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Social Media Earns Spotlight on Education Policy Panel

Imagine high school biology students logging onto a video game in which they play the role of a white blood cell traversing the human body, fighting bacteria and disease. Imagine middle school students performing old-fashioned frog dissections on a computer application. Imagine teachers and students engaging in a lively debate over the Revolutionary War on […]

Download Special Edition– Opening Learning Horizons: Discovering the Potential of Co-Creation, Games and Open Learning

eLearning Papers is an initiative of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture. Its aim is to promote the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for lifelong learning. The current Special Special Edition offers the following informative articles on a range of timely topics: Diffusion and Adoption of OER Virtual Mobility: The Value […]

CSAC Hearing: Is Accreditation Enough to Ensure Online Education Quality?

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 25, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As college students increasingly embrace online courses, measuring the effectiveness of distance learning is becoming a critical necessity to protect students, taxpayers who subsidize higher education, and future employers looking for skilled graduates. But are the current gatekeepers of education quality, a complex system of institutionally funded […]

PBS Offers Expansive Slate of New Programming

Programs Traverse the Globe with New Arts Specials, a Major New Series, Gavel-to-Gavel Convention Coverage, Independent Films, and a Celebration of British CulturePBSPress Release

MIT Media Lab, Watch the Archive Webcast: Inside Out

Inside Out The three-day event examined what’s going on at the Media Lab through presentations, discussions, and open houses. Wednesday’s symposium, hosted by award-winning journalist John Hockenberry, explored how, through a deeper understanding of the natural world, designers will be changing the very nature of technology: how tomorrow’s technologies will go beyond assistive devices to […]

‘Free-Range Learners’: Study Opens Window Into How Students Hunt for Educational Content Online

Milwaukee — Digital natives? The idea that students are superengaged finders of online learning materials once struck Glenda Morgan, e-learning strategist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as “a load of hooey.” Students, she figured, probably stick with the textbooks and other content they’re assigned in class. Wired Campus Full Story  

How to Choose the Right Tablet for Your School

While comparing one device to another might seem easy, picking a tablet that meets your school’s learning goals and unique needs isn’t so simple. In conversations with four administrators and experts, we talked about five key factors to consider when you’re thinking about starting a tablet initiative.Converge Full Article

Open University and Global Knowledge launch new postgraduate certificate in IT service management

Leading IT players in higher education and industry training to address ‘most pressing’ skills gap in IT A ground-breaking collaboration between The Open University and Global Knowledge, a worldwide leader in IT and business skills training, has today launched a new Postgraduate Certificate (PGC) for IT Service Managers (ITSM). The Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Professional […]

New education platform from TED could help power ‘flipped learning’

TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading big ideas through a series of conferences and a free video platform, has continued its expansion into education by launching a brand-new TED-Ed website with tools to help teachers use video in the classroom.eSchool NewsFull Article

MIT launches student-produced educational video initiative

Original short videos, in collaboration with Khan Academy, aim to fuel K-12 students’ interest in engineering and science. MIT Press Release