By Michael Feldstein. No, not that Unizin. This Unizin. The secret university consortium is no longer secret. Phil and I wrote a few posts about the consortium before the group went public:
By Phil Hill. Yesterday I shared a post about the new Google Classroom details that are coming out via YouTube videos, and as part of that post I made the following statement [emphasis added]:
The early analysis is based on this video that shows some of the key features. Read more...I am not one to look at Google’s moves as the end of the LMS or a complete shift in the market (at least in the short term), but I do think Classroom is significant and worth watching. I suspect this will have a bigger impact on individual faculty adoption in higher ed or as a secondary LMS than it will on official institutional adoption, at least for the next 2 – 3 years.
By Beckie Supiano. A recent paper found that more than 18 percent of students who received a Pell Grant in their freshman year and earned at least a 3.0 GPA—a group that would seem to have every reason to reapply for aid—failed to do so. Close to half of the members of that group did not return to college for their sophomore year. Even those who did return had lower persistence rates later on than students who had reapplied for aid. More...
By Ian Barker. Cloud usage is changing more and more areas of our lives. You might expect the education sector to be at the forefront of this and a new infographic released by digital marketing specialists Pulp-PR shows how it's being affected. More...
By Andrea Zellner. I have recently dedicated myself to learning R, a programming language and environment for focusing largely on statistical analysis and computing. The benefit of using R over other statistical computing packages is that it is free, open-source, and has a hugely active community around its use. R can be used cross-platform (PCs, Macs, and Linux) and is incredibly robust and versatile. Read more...
By - . A new consortium called Unizen hopes to exert greater control and influence over digital education. Four large research universities have formed a new consortium in an attempt to wrestle some control of the digital learning landscape from educational technology companies, the founders announced Wednesday. More...
By Joshua Kim. No, I have not lost my iPhone.
It has not been stolen or left behind, misplaced or forgotten.
But I worry.
What if my iPhone was lost or stolen or misplaced?
Exactly how helpless and incapacitated would I be?
How frantic and panicked would I become?
Just how dependent I am on my iPhone has become clear on this trip to the Netherlands for the edX Consortium meeting at Delft University. Read more...
Blog Educpros de Gilbert Azoulay. L’offre de cours en ligne explose et des « pure players » apparaissent sans être nécessairement adossés à des grandes écoles ou des universités. La société OpenClassrooms en est le parfait exemple avec une offre importante de cours en ligne, un modèle économique qui tient la route et 2 M€ de fonds levés.Mathieu Nebra, 28 ans, co-fondateur, détaille sa stratégie pour « devenir un acteur majeur de l’éducation en ligne ». Suite de l'article...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Internet Trends 2014
Mary Meeker, Business Insider, May 31, 2014
Mary Meeker's annual state of the internet report has come out and once again it is probably the most insightful snapshot of the state of play as you're going to see. My only complaint is that at 165 slides, it's too short. The trends won't be a surprise to anyone following the internet closely, but it's good to have real data to support beliefs about the rise of mobile, the proliferation of apps, etc. More...
By Denny Carter. Bolstering engagement with students could hinge on how colleges and universities use real-time analytics. Insight into how, when, and even why students interact with campus technologies has become a linchpin in maximizing efficiency, saving money, and optimizing the student experience in higher education. More...
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