An experiment with the oerpub editor
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. An experiment with the oerpub editor
David T. Jones, The Weblog of (a) David Jones, 2015/08/04
The OERPub editor is an interface where you can create your open source textbook on GitHub using a relatively intuitive text editor with various tools. It is in this way a lot like the old Connexions project (now repurposed and called OpenStax). More...
Tablets in education
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Tablets in education
Michael Trucano, EduTech, 2015/07/29
This post contains links to 14 tablet initiatives in countries around the world (and another three in which the governments are taking them back). More...
Raising productivity through better technical education
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) in partnership with Pearson is launching a report on improving higher-level skills at an event in Parliament hosted by Shadow Skills Minister, John Woodcock MP.
Raising productivity by improving higher technical education: Tackling the Level 4 and Level 5 conundrum is written by Dr Scott Kelly, who was an adviser to John Hayes, the Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning from 2010 to 2012. More...
3 steps to go from BYOD to BYOA
By Andrew Barbour. To protect their networks and serve campus constituents effectively, IT departments are considering mobile strategies that encompass both devices AND the apps they run. More...
Web app helps teach new language
By Heather Coit. Two years ago, Thomas Reese was a University of Illinois student learning Chinese. He figured there had to be a more effective way to pick up a new language than by using flashcards. More...
Mobile success could depend on this often-overlooked campus service
By . Technology repair services on campuses will likely be seen as a higher-ed essential critical to boosting outcomes and helping students save time. More...
Do smartphones make for smart students? Profs weigh in
By Monique O. Madan. Googling, tweeting and texting are an integral part of Professor Andres Caiaffa’s classroom’s culture. More...
University gives students mobile personal assistants
By Andrew Barbour. Texas A&M at Galveston hopes a new personal assistant app will help students manage their time more effectively, engage more fully with the campus community—and stay in school. More...
Blackboard unveils totally redesigned learning platform
Blackboard is launching a new platform, called the New Learning Experience, which aims to bring together all of its various products and services under one roof, with the goal of making it seem more focused on students and learners, not administrators. More...