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New UNESCO-COL publication, “Making Sense of MOOCs: A Guide for Policy Makers in Developing Countries,” is now available. The Guide is designed to raise general awareness amongst policy makers in developing countries as to how Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might address their concerns and priorities, particularly in terms of access to affordable quality higher […]
Developed by the University of Oklahoma Libraries’ Innovation @ the Edge staff and launched early this year, the new Oklahoma Virtual Academic Laboratory (OVAL) is already hosting interactive coursework for students enrolled in architecture, interior design, chemistry and biochemistry, art history, English, journalism, and library and information science classes. Library Journal
How scholars, companies and workers are using Mechanical Turk, a ‘gig economy’ platform, for tasks computers can’t handle Pew Research Center
“Community colleges are one of America’s best-kept secrets,” Jill Biden, who teaches English at a Northern Virginia Community College, once remarked. These schools, she notes, are increasingly “forming partnerships with businesses in their communities, ensuring that students are trained for jobs that need to be filled.” EdSurge
Technology has the potential to solve the affordability and access problem in higher education, according to the author of Revolution in Higher Education. Campus Technology
Academia is used to robust debate. But the trolling that happens online should not be tolerated, writes Elaine Campbell Times Higher Education
This paper, the result of panel discussions and working groups convened by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, examines several key issues in distance education with respect to the profound impact that they will have on training and education in geographic information science in the U.S., and on the overall effectiveness of colleges and […]
With the global success of Pokémon Go, the world has been introduced to the next generation of augmented reality experiences on their mobile phones. Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Education and Technology (IET), and author of Augmented Education, Dr Rebecca Ferguson, considers augmented reality as a tool to support learning; could augmented reality, with […]
Lagunita is an open-source learning platform. It is supported by the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning – which was formerly the Office of the Vice Provost for Online Learning (VPOL) – as part of its commitment to advance creative teaching and learning initiatives and data-driven educational research. Stanford Online
This paper investigates student responses to two tools used to create learning environments that encourage the sharing of ideas and discussion in online asynchronous university courses. Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology