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Chances are that when a Stanford scholar is being interviewed by CNN, ABC, NBC or CBS, he or she is actually sitting comfortably in a Stanford studio, even as images are being broadcast to millions of people worldwide. Stanford University Press Release
Canadian film icon Fil Fraser jokes that “when I was making movies, we needed cameras the size of Volkswagens.” Indeed, much has changed since his 1977 drama Why Shoot the Teacher? took a top prize at the awards now known as the Genies. Athabasca University Press Release
Launched spring of 2012, the mission of the Flipped Learning Network™ is to provide educators with the knowledge, skills, and resources to successfully implement Flipped Learning. The vision is preparing educators to adopt the Flipped Learning Ideology. Flipped learning happens when the teacher’s lecture is delivered outside of the traditional class time, via a video students view […]
The Open University and the BBC are co-producing a new film of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar along with six 10 minute behind-the-scenes featurettes based on The Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) current production of the play. The film, made by production company Illuminations, will screen on BBC Four on Sunday 24th June, 8pm as part of the […]
REDMOND, Wash. – June 6, 2012 – Eagerly awaiting the launch of Pottermore (www.pottermore.com), the website based on the popular Harry Potter stories, Brittany Talbot and her sister, Priscilla, raced to sign up when the site went live on April 14, 2012. Microsoft Press Release
Begun in 1990, The Campus Computing ProjectTM is the largest continuing study of the role of information technology in American higher education. Our projects – the annual Campus Computing Survey, the national surveys of presidents, provosts, and other senior campus officials conducted in collaboration with Inside Higher Ed, and other research activities – draw on […]
SAFARI Montage to become the primary provider of streaming video from PBS A new agreement between the Public Broadcasting Service and SAFARI Montage will make SAFARI the main provider of PBS video content streamed to schools—an arrangement that could shake up the market for school video streaming services. eSchool News Full Article
The Saylor Foundation has been building an online catalog of free, self-paced college courses since 2010. But students who completed those courses could not typically earn credit toward a degree, since the nonprofit group is not an accredited institution. Saylor’s new partnership with the online course-provider StraighterLine seeks to change that, giving students an inexpensive […]
Arlington, VA (May 2, 2012) — LATINO AMERICANS, a three-part, six-hour documentary series produced by WETA Washington, D.C.; Bosch and Company, Inc.; and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), will air nationwide on PBS in the Fall of 2013, the production partners announced today. LATINO AMERICANS will chronicle the lives and experiences of Latinos in the United […]
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
