How to communicate science visually
In a new book, MIT’s Felice Frankel aims to help scientists and engineers improve the way they portray their research through photos, diagrams and graphs. MIT Press Release
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The University of Texas at Austin: Archived Course Lectures and Academic Video Collections Now Available on iTunes U
AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of course-related videos from The University of Texas at Austin are now available on iTunes U. The 689 videos are spread across 23 collections and include academic subject matter as diverse as engineering, biology and history. The University of Texas at Austin on iTunes U provides faculty members and staffers an […]
National Distance Learning Week: United States Distance Learning Association
Sponsored by the United States Distance Learning Association, National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) held November 5-9, 2012, seeks to promote and celebrate the tremendous growth and accomplishments occurring today in distance learning programs offered by schools, businesses, and governmental departments. Currently, over 3.5 million college students are taking online course and/or earning online college degrees. […]
Colleges offer veterans-only classes to ease transition
The students in the Saturday morning class trickle in and, as they introduce themselves around a table, reveal far more intimate biographies than just name and hometown. eCampus News Full Article
Teachers: Involve parents in the flipped classroom, too
At the beginning of each semester I spend time speaking to my students about what the flipped classroom is: a significant change over the way students have previously been taught. As a result, I explain what the benefits of the flipped classroom are, what an average day will look like, and how students will be […]
E-Portfolios: Looking Back to Chart the Future
E-portfolio technology has often been labeled as “ready before its time.” In truth, e-portfolios have not fulfilled–yet–the potential that their most fervent supporters see in the technology. A group of e-portfolio experts and campus IT leaders now has plans to hit the “reflect button by coming” together to review e-portfolio discussions in which they took […]
Overhaul in online class strategy has UGA falling behind peer universities
Richard LaFleur dedicated his career to online education. A recently retired University Latin professor, he began teaching distance courses by mail in 1973. Most of his students never set foot in Athens. They were brain surgeons, teachers, U.S. diplomats and members of the armed forces who were given an opportunity to go back to school […]
Download the Report: Two-thirds of college class of 2011 finished school with loan debt
It’s the latest snapshotof the growing burden of student debt and it’s another discouraging one: Two-thirds of the national collegeclass of 2011 finished school with loan debt, and those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing on average $26,600 — up about 5 percent from the class before. eCampus News Full Article
New College Board Trends Reports: Public College Tuition Increases Slow; Rapid Growth in Federal Grant Aid Ends
Tuition continues to rise, but while large increases in federal grant aid and tax benefits cushioned the impact of rising tuition prices from 2008-09 to 2010-11, total grant aid for students did not increase in 2011-12. College Board Press Release
Universities face uncertain future without radical overhaul
Universities will not survive the next 10 to 15 years unless they radically overhaul their current business models, according to a challenging report released this week. The report claims that the current university model – a broad-based teaching and research institution with a large base of assets and back office – will prove unviable in […]