lego simple, Raspberry Pi powerful, and hugely fun. Kano

An iPad in Every Home

Lynn University’s tablet initiative is spreading online — that is, its distance education programs will from next fall be delivered through tablets and at notably low prices. Inside Higher Ed  

Distance Education Readiness Assessments: An Overview and Application

With the rise in online and hybrid courses at the post-secondary level, many institutions are offering various online learning readiness assessments to students who are considering these instructional formats. Following a discussion of the characteristics often attributed to successful online learners, as well as a review of a sample of the publicly available online readiness […]

Designing a Mobile and Socially Networked Learning Assistant for a University-level Keyword Advertising Course

An Internet-based learning assistant leveraging the social attribute features of mobile technology is designed and implemented to incorporate updating course content of an upper-level college technology advertising course in real-time. The mobile application offers an online collaborative environment utilizing the inherent social and location- independent features of mobile technology to improve the teaching and learning […]