Social media savvy: The new digital divide?
Those without strong online social networks will be left out of the digital conversation, educator and consultant Angela Maiers arguesSOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full Article
Archive for the ‘Elearning’ Category
Virtual school offers K-12 distance learning option
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes education in a brick-and-mortar school just isn’t an option.The Wyoming Virtual Academy (WYVA) offers an alternative.SOURCE: The Lusk Herald Read the Full Article
UCM to kick off celebration of National Distance Learning week
WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The University of Central Missouri joins members of the United States Distance Learning Association and the Missouri Distance Learning Association in a week-long celebration of National Distance Learning Week Nov. 7-11 on the UCM campus.SOURCE: The University of Central Missouri READ THE FULL ARTICLE
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Selects Blackboard Learn for Expanded Training Program 1
More Than 150,000 Soldiers Annually Will Train on Blackboard PlatformSOURCE: PR NewsireRead the Press Release
Virtual learning acquisitions shake up marketplace
Cambium Learning, Pearson expand reach into virtual learning sector with multimillion-dollar dealsSOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article
Screen Time Higher Than Ever for Children
Jaden Lender, 3, sings along softly with the “Five Little Monkeys” app on the family iPad, and waggles his index finger along with the monkey doctor at the warning, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!” He likes crushing the ants in “Ant Smasher,” and improving his swing in the golf app.SOURCE: The New York […]
A New Chess Board
The symbiosis between higher education and the tech companies that serve it has been corrupted, says Bradley Wheeler — CIO for the Indiana University SystemSOURCE: Inside Higher EducationRead the Full Article
iNACOL updates its online teaching standards
Revised standards aim to help online teachers personalize learning more effectivelySOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article
Myths of Online Education
PHILADELPHIA — One of higher education’s biggest exports is skepticism. So it is perhaps unsurprising that, whereas many educators have questioned the virtue of online education, others would question the way in which the questioners have questioned online education.SOURCE: Inside Higher EducationRead the Full Article