Horizon Report, Part 2
A group of six faculty and staff gathered in the CTL last Friday to consider the 2012 Horizon report (full report is at: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/HR2012.pdf). The first point noted was that […]
online learning
Horizon Report 2012
We’ll be discussing this today in the CTL at noontime. Look for notes from the session next week!
Expansion of the E-Textbook: Implications for Learning
This is somewhat in-depth post about a tiff between an app developer “Kno” who produces a tool that generates supplementary digital content from textbooks, and one of the publishers they […]
Hurdles Remain With the Move to Digital Classrooms
This brief post offers a reality check on the techno-hype about the use of technology on the college campus. This instructor presents the ground-level view. You will identify with what […]
Colleges Say Tablets Improve Teaching and Learning | EdTech Magazine
This article presents a good run-through of several colleges’ implementation of tablets. It’s a short article, so don’t expect too much. Would be very nice to see what students think […]
“Students love tech” Infographic
No big surprises here, but it’s a fun use of infographics with digital post-its and “handwriting” (remember that?). Click the image for a larger view. Via: OnlineEducation.net
Tablets: At the Tipping Point?
This Pearson survey (Pearson the publisher), “Pearson Foundation Survey on Students and Tablets,” provides some interesting data on students who own tablets already, and also what students are thinking about […]
New Year, New Growth for Online Learning
The Sloan Consortium 2011 report “reveals that the number of students taking at least one online course has now surpassed 6 million. Now nearly one-third of all students in higher […]
How Many Really? BBC Dimensions
This is an amazing set of sites that lets the user explore quantitative reasoning, history, geometry, populations, environment… and a host of other disciplines through interactive comparative graphics and information. […]
Interactive Video in Elearning study
This study, which is not new but was recently cited in the Department of Education meta-study of 2010, finds that students can benefit greatly from interactive video in online courses, […]
