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You may have seen some buzz on our social media about a project that we’re deeply involved in: HP LIFE e-Learning. This free, online platform provides training for educators to integrate entrepreneurship, business, and IT lessons into their classrooms and programs. Once you register through the HP LIFE e-Learning form, you will have access to […]
The Time and Frequency Division, part of the NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory, maintains the standard for frequency and time interval for the United States, provides official time to the United States, and carries out a broad program of research and service activities in time and frequency metrology. The Physical Measurement Laboratory Visit the site
A conversation about possible futures and multiple present trends could help those of us involved in higher education and technology to think more clearly about how what comes next emerges from what is now. EDUCAUSE Full Article
This case study provides a glimpse of the layered approaches to university-wide educational technology training and course development (including online and blended course development) instituted at Western Washington University. The array of opportunities for faculty professional development at WWU span formal campus-wide training to spontaneous peer-to-peer mentoring, crossing institutional layers to support integrated technology. On-demand help or impromptu sharing of information led to […]
Blogs are a useful teaching tool for improving student writing and increasing class interaction. However, most studies have looked at individual blogs rather than blogs maintained by a whole class. We introduced assignments involving participation in class blogs to four science communication classes with enrolments of between 15 and 36 students. We administered paper-based surveys […]
Academic staff play a fundamental role in the use of online learning environments (OLEs) by students, yet studies investigating the perspectives of staff are limited, and the least common investigations are those comparing the relative perceptions of students and staff. Many OLE evaluations present a point-in-time snapshot of the system, but extended evaluation of OLE […]
SALT LAKE CITY — For the fifth consecutive year, Western Governors University (WGU) has been recognized as a Military Friendly® School. The announcement highlights WGU’s mission to expand access to higher education opportunities to nontraditional students, particularly military service members and their families. WGU’s flexible, affordable degree programs are ideal for military personnel and their […]
U.S. President Barack Obama announced the government’s commitment to promote Open Education as part of the U.S. National Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership. From the White House blog: President Obama announced that in addition to the commitments outlined in our current National Action Plan, the United States will take additional steps to make […]
Dr. Carlos Leon Hinojosa, distinguished Director General of CONOCER, and Dr. Miguel A. Cardenas, Founder and President of SDGKU, in representation of their respective organizations, have formalized a strategic alliance. The purpose of which is the promotion, development, and certification of global competencies in education, business, government and civil society sectors in Mexico as a […]
Faculty members and students want their future learning management systems to be customizable and full of features, but a new study finds they still use the systems’ basic functions most often. Inside Higher Education Full Article