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The latest buzzword in higher education is “completion.” It combines the idea of enrollment growth with what we used to call “retention”—that is, getting more students into college and then keeping them there long enough to graduate or (in the case of community-college students) transfer successfully to four-year institutions.Chronicle of Higher EducationFull Article
Through a combination of blended learning, individualized instruction, and enthusiasm, online biology teacher Leslie Fetzer’s dedication to helping her special-needs students develop core learning skills contributed to her new title as the 2012 National Online Teacher of the Year for K-12 education.eSchool NewsFull Article
The Moodle Research Conference will become a major event for academics, researchers, experts and practitioners – sharing experiences, research achievements and innovative developments with Moodle. It is a unique opportunity to participate in an event dedicated to research and development (R&D) on learning and teaching carried out with Moodle. The conference will provide opportunities for […]
Is the biggest classroom in the world the screen in front of you?The screen – whether on a laptop, a tablet, a mobile phone, even that quaint old device a television set – plays a huge part in the lives of young people.BBCFull Article
The academic world has been faced with a serious and growing problem in scholarly communication in recent years. Peer-reviewed scholarly journals are published increasingly by commercial publishing interests, which now control more than 60 percent of scholarly journals.Chronicle of Higher EducationFull Article
Update: This afternoon the House Education Committee passed the online learning bill with the mandate removed.Now, the bill urges school systems to maximize digital learning rather than mandating that students take at least one online course to graduate.The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFull Article
Jeff MacSwan and Kellie Rolstad, a husband-and-wife team at Arizona State University, heard rumors last year that courses they designed for an online program were being used without their permission.Inside Higher EdFull Article
The popular Open University app, ‘Devolve Me’, has today hit one million downloads.The face morph game which was launched as part of the Darwin celebrations, allows people to see how they may have looked as an ancient ancestor from Australopithecus afarensis (3.7million years ago) to a Homo heidelbergensis (500,000 years ago).Open University Full Article
Overview Welcome to “Podcasting in a Writing Class? Considering the Possibilities,” a multimodal project exploring podcasting as a part of a writing class. This text has two main components: a hypertextual webtext and a six episode podcast series. I encourage you to listen to the podcasts and explore the webtext to experience the full article. […]
The nonprofit group called TED, known for streaming 18-minute video lectures about big ideas, today opened a new YouTube channel designed for teachers and professors, with videos that are even shorter.Wired Campus Full Article