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Vijay Kumar, senior associate dean for undergraduate education at MIT and director of MIT’s Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, gave the opening luncheon speech at the recent Campus Technology Conference in Boston. Afterwards, I interviewed Vijay in depth about one of the topics that he covered in his speech regarding distance learning and open […]
Vint Cerf, one of the pioneers of the Internet and now Google’s vice president and chief Internet evangelist, ahs backed European telecommunications commissioner Viviane Reding’s vision for the future of the Internet.Read the Full Article
Whether or not it is an accurate portrayal, the old stereotype of higher education is the lecture hall, where students sit passively and take notes from a wise professor whose experience and knowledge can be shared only in the classroom. The professor’s role is to dispense information, and the students’ role is to receive it.Read […]
Two common web-based surveys, “Is Online Learning Right for Me?’ and “What Technical Skills Do I Need?â€, were combined into a single survey instrument and given to 228 on-campus and 83 distance education students.Read the Full Article
Second Life is a three-dimensional multi-user virtual environment with a vibrant economy, where avatars (virtual representations of users) can engage in innovative and unique business and collaborative activities. The immersive nature of this application creates ample authentic opportunities for teaching entrepreneurship, technology and e-commerce. Read the Full Article
A project now under way at Stanford illustrates how integral high-tech innovation is at every level of the university: Stanford is in the beginning stages of making several of its core web-based systems and services available to students as applications on Apple’s iconic iPhone. Read the Full Article
Increased satisfaction ratings, more referrals, new student population growth credited to OnBase Read the Full Article
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By some definitions, “Web 3.0” will be characterized by semantic mapping of data. Unlike regular searches which mine information based on keywords you type in, semantic search looks for information you want by connecting the meaning of words.Read the Full Article
The project will create open content electronic textbooks that will be freely available from a website. Distribution will also be possible via paper, CD, or DVD. Our goal initially is to focus on content development and Web distribution, and we will work with relevant authorities to facilitate dissemination by other means when bandwidth is unavailable […]