Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. George Mosse was one of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s iconic professors: a pioneering historian with a gift for connecting the past to the present. More...
OpenEd Assesses ‘Most Effective’ Online Learning Resources
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Animated flashcards and sub-two-minute videos turn out to be the most effective online resources for K-12 against all other common options. More...
Hootsuite Gets Stickier With Free Online Classes
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Hootsuite debuted an online learning portal called Podium this week that’s devoted to classes on (what else?) social media. More...
Scenario-Based Learning in the Online Classroom
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Scenario-based learning can be an effective way for students to apply what they have learned to realistic situations. More...
3 Things the Military Community Should Know About Online Learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. With online learning, military students don’t have to worry about whether moving will interfere with their studies. More...
Princeton faculty to begin offering courses on edX online platform
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Princeton University continues to broaden its online teaching and learning efforts and has become a charter member of the edX Consortium. More...
U of Toronto courses adopt the inverted classroom
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In an age of technology and readily available information, course instructors are experimenting with the inverted classroom teaching format. More...
Why My Kids Finished Their MOOC—When Most Adults Don’t
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. My 9-year-old twins recently completed a five-week MOOC (massive open online course). More...
The success of blended learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Technology is becoming a normal part of education and it may be the key to defining the success of students’ futures. More...
Coursera Expands To Latin America In Big Ways
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Fifteen million people have made a choice. They chose to learn and grow and expand and advance. They sat in their apartments in New York City or their flats in London or their huts in Colombia. More...