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Key Takeaways Working successfully with students having diverse educational backgrounds and abilities in self-directed learning demands diverse approaches, including mass customization of study plans supported by a technology- and analytics-driven solution. Western Governors University provides students and their faculty mentors an online coaching report based on each student’s pre-assessment and assessment results by topic […]
As writing moves beyond English classes and No. 2 pencils, new products aim to motivate students, help teachers, and facilitate peer review eSchool News Full Article
Professionals seeking to secure promotions and expand their careers are studying short courses in IT, finance and communication. Many understand that the right mix of skills on their resumes can give them an edge over their rivals in the job market. Susan Heron, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Management in Victoria and Tasmania, […]
special education directors have made Universal Design for Learning a top priority, according to the first comprehensive report on state and local implementation of the curriculum framework. Converge Magazine Full Article
Washington — A computer gamer who struggles through a series of challenges to advance to the next level is demonstrating some of the characteristics that employers are seeking, particularly in technology-related fields where jobs are going unfilled, a White House official told about 250 education, government, and nonprofit representatives here on Tuesday. Wired Campus Full […]
Students learn just as much in a course that’s taught partly online as they would in a traditional classroom, but such courses won’t reach their potential until they are both easier for faculty members to customize and more fun for students, according to a report released today. Wired Campus Full Article
Math is dull and boring. That’s what Edward Solis thought. He asked his teacher at the School of Global Studies in L.A., “When am I ever going to use this kind of math in life?” “I was good at math, but I always found it boring, so I wasn’t really into math,” Solis said. Then […]
The Education Week Spotlight on Implementing Online Learning is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors including: Identifying promising models for mixing online learning and face-to-face instruction Challenges in e-learning Building partnerships to increase virtual learning collaboration among districts Teaching a “flip model” of instruction with online lectures as homework Using online learning to […]
Abstract Planning, conducting, and reporting leading-edge research requires professionals who are capable of highly skilled reading. This study reports the development of an empirically informed computer-based learning environment designed to foster the acquisition of reading comprehension strategies that mediate expertise in the social sciences. Empirical data were gathered in a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design that […]
MLA issues new guidelines on how work with new media should be counted in hiring, tenure and promotion decisions. Inside Higher Ed Full Story