Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Forget overpriced schools, long days in a crowded classroom, and pitifully poor results. These websites and apps cover myriads of science, art, and technology topics. They will teach you practically anything, from making hummus to building apps in node.js, most of them for free. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Using an app he created, in classes he has configured around mobile technology, Ronald Yaros is preparing his students for a future that will revolve around their technological skills. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Danville Community College student Jessica Newman is taking 18 credit hours this fall, with a tuition price tag of about $2,500. When Newman looked for the books for her five classes at the DCC bookstore, she said the cost was just over $1,000. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. This fall, Lincoln Public Schools is rolling out a revamped elementary computer curriculum that emphasizes computer science — and coding — principles. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. It’s gotten harder to get government workers the training they need. Online learning can help to fill the gap. GovLoop, an online training and collaboration community that describes itself as “the knowledge network for government,” surveyed its members and found that almost 90 percent of respondents had attended at least one virtual learning event in 2014, up 2 percent from 2013. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Quebec's La Presse to scrap weekday print edition to focus on app
James Bradshaw, Globe, Mail, 2015/09/17
Remember when people said newspapers would never disappear because people would always prefer paper? "You can't read a computer in the bathtub." Remember that? La Presse is a major newspaper in Canada. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Micro and the Macro of the EdTech World
Jenny Mackness, 2015/09/14
Summary of two keynotes at this year's Alt/C conference in Manchester, as experienced virtually (both links to YouTube recordings): "Jonathan Worth’s keynote (I’m not sure if there was a title for this – if there was I didn’t see it) and Laura Czerniewicz who talked about Inequality in Higher Education." More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Adios Ed Tech. Hola something else.
George Siemens, elearnspace, 2015/09/14
George Siemens made a bit of a splash last week when he released his own version of the 'quit post' (more). More...
By Joshua Kim. Experience has made me a believer in 1:1 technology programs.
There is something magical that happens when everyone is on the same platform. Read more...
By Joshua Kim. My family has gone KakaoTalk crazy.
KakaoTalk has become the main way that my wife’s side of the family conducts their intergenerational communication. Read more...
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