Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Trudacot is a new question-based model for using classroom technology in support of learning goals. We have a lot of technology floating around our classrooms these days. More...
15 juin 2015
15 juin 2015
Robots teach coping and programming
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. One New Jersey school district here has a new member of its teaching staff: Nao, an interactive robot that works with students who have autism and those with language impairments. More...
14 juin 2015
6 steps to a successful BYOD program
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Bring your own device programs are evolving. It’s time to take a fresh look. Bring-your-own-device and one-to-one laptop/tablet implementations on K-12 campuses usually sound simply enough in theory—but they can actually be quite complex. More...
14 juin 2015
A Case for Accessible, Usable and Universal Design for Learning
By Romy Ruukel. Issues of learning technologies and accessibility are more of a hot topic in our field than usual these days. EdX recently reached a settlement with the Justice Department to make its website, course creation platform and mobile applications accessible under ADA. Read more...14 juin 2015
6 Questions for Audible’s VP of Communications
By Joshua Kim. Matthew Thornton is the VP of Communications at Audible. Matthew graciously agreed to answer my questions about Audible in an e-mail exchange. Please share any other additional questions you may have for Matthew about Audible. Read more...
14 juin 2015
Those Weird iPad Laptop Replacement People
By Joshua Kim. There are 2 types of people in higher ed. Those sane people who use a laptop for work, and an iPad for content consumption. And those crazy people who almost totally replace their laptop with an iPad. Read more...
14 juin 2015
Echo Now Reads Audiobooks!
By Joshua Kim. Now that Amazon’s Echo speaker will read Audible audiobooks, I have a dilemma. Should I buy one these things. Read more...
14 juin 2015
My Half-Baked Hypothesis About Audiobooks and Reading Speed
By Joshua Kim. Audiobooks changed my life.
You don’t listen to audiobooks.
Audiobooks allow me to read many more books, as I listen to books while I’m doing something else. Read more...
14 juin 2015
Higher Ed and “Rise of the Robots”
By Joshua Kim. Wherever I go I play a little game in my head. I look at the jobs that people are doing around me, and I ask myself, “will a robot being doing that job in the future?”. Read more...
14 juin 2015
NS’s “Seveneves” Is Too Short
By Joshua Kim. Seveneves is the antidote to the compression of our attention spans. What NS does in 880 pages (32 hours on audio) is create a whole new world. He needs each of those pages to construct the places that are born after the moon explodes. Read more...
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