Survey finds the amount students spend on course materials each year has decreased, possibly indicating students are increasingly utilizing open-source material and other educational resources. More...
20 août 2019
20 août 2019
Hartsville Today -- The Cook Book
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Douglas J. Fisher and Graham Osteen[Edit][Delete]: Hartsville Today -- The Cook Book, Common Sense Journalism [Edit][Delete] August 23, 2006
I hope this item inspires some people to create their own community newspapers (especially in my home town!) but I'm sure it will be of use to educators as well. This cookbook (link to a 1m PDF) offers a comprehensive guide with useful, practical advice. Advice that wears the badge of experience - for example, the authors advise that the best means of promotion is in person. More...
20 août 2019
All You Wanted to Know About Green WiFi
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Adam Clare[Edit][Delete]: All You Wanted to Know About Green WiFi, August 23, 2006
Green WiFi is "a system that uses a solar panel, a charge controller, a battery, and a generic router to create nodes that cost around $200." The idea is that the internet signal travels from one node to the next, through a mesh. Because each node can be stand-alone, and does not depend on any other node (or even a power supply) the network can grow organically. More...
20 août 2019
Why Affective Computing Systems Need Synthetic Emotion
Affective computing systems, including care robots and virtual assistants, can facilitate more intimate human-machine relationships. More...
20 août 2019
What Matters More: Skills or Degrees?
So, what we hear from industry is that they want workers with the soft skills that do not go out of date, as well as a basic understanding of the current hard facts and skills that will be useful for just a few years before they must be upskilled for a new generation of technology. More...
20 août 2019
Boosting Degree Completion With Blockchain
Arizona State is rethinking how this student data might be exchanged. In partnership with Salesforce, the university’s central enterprise unit, EdPlus, is creating a student data network that will enable participating institutions to share and verify students’ academic records using a distributed ledger technology such as blockchain. More...
20 août 2019
3 in 4 Schools Approaching 100% WiFi Coverage on Campus
About three-quarters of higher education institutions in a recent survey currently offer wireless coverage for 81 percent to 100 percent of the entire campus. More...
20 août 2019
Dancing To the Tunes of Educational Content
Short video platforms and live streaming platforms have converted everyone into a celebrity. TikTok and BIGO LIVE are examples of such short video platforms that are trending these days. More...
20 août 2019
Higher-ed tech adoption is surprisingly stressful for faculty
A new survey shows that most professors say higher-ed tech adoption is a major pressure point, resulting in anxiety and loss of sleep. More...
20 août 2019
So Much Money is Being Invested in Edtech, But Has This Positively Affected Student Outcomes?
The thing is, educators are not entirely convinced about Edtech. On top of that, they are not being adequately consulted on it. More...
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