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ARLINGTON, VA, December 2, 2013 – As parents complete their holiday shopping, chances are that more than half of their kids will find a tech gift under the tree, says a new survey of parents released today by PBS KIDS. Roughly half of parents (54%) plan to purchase or give a tech item to their […]
The wheels on the bus go round and round — and so does government’s stance on the impact of cuts to distance education, say teachers. Edmonton Sun Full Article
In addition to preparing students for college and a career, a rigorous and engaging curriculum contributes to creating a positive school climate for students. For the purposes of this paper, a “positive school climate” is defined as an environment that reflects a commitment to meeting and developing the academic, social, and emotional needs of students. Alliance […]
Research and development of information and communication technology (ICT)-supported learning for people with disabilities has not received adequate attention. It is also difficult to access research findings and developments in this field. Under the ENABLE Network of ICT Supported Learning for Disabled People (2011–2014) project, an emerging European Union reference point portal for end-users will […]
Dr. Farhard (Fred) Saba, Ph. D. Founder, Distance-Educator.comn Educational radio is the first electronic medium educators used to teach at a distance. With the advent of broadcasting the federal government issued the first educational radio license to the Latter Day Saints’ University of Salt Lake City, in 1921. The University of Wisconsin and the University […]
Dr. Saba: Dr. Muilenburg, would you please tell us about your educational and professional backgrounds? Dr. Muilenburg: My early career began as a secondary biology, chemistry, and math teacher, but I’ve had the good fortune to experience a great deal of variety in my work life due to nearly a dozen relocations as a result of […]
The Technology Outlook for STEM+ Education 2013-2018: An NMC Horizon Project Sector Analysis was released as a collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC), the Centro Superior para la Enseñanza Virtual (CSEV), Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Control at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics […]
Carnegie Mellon University will open the world’s largest database on student learning to the public in an effort to identify best practices and standards for using technology in the classroom, the university announced on Monday. To support the open-access initiative, the institution will form a council of higher education leaders, education technology experts and industry […]
When I wrote my Technophoria column this weekend about how some college admissions officers have occasionally identified social media posts that negatively affected applicants’ chances of acceptance, I assumed the phenomenon would not come as news to the parents of high school students. The New York Times Full Article
A Web-based course evaluation service developed specifically for colleges and universities has added a text analytics option that enables users to cull insight from free-form student feedback. EvaluationKIT, from a company of the same name, has introduced EvaluationKIT Text Analytics, which takes write-in responses to survey questions and summarizes them for reports. Results include a […]
