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Every new technology inevitably leads to worry. When first-person shooter video games were popular, people worried those games would make you more violent (a concern that persists to this day). A few years ago, people wondered if the Internet made you dumber and then whether Facebook was making us lonely. PCWorld Full Article
A New report issued by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) focuses on policy issues educators must consider to adopt and promote the use of mobile learning. The firs report titled The Future of Mobile Learning: Implications for Policy Makers and Planners predicts that: 1. Technology will be more accessible, affordable and […]
Interaction and opportunities to make choices are among the virtues of the new generation of educational games, experts say. Stanford University Press Release
UK universities should invest in online courses if they are to take advantage of an “historic opportunity”, said Universities Minister David Willetts. BBC Full Article
New taxpayer-funded research must be made available to the public free of charge within a year of its publication, the Obama administration said Friday. Inside Higher Ed Full Artilce
The European Union (EU) appears ready in principle to endorse the European Commission’s proposals for developing open access to scientific information arising from publicly funded research. But officials say there is some way to go before a detailed system can be agreed. University World News Full Article
On Thursday, February 14, the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) held a hearing entitled “Raising the Bar: How Education Innovation Can Improve Student Achievement.” A growing number of state and local leaders are working to redefine education in the 21st century, embracing technology and implementing creative […]
The world’s two largest providers of massive open online courses, or MOOCs – the US-based edX and Coursera – have separately established new links with universities across the globe, including in Australia, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico and Singapore, while also signing up more American universities. University World News Full Article
The academic conversation on MOOCs is starting to polarize in exactly the talking-past-one-another way that so many complex conversations evolve: with very smart points on either side but not a lot of recognition that the validity of certain key points on one side does not undermine the validity of certain key points on the other. […]
University to provide free, online courses through Coursera The Pennsylvania State University Press Release