By Ivan Semeniuk. Molly Shoichet wants Canadians to know what they’re paying for when their tax dollars are used to fund research. Read more...
An alliance of Asian American groups filed a federal complaint against Harvard University alleging the school and other Ivy League institutions are using racial quotas to deny admission to Asians.
The complaint claims Harvard uses the quotas to admit students other than high-scoring Asians and practices 'systemic and continuous discrimination'.
More than 60 Chinese, Indian, Korean and Pakistani groups came together for the complaint, which was filed with the civil rights offices at the Justice and Education departments on Friday. Read more...
As tablets move from novelty items to staples in the classroom, teachers are finding new ways to make them more than just another screen for students to look at. More...
Increased demands in professional expectations have required online faculty to learn how to balance multiple roles in an open-ended, changing, and relatively unstructured job. More...
This quantitative study examined the relationship between the Big 5 personality traits and how they relate to online teacher effectiveness. More...
From screencasting to interactive presentations, here are some resources to get a flipped class off the ground. Flipping the classroom typically requires the use of certain technology tools, whether for recording lecture content or for orchestrating classroom discussion. More...
What is it about Oregon Trail that had such a profound impact on us that we clearly remember the experience years later? Part of the answer lies in the way in which social studies is often taught. More...
We know that students with learning disabilities may learn best in a human-mediated environment that takes into account their highly specific individual learning profile. The very best special educators adapt to a student’s learning style on the fly–a capability that computers haven’t yet acquired. More...
A survey by Public Agenda, a non-profit that works on education issues, found 45 percent of employers think online classes require more discipline, but 56 percent still say they’d rather have an applicant who learned in the classroom. More...
“We definitely are seeing growth in our online programs,” says Dean of Extended Ken Brauchle. In 2014 more than 7000 students at ISU took one or more online courses. More...
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