Online Courses Put Pressure on Third-World Universities
How a teacher in El Salvador became an advocate of massive open online courses, and why hardly anyone listens to him yet. MIT Technology Review Full Article
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Army eEducation: The distance learning approach
There are a growing number of military officers vying for a finite number of seats for their mid-level professional education. The vast improvements in distance learning technology provide a solution to meet the educational demand of the armed forces and bypass the constraints of resident programs. Effective distance learning programs offer the same learning outcomes […]
California State University, Long Beach Delivers Learning and Student Services Information to Mobile Devices
New Mobile Application Provides Students, Faculty, Administrators and Alumni with Campus Event Info, Athletics Updates, Student Newspaper, Bus Transportation Routes, University Maps and More Desire2Learn Press Release
The Real Revolution Is Openness, Clay Shirky Tells Tech Leaders
Denver — Clay Shirky is one of the country’s most prominent Internet thinkers—“a spiritual guide to the wired set,” as The Chronicle Review put it in a 2010 profile of him. In his latest book, Cognitive Surplus, the New York University professor argues that a flowering of creative production will arise as the Internet Wired […]
Texas A&M to offer plant breeding doctorate degree through distance education
COLLEGE STATION – Students desiring a master’s or doctorate degree from Texas A&M University in plant breeding will no longer have to make the move to College Station, according to university officials. North Texas e-News Full Article
Blackboard Blackboard and Kaltura Expand Partnership Across Blackboard’s Learning
DENVER, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Blackboard Inc. and Kaltura, the leading open source video platform, announced today an expanded partnership across Blackboard’s learning platforms. Institutions using Moodlerooms’s Moodle-based platform, joule, can now access Kaltura’s advanced video tools directly in their learning management system. Blackboard Press Release
Schools Are Using Social Networking to Involve Parents
Digital technology is providing a growing variety of methods for school leaders to connect with parents anywhere, anytime—a tactic mirroring how technology is used to engage students. Education Week Full Article
Standing Up Classrooms for Deployed Students on Military Bases
Interview with CATHERINE LOVELADY Army Continuing Education System Country Supervisor, U.S. Forces, Afghanistan Military Advanced Education Read the Full Interview
Using Technologies to Enhance Warfighter Training and Effectiveness
Colonel Matthew Clarke currently serves as the commander of the Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC) in Orlando, Fla., a subordinate organization under the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s Human, Research and Engineering Directorate. He assumed his duties in June 2012, after serving as the assistant to the director – […]
Blackboard Debuts Cloud-Based Learning Object Repository
Blackboard has started beta testing a new LMS-agnostic, cloud-based learning object repository, xpLor. Seventy-two K-12 schools, colleges, and universities have joined the beta program as of Nov. 5, Blackboard reported. Campus Technology Full Article