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8 octobre 2015

The 'no-tech' school where screens are off limits – even at home

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The 'no-tech' school where screens are off limits – even at home
Sally Weale, The Guardian, 2015/10/05

Doug Belshaw shared this item this week (in his newly and inappropriately named 'Thought Shrapnel' newsletter). It's a paean from the Guardian to a school that has banned all screens and electronics at home and in the classroom. More...

8 octobre 2015

Receive Files into Your Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Receive Files into Your Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive
Tony Vincent, Learning in Hand, 2015/10/02

I've used this service before and will probably use it again. In a nutshell, it enables you to create a place where people can send files to our cloud storage accounts (like, say, Dropbox) without having to give out credentials to your cloud storage account. More...

4 octobre 2015

Cengage Learning acquires Learning Objects

eCampus NewsCengage Learning, a global education company, announced the acquisition of Learning Objects, a Washington, D.C.-based education technology company. More...

4 octobre 2015

Students prefer laptops, tablets for learning

eCampus NewsBy . As learning goes more mobile, a new study reveals that college students still prefer laptops as their primary learning device, though they also expect tablets to play an increasingly larger role in academics. More...

4 octobre 2015

At U-Michigan, mixing supercomputers and big data

eCampus NewsA new way of computing could lead to immediate advances in aerodynamics, climate science, cosmology, materials science and cardiovascular research. More...

4 octobre 2015

Online course innovator launches mobile player

eCampus NewsSmartphones and tablets have become a day-to-day part of our lives. And the opportunity to learn on-the-go is not only a huge benefit, it’s a requirement. More...

4 octobre 2015

Florida Atlantic adopts Internet of Things platform

eCampus NewsFlorida Atlantic University’s Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-SENSE) is adopting Telit’s deviceWISE IoT Platform in an effort to aid the university’s research projects and technology solutions for the Internet of Things. More...

4 octobre 2015

AIR partners with UVA-backed education accelerator

eCampus NewsThe American Institutes for Research (AIR) will partner with the Jefferson Education Accelerator (JEA) under an agreement making it a preferred research and evaluation outlet for the newly-launched education technology venture. More...

4 octobre 2015

College’s cloud app revitalizes student advising

eCampus NewsBy Andrew Barbour. Recognizing that paper-based processes were crippling its student-advising program, a Florida college has developed a cloud-based app to enhance student-faculty communication. More...

4 octobre 2015

Hold the phone: A better technology for communication

eCampus NewsBy Brian Ferguson. As legacy phone systems reach their end-of-life stage, colleges and universities across the country continue to make the switch to VoIP. However, while the driving force for VoIP adoption is often based on the need to get rid of an old system, additional incentives for adopting VoIP include cost savings, better communication, and added security measures. More...

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