Archive for the ‘Digital Media’ Category

Google Earth’s creation tools help students tell stories with maps

With the goal of providing students with a new way to engage with learning through storytelling, Google Earth has unveiled a new set of new tools that enable maps to be customized and organized into visual narratives. edscoop

Elsevier Acquires 3D Anatomy Content Provider for $50M

3D4Medical, a Dublin, Ireland-based provider of 3D lessons for anatomy education, has been acquired by Elsevier, the company best known for its academic journals. Raidió Teilifís Éireann reports that the deal was worth €46 million (approximately US $50.6 million). EdSurge

An Interview with Peter Smith on His New Book Free-Range Learning in the Digital Age: The Emerging Revolution in College, Career, and Education By Peter Smith

The future of higher education is one in which “adult learners who continue to learn on the job will receive both credit and respect for their informal learning” [1]. This prior learning, while not gained in the traditional sense, is the primary way for higher education to meet expectations for adult learners who have been […]

New Study from EDC and SRI International Demonstrates Positive Effects of PBS KIDS Digital Media on Young Children’s Science and Engineering Learning

WALTHAM, MA, AND MENLO PARK, CA, NOV. 7, 2019—Education Development Center (EDC) and SRI International (SRI) announced the release of their new study Early Science and Engineering: The Impact of The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! on Learning. The study’s goal was to understand the extent to which providing access to media resources focused on critical science […]

Higher Education Faculty Desire to Implement Digital Tools: A Follow-Up Study

While online learning and the utilization of digital technologies in higher education continues to be an important part of future plans for higher education course opportunities, some higher education faculty experience barriers to this implementation. These barriers can vary from institutional factors to personal characteristics. Utilizing survey data from the 2015 Ithaka S+R faculty survey […]

Digital Transformation Signals: Is Your Institution on the Journey?

Digital transformation is a journey, not a destination. The digital transformation signals listed in this article indicate progress along the way and provide guideposts for the journey. Educause Review

Responding to Congress, ALA Denounces Amazon, Macmillan

On June 3, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee launched a bipartisan investigation into competition in digital markets. The American Library Association (ALA) today published its official response to the Committee’s request for information. Library Journal

Navigating learning worlds: Using digital tools to learn in physical and virtual spaces

This article explores the various ways that teachers and learners can navigate different learning worlds with the support of digital tools. Increasingly, teaching and learning takes place in spaces beyond the classroom, whether physical or virtual. Place, navigation and movement have all been recognised as important concepts in approaches to understanding how we learn in […]

Driving digital tools with pedagogical strategies

There are three critical issues that are expanding the gap between the modern classroom and today’s digital tools eCampus News

Download Report: Future of the Classroom

This report is part of a series on the evolution of K-12 education, mapping out current and emerging trends in classroom education. In collaboration with our research partner, Canvas8, we conducted a global analysis spanning: ●  Fourteen expert interviews with global and country-specific thought leaders in education ●  Academic literature review focusing on the last […]