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For years, colleges looking for course-management software considered a choice between Blackboard’s dominant commercial product or an open-source alternative such as Moodle or Sakai. Now Blackboard essentially owns the open-source alternatives as well.Wired CampusFull Article
Effective Online Teaching & Training is a blog written by Dr. Marina Kostina. Dr. Kostina’s blog is e to “help you transcend the distance by creating powerful online programs and products that maintain personal connections while allowing you to help more people at the same time, and substantially grow and leverage your business.” I have […]
New options for online tutoring and speech therapy are among the latest eLearning solutions introduced during recent ed-tech trade shows.eSchool NewsFull Article
The 28th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning is held this year on August 8 to 10 in Madison, Wisconsin. I have attended at least 20 of the 28 conferences so far, and recommend it highly to everyone who is interested in improving programs and offerings in K-12, higher education as well as government […]
Abstract First Generation undergraduate students from low-income households (FGLI students) continue to have substantially higher dropout rates than non first generation students or students from more affluent households despite numerous efforts over many decades to improve graduation rates among this group of students. The purpose of this research is to determine whether FGLI students in […]
Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the implementation of a whole school one-to-one iPod Touch project in a middle school in the southeastern United States. While some focused studies have been undertaken in this new field of learning, there has been little research to date that documents activity within a whole school […]
Lasell College’s new five-year strategic plan contains some typical goals for a small, private college: hire new faculty, renovate old buildings, improve advising and student support, and identify signature programs. Inside Higher EdFull Article
For a decade the New Media Consortium’s Horizon Project has, through its research, obtained consensus from experts about the technologies that most impact teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. NMC Horizon Project research, shared in its annual NMC Horizon Report > Higher Education Edition and other NMC Horizon Project publications, also identifies metatrends and global challenges […]
Despite recession investors see technology companies’ ‘Internet moment’ Harsh economic realities mean trouble for college leaders. But where administrators perceive an impending crisis, investors increasingly see opportunity. In recent years, venture capitalists have poured millions into education-technology start-ups, trying to cash in on a market they see as ripe for a digital makeover. And lately, […]
YouTube’s continuing effort to put more original videos online has expanded beyond high-profile celebrities and news outlets to include a university television station. In exchange for a $300,000 grant to the station to produce original videos, YouTube will try to recoup its investment using the oldest money-making tool in television: advertising.Wired CampusFull Article