Score One for the Robo-Tutors
n a study spanning six public universities, students taught statistics mainly through software learned as much as peers taught primarily by humans. And the robots got the job done quicker. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
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Digital Learning Games to Expand Nationwide
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 […]
New PBS deal could shake up video streaming market for schools
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
Educators Weigh E-Textbook Cost Comparisons
During the first-ever Digital Learning Day, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission chief Julius Genachowski unveiled an ambitious plan earlier this year to get schools to switch from print to digital textbooks by 2017. Education Week Full Article
Exclusive Interview with Martin Lind, Education Vertical Manager, Leads360
Dr. Saba: With an educational background in public administration and political science, how did you become interested in business development, product marketing and thought leadership? Mr. Lind: I started my career in politics and policy: working on Federal electoral campaigns, then on Capitol Hill and then to public policy consulting. All throughout my policy […]
Making science real: photo-sharing in biology and chemistry
Abstract This article presents the findings of a qualitative evaluation on the effect of a specialised software tool on the efficiency and quality of assignment marking. The software, Lightwork, combines with the Moodle learning management system and provides support through marking rubrics and marker allocations. To enable the evaluation a framework has been developed that […]
Applying a framework to evaluate assignment marking software: a case study on Lightwork
Abstract This article presents the findings of a qualitative evaluation on the effect of a specialised software tool on the efficiency and quality of assignment marking. The software, Lightwork, combines with the Moodle learning management system and provides support through marking rubrics and marker allocations. To enable the evaluation a framework has been developed that […]
Mobile Media: Towards a Definition and Taxonomy of Contents and Applications
Abstract The paper is grounded in the idea that a theory of mobile media, like that of any other scientific discourse, must be built on solid conceptual and taxonomical bases. Within this context the paper brings together previous fragmented approaches to studying mobile media, analyses them, and develops a set of definitions and classifications of […]
Open Access Push From Brussels
The European Union is set to throw the weight of its £64 billion ($102 billion) research funding program behind open-access publishing, Times Higher Education has learned. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
Virtual Philosophy
Some assume that online education is not a suitable medium for courses that rely on the Socratic Method. But the philosophy professors at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro are skeptical. Inside Higher Ed Full Article