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From Dreams to Realities: AR/VR/MR in Education
“Actually, I think we aren’t that far from being able to deliver on the powerful visions of teaching faculty.’ — Daniel Christian The marketplace for augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality technologies may be heating up. Daniel Christian, a senior instructional designer at Calvin College observes that significant R&D investments, product development, and more […]
UT Professors Create New Repository for Research into Education of Black Males
AUSTIN, Texas — To help researchers, journalists and policymakers locate available research on the education of black males, University of Texas College of Education Professors Louis Harrison and Anthony Brown launched The Black Male Education Research Collection, a new website. The University of Texas at Austin
As Pokémon Go Becomes a Sensation, Ed. Experts Weigh Pros and Cons
Like a thunderbolt from Pikachu’s tail, Pokémon is once again electrifying the nation. The latest incarnation of the Japanese franchise is a mobile app, Pokémon Go, which puts a digital overlay on the real world, requiring users to walk around their neighborhoods to collect characters and do battle with one another. Education Week
Six Steps to Collaborative, Interactive Video
It’s always tempting to get excited about a new technology and design a learning program around it. This ignores the basic principles of collaborative learning. Instead, we should take a learner-centered approach and find the technologies that actually support the learner. Online video is no exception to this rule. Learning Solutions Magazine
Online learning platform iversity gets a lifeline from Holtzbrinck media group
Berlin-based online education platform iversity looks to have pulled back from the brink of bankruptcy after securing new investment from Holtzbrinck Digital, the Internet investment arm of the education-focused Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Tech Crunch
Playing and Learning: An iPad Game Development & Implementation Case Study
There is a great deal of enthusiasm for the use of games in formal educational contexts; however, there is a notable and problematic lack of studies that make use of replicable study designs to empirically link games to learning (Young, et al., 2012). This paper documents the iterative design and development of an educationally focused […]
Facebook Helps Develop Software That Puts Students in Charge of Their Lesson Plans
Facebook is out to upend the traditional student-teacher relationship. On Tuesday, Facebook and Summit Public Schools, a nonprofit charter school network with headquarters in Silicon Valley, announced that nearly 120 schools planned this fall to introduce a free student-directed learning system developed jointly by the social network and the charter schools. The New York Times
Download Report: Making Sense of MOOCs: New UNESCO-COL guide now available
New UNESCO-COL publication, “Making Sense of MOOCs: A Guide for Policy Makers in Developing Countries,” is now available. The Guide is designed to raise general awareness amongst policy makers in developing countries as to how Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might address their concerns and priorities, particularly in terms of access to affordable quality higher […]
Blackboard Announces New Competency-Based Education Digital Readiness Tool to Help Institutions Develop, Implement Successful Programs
New online self-assessment tool helps universities develop a competency-based education roadmap Blackboard
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