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Digital humanities scholars have recently found their work the topic of a number of snarky columns, and the arguments are now drawing support from some unexpected allies: digital humanities scholars themselves. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
Even conventional industrial robots are becoming safer to work around, making them more likely to collaborate with humans. MIT Technology Review Full Article
This week sees the launch of the AEMA Network – a new project that brings together 12 organisations from 11 European countries to help develop a shared network and quality framework on accessibility issues in Adult Education. European Commission Press Release
Google will no longer scan student and faculty eMails for advertising keywords, the company announced this week. eCampus News Full Article
Dr. Saba: You have had an eclectic and rich background in media including journalism, educational technology, serious game design, corporate learning and eLearning. Could you describe how you became interested in technology-based education and training? Ms. Franklin: I majored in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Southern California, combining journalism, anthropology and multimedia. For […]
The support of multilingual content becomes crucial for educational platforms due to the benefits it offers. In this paper we propose a concept that allows content authors to use the power of the crowd to create (semantically) structured multilingual educational content out of their material. To enable the collaboration of the crowd, we expand our […]
Textbooks represent a significant portion of the overall cost of higher education in the United States. The burden of these costs is typically shouldered by students, those who support them, and the taxpayers who fund the grants and student loans which pay for textbooks. Open educational resources (OER) provide students a way to receive high-quality […]
The FCC’s upcoming net neutrality plan has already touched off such a blaze of reaction that the agency has set up an email box where the public can send comments about it. PC World Full Article
Learning analytics holds increasing potential for student agency and autonomy, highlighting a need for ethical discourse at all levels of higher education institutions. Topics central to this dialogue include student awareness of analytics, the future of algorithms and learning analytics, and the redefinition of failure. EDUCAUSE Review Full Article
In 2013 Cisco reported that by the end of the year smartphones, tablets, laptops, and Internet-capable phones would exceed 7 billion, which is more than the number of people in the world. These mobile learning tools will enable today’s workforce to receive more training and development at a lower cost than ever before. So how […]