Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. New transcripts and technologies take shape as colleges participating in the Comprehensive Student Record Project test new ways to track what students do in college. More...
27 mars 2016
27 mars 2016
Report: Innovating World Language Education Through Technology
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Mobile apps, online platforms and other technologies are transforming world language education programs by “creating more dynamic, interactive experiences that expose students to the nuances of languages and cultures,” according to a new report from the New Media Consortium (NMC). More...
27 mars 2016
U Washington Researchers Develop Energy-Efficient Wi-Fi
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A team of computer scientists and electrical engineers at the University of Washington has developed a passive Wi-Fi system that can generate 802.11b Wi-Fi signals using 10,000 times less power than present-day Wi-Fi and 1,000 times less power than Bluetooth Low Energy and ZigBee, according to a news release on UW’s site. More...
27 mars 2016
Adaptive Learning Platforms: Creating a Path for Success
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Because of the advantages of personalized learning content, Colorado Technical University began piloting courses with adaptive learning in the beginning of 2012, launching the adaptive learning platform intellipath. More...
27 mars 2016
Zuckerberg Education Ventures backs learning assistant camera app Volley
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. “This is so fast it feels like cheating” students tell Volley. The education startup’s app lets students point their phone’s camera at a textbook page or piece of homework, and instantly see resources about key facts and tricky parts, prerequisites, and links to snippets of online classes or study guides that could help. More...
27 mars 2016
Amazon eyes up education, plans a free platform for learning materials
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Back in 2013, Amazon acquired (and continued to operate) online math instruction company TenMarks to gain a foothold in the online education space. Now it looks like Amazon is taking those learnings to the next level. More...
27 mars 2016
It’s Not About Making Stuff
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In the past few years, the thinking around 3D printing has shifted, as the technology has become more or less intertwined with the idea of makerspaces and the maker movement. More...
27 mars 2016
Report: Detachable Devices To Drive Tablet Growth Through 2020
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Detachable tablets will nearly quadruple, as a share of the tablet market, from 8 percent to 30 percent in 2020, according to a new forecast from International Data Corp. (IDC). More...
27 mars 2016
8 pieces of ed tech news to note from SXSWedu 2016
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. If you couldn’t be in Austin or see everything on display, here’s what caught our attention. There was no shortage of ed tech to take in at SXSWedu 2016. More...
23 mars 2016
An investigation of practices and tools that enabled technology-mediated caring in an online high school
The ethic of care has been an important part of the dialogue related to learning in traditional K-12 learning environments particularly because emotional relationships and caring pedagogies have been shown to be particularly important for adolescent learners. However, as online learning has become increasingly popular, there are concerns about the perceived impersonal nature of the online medium, and how this might particularly affect adolescent learners. More...
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