D2L Launches Assessment Management Tool

Global learning technology leader D2L announced today it is launching an integrated assessment management tool in Brightspace. As part of a new partnership with leading Australian EdTech pioneer Janison, Brightspace users will now have access to Janison Insights, a market-leading online assessment tool. Desire2Learn

October 1, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Learning Management Systems

The effects of a visible-annotation tool for sequential knowledge construction on discourse patterns and collaborative outcomes

This study aimed to explore learners’ discourse patterns and outcomes while using a visible-annotation tool as a collaborative representation tool. The tool used in this study introduced two types of sharing activities before the problem-solving phase to support sequential knowledge construction. Forty participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups according to two variables: […]

September 30, 2020 | Daily News, Discussion Forum, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Interaction, Interaction Analysis

Social media, learning and connections for international students: The disconnect between what students use and the tools learning management systems offer

With the increased focus on the use of digital platforms to facilitate teaching and learning comes the challenge of creating connections between international students and their new classmates. The use of social media in higher education may be one avenue that can enable not only learning but also social connections between students to improve the […]

September 30, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Learning Management Systems, Social Media

‘Studytable’ gives Purdue U. classmates new ways to connect

Students at Purdue University will soon have a new way to communicate with their classmates, even as the pandemic continues to force social distancing requirements and complicate in-person courses at the West Lafayette, Indiana, institution this fall. edscoop

September 29, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Learner Support Services

HOW SCHEDULING SOFTWARE CAN HELP PARENTS COPE WITH HYBRID LEARNING AT HOME

The debate about returning to the classroom in-person has been ongoing ever since schools pivoted to online courses at the onset of the pandemic. Remote learning has allowed education to continue during lockdowns. But for communities not accustomed to the modality, it proved a burdensome solution for some teachers, school administrators, kids, and most of […]

September 29, 2020 | Daily News, Digital Media, Informal Learning, Learners

Innovators Seek Zoom University 2.0

Frustrated with Zoom’s instructional limitations, developers and entrepreneurs take matters into their own hands. Inside Higher Ed

September 29, 2020 | Daily News, Faculty, Higher Education, Instructional Design, K-12

Teaching undergraduate mathematics fully online: a review from the perspective of communities of practice

The use of fully online (FO) mathematics teaching has been increasing worldwide. Despite claims and findings that mathematics is more challenging to teach FO than face-to-face (F2F), we know little about FO mathematics teaching. In this paper, we address this gap by working to elucidate the differences between teaching in the FO and F2F modalities. […]

September 27, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Online Learning, Online Teaching

Three Studies on Augmented Reality

Children’s Augmented Storying in, with and for Nature Drawing on a relational ontology and scholarship of new literacies, we investigate the materiality and performativity of children’s augmented storying in nature. Our study is situated in a Finnish primary school in which a novel, augmented reality application (MyAR Julle) was utilized as a digital storytelling tool […]

September 27, 2020 | Augmented Reality, Daily News, Higher Education, Instructional Design, K-12, Learners, Teacher Education, Teachers, Teaching

ASU: Laser-Focused on Ensuring the Current Learning Experience; Sights Set on Designs for the Future

We’re happy to be catching up with Kyle Bowen for the first time since his move to Arizona State University in February 2020 to assume his new post in the University Technology Office as the executive director of ASU’s Learning Experience Group. Here, we learn how the university can continue to offer students the experiences […]

September 21, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Online Learning, Policy

Download Report: Global development of AI-based education

Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating the integration of information technology into education, providing support or even alternative approaches for practioners in the industry. AI-based education in the future will be driven by the use of data, intensive technology application, integrated innovation, and service optimization. Deloitte

September 20, 2020 | Adpative Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Competency Based Education, Daily News, Data Mining, Digital Media, Higher Education, K-12, Reports & White Papers