IBM Mindspan Solutions Introduces Next Generation e-Learning Platform
IBM jumps into the e-learning game in a big way (bigger than LearningSpace, anyways) with the launch of a suite of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) based e-learning applications. More...
12 février 2018
What I Wish I Knew When I Started Doing Active Learning
By Cathy Davidson. For well over a decade, I've been studying the science of learning, cognitive neuroscience, research on memory, and studies of pedagogy as well as reading everything I can get my hands on having to do with techniques and methods for meaningful, engaged classrooms. I'm constantly learning, always trying new things. Here are things I wish I knew when I started down this exciting, productive, rewarding, and, ultimately, better path for higher education. More...Black Listed Syllabus
By Cathy Davidson. This course examines the inter-relationship between the Cold War, the early Civil Rights movement, and the writing and censorship of African American writers from the mid-1940s to the early 1960s, with an emphasis on the McCarthy Era. By looking at a range of literary and theoretical texts, we will work to understand the relationship between a range of legal, political, and social conditions and the forms of Black protest and expression at that time. More...Black Listed: What We Will Do on Day #1
By Cathy Davidson. "Black Listed: African American Writers and the Cold War Politics of Integration, Surveillance, Censorship, and Publication" English 80300, IDS 81630 S 2018. More...The (Open) Online Tools We Use--and Why You Should Too!
By Cathy Davidson. What's the point of using online tools if your goal is a student-led, engaged learning course? Tech for the sake of tech is ludicrous, expensive, and exploitative. For me, the only reason to use a digital tool is to do something that would be impossible or difficult without it. In our course, we use digital tools to facilitate interactions outside of the classroom that are student-to-student rather than one-way communication through the prof. Another purpose is to make as much of our knowledge a public contribution as possible. More...Cambridge University considering break with 200 years of tradition by adopting US-style degree system
Cambridge University could break with 200 years of tradition by adopting a US-style degree system in a bid to tackle relentless grade inflation, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. More...New university plagiarism software to be launched in crackdown on 'contract' cheating
Universities are set to clamp down on essay cheats with the launch of new plagiarism software which will record and monitor a student’s writing style. More...SNP accused of anti-English bias over Brexit pledge to give EU students free tuition
SNP ministers have been accused of discriminating against the English by announcing that EU students will continue getting free university tuition in Scotland for four academic years after Brexit. More...University of Cambridge admits 'significant' problem with sexual misconduct
The University of Cambridge has admitted that it has a "significant problem" with sexual misconduct after receiving almost 200 complaints in a matter of months. More...IBM Mindspan Solutions Introduces Next Generation e-Learning Platform
Broken Links: Just How Rapidly Do Science Education Hyperlinks Go Extinct?
Broken Links: Just How Rapidly Do Science Education Hyperlinks Go Extinct?
The point of this short item is to track the number of URLs used in the science education community that disappear over the course of a year or so. Not surprisingly, there is a decline. More...
