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At the 2013 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in San Antonio last month, a number of ed-tech companies introduced new curriculum software products, or enhancements to existing curriculum software. Here are some of the highlights. eSchool News Full Article
There are, broadly speaking, two strands of concurrent thinking that dominate discussions around the use of new technologies in education around the world. At one end of the continuum, talk is dominated by words like ‘transformation’. The (excellent) National Education Technology Plan of the United States (Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology), for example, […]
July 9, 2013 Justin Cole, 202-418-8191 E-mail: justin.cole@fcc.gov Washington, D.C. Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn has issued the following statement on AIR.U and West Virginia University launching a campus-wide Wi-Fi network using TV white spaces: “Innovative deployment of TV white spaces presents an exciting opportunity for underserved rural and low-income urban communities across the country. I […]
Las Vegas — Blackboard, a company that makes software that many colleges use to run their classroom and online courses, announced on Wednesday that it was expanding its support for MOOCs, though it is relatively late to the much-talked-about trend of massive open online courses. Wired Campus Full Article
Coursera, a year-old company offering free online courses, has raised another $43 million in venture capital from investors active in both domestic and international education. The New York Times Full Article
Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov It is a pleasure to join you today to speak about the nation’s higher education agenda. Before I begin my formal remarks, let me say that there is a lot going on right now on Capitol Hill. Because Congress has failed to agree on a solution, interest rates on […]
We rely on computers and smart mobile devices for nearly every aspect of our lives, yet the way we interact with them has not changed significantly since personal computers were first invented 40 years ago. The Fluid Interfaces research group radically rethinks human-computer interaction with the aim of making the user experience more seamless, natural […]
This paper reports on a research study that focused on equity in learning as reflected in the final grades of online and on-site students from the same post-secondary mathematics course taught repeatedly over 10 semesters from Fall 2005 through Spring 2011. On-site students attended regular class sessions, while online students only attended an orientation session […]
Although talk of providers of MOOCs, or massive open online courses, has centered mostly on American companies and nonprofit organizations like Coursera and edX, MOOC platforms in other countries have made it clear that they are also looking to stake a claim in this growing realm of higher education. Wired Campus Full Article
Commercial publishers are accustomed to battling with one another for control of state and local markets for textbooks and other academic materials. Now they face a more complicated task: how to cope with what’s being offered to schools for free. Education Week Full Article
