Unique LMS emerges for developing countries
Windows 8.1 and Android-based LMS developed for emerging markets to revolutionize the education industry eCampus News
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What counts as educational video?: Working toward best practice alignment between video production approaches and outcomes.
The twenty years since the first digital video camera was made commercially available has seen significant increases in the use of low-cost, amateur video productions for teaching and learning. In the same period, production and consumption of professionally produced video has also increased, as has the distribution platforms to access it. Furthermore, advances in social […]
Learning in cyber-physical worlds
What lies in the space where the cyber world and physical world converge? A spectrum of blended augmented experiences and a fount of new opportunities for educational practice. The success of this projected convergence depends on the availability of affordable virtual reality hardware, such as wearable haptic and movement tracking devices, and the use of […]
The evolution of open access to research and data in Australian higher education
Open access (OA) in the Australian tertiary education sector is evolving rapidly and, in this article, we review developments in two related areas: OA to scholarly research publications and open data. OA can support open educational resource (OER) efforts by providing access to research for learning and teaching, and a range of actors including universities, […]
AASA, CoSN, and NSBA Team to ‘Lead the Digital Leap’
Washington, DC (October 30, 2014) – AASA, The School Superintendents Association, CoSN (Consortium for School Networking), and NSBA (National School Boards Association) today launched Leading the Digital Leap – a joint campaign empowering K-12 superintendents, district technology leaders, and school boards to strengthen their digital advocacy and enable digital learning in their districts. the Consortium […]
6 apps that block social media distractions
Anti-distraction apps aim to create a more focused and efficient course, classroom, or study session A collection of apps, lauded by educators and students alike, are helping to solve one of education’s biggest tech-related pet peeves: unnecessary distraction. eCampus News Full Article
Academics and their online networks: Exploring the role of academic social networking sites
The rapid rise in popularity of online social networking has been followed by a slew of services aimed at an academic audience. This project sought to explore network structure in these sites, and to explore trends in network structure by surveying participants about their use of sites and motivations for making connections. Social network analysis […]
Search engines: From social science objects to academic inquiry tools
This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities involved in incorporating publicly available search engine data in scholarly research. In recent years, an increasing number of researchers have started to include tools such as Google Trends (http://google.com/trends) in their work. However, a central ‘search engine’ field of inquiry has yet to emerge. Rather, the use of […]
When an LMS Dies
The Angel learning management system, after cheating death once, will officially retire in October 2016. Before then, hundreds of institutions will have to search for a new provider. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
Online tool will help train teachers of students with visual impairments
NIU’s Department of Special and Early Education and the eLearning Services Digital Convergence Lab have secured a federal grant to develop an online training tool to meet the needs of teachers of students with visual impairments nationwide. Northern Illinois University Press Release
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