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Tracy Tan

History in Leeds, then maths in California; The internet has opened up a huge new world... - 0 views

(Restricted access article, so I'm posting it here.) I found what was said about 'engaging online learning experiences' very insightful: "It must be a well ordered, curated experience that underst...

online learning curating

started by Tracy Tan on 27 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Uly Lalunio

The Dark Side of Collaboration in Scientific Community - WSJ.com - 0 views

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Collaboration Research

shared by Uly Lalunio on 07 May 10 - Cached
  • Uly Lalunio on 07 May 10
     
    Very disturbing findings. Here's a quick excerpt: "There is still debate over whether scientific collaboration leads to better results. Jonathon Cummings, an associate professor of management at Duke University, and his colleagues got a grant from the National Science Foundation to look at 491 research collaborations funded by the foundation. They discovered something unsettling: Collaborations of more universities fared worse than projects primarily executed at a single university. More collaborators meant fewer patent applications, fewer published papers, and less chance of the group seeking additional funding to keep projects going." "Dr. Cummings says it appears that the amount of coordination required to make progress on research-everything from setting up meetings to integrating knowledge among group members-outweighed the potential benefits of collaboration. In the wake of the study, he says, the science foundation now requires grant applicants for some programs to detail how they expect to manage the collaboration."
Ryan Brown

Could Many Universities Follow Borders Bookstores Into Oblivion? - 1 views

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technology universities higher education open course khan academY

shared by Ryan Brown on 21 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Ryan Brown on 21 Mar 12
     
    Chronicle of Higher Education Q&A with researchers from Georgia Tech's Center for 21st Century Universities. Highlighted are many of the more recent technologies, as well as their effects on higher education's future.
Chris McEnroe

Study touts benefits of a 'wired' classroom - 1 views

www.vancouversun.com/...story.html

shared by Chris McEnroe on 21 Feb 12 - No Cached
  •  Concordia University researchers set out to answer a "big picture" question: Does computer technology have a positive overall effect on learning in the classroom? File photo.Photograph by: CHARLES PLATIAU , ReutersMONTREAL — Concordia University researchers set out to answer a "big picture" question: Does computer technology have a positive overall effect on learning in the classroom?"There have been lots of arguments, both pro and con, regarding this issue, (such as) is it worth the investment?" said professor Richard Schmid, chairman of the education department at the Montreal-based Concordia.Their literature review involved looking at thousands of studies and comparing achievement in classrooms that used computer technology with those that used little or none.The 40-year retrospective study, published in the Review of Educational Research journal, concluded that classrooms where computer technology was used to support teaching had a "small to moderate positive" effect on learning and attitude.If an administrator must make a decision "should we invest in this? The answer is yes," said Schmid, the study's co-author.The literature shows that more recent, sophisticated applications of the technology produce greater positive gains than older
  • f an administrator must make a decision "should we invest in this? The answer is yes," said Schmid, the study's co-author.The literature shows that more recent, sophisticated applications of the technology produce greater positive gains than older applications, he sai
  • under what circumstances positive effects are observed
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  • he technology is used solely as a content provider — for example, if iPads are used as alternatives to books — then there won't be any positive change,
  • Where technology does have a positive impact is when it actively engages students, when it's used as a communication tool, when it's used for things like simulations or games that enable students to actively manipulate the environment
  • Chris McEnroe on 21 Feb 12
     
    Report on a study whose findings support not just technology in the classroom as a wise investment, but support it only if used in particular ways.
Jerald Cole

Coursera - 2 views

www.coursera.org

education opencourseware university eLearning courseware

shared by Jerald Cole on 19 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Jerald Cole on 19 Apr 12
     
    The new "open university" collaboration between Princeton, Stanford, UMich and Penn.
  • Jen Dick on 20 Apr 12
     
    They have some interesting offerings with some impressive people!
  • Katerina Manoff on 22 Apr 12
     
    I tried taking a course on there, and noticed that 1) offerings are very limited and 2) you have to wait until the course officially "starts", just like an in-person class. I think there are 3 starting April 23rd and all the rest are either this summer, next fall, or "TBA"...I thought the whole idea is that you could take them anytime!
Chris McEnroe

Harvard Tops MIT for a Second Year in University Rankings - Bloomberg - 1 views

www.bloomberg.com/...ar-in-university-rankings.html

shared by Chris McEnroe on 16 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • quality of teaching and the global impact of research.
  • Top 40 World Reputation Rankings 2012:
  • 1. Harvard University
  • Chris McEnroe on 16 Mar 12
     
    Not bad.
Ryan Brown

Essay on what college presidents need to know about technology - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...nts-need-know-about-technology

colleges universities technology presidents higher education

shared by Ryan Brown on 23 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Ryan Brown on 23 Mar 12
     
    An article for those of us interested in technology in higher education. According to the article, "The question is, what should leaders of today's colleges and universities know about technology in order to manage the inevitable change that disruptive technology will bring?"
Jennifer Jocz

University World News - US: Women gain in science while video games hold back boys - 0 views

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video games achievement

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 23 Apr 10 - Cached
  • accounted
  • Last year, Iowa State University researcher Douglas Gentile published a survey of American 8-to-18 year-olds which found 12% of boys were video-game addicted, having at least six symptoms out of 11, similar to a scale for gambling addiction. Yet only 3% of girls were video game addicts.
  • Robert Weis and Brittany C Cerankosky of Denison University measured a group of boys' academic baseline achievement and surveyed their parents and teachers as well. They then gave half the boys video-game units. Boys receiving the video-game stations experienced an academic nosedive. The control group of boys without video games continued with solid schoolwork.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 23 Apr 10
     
    Although this study is just correlative, it still poses some interesting questions about video games and academic achievement.
Soomi Hong

University of Houston students take environmental video games to national competition -... - 1 views

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video games

shared by Soomi Hong on 21 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Soomi Hong on 21 Apr 10
     
    "Two teams of computer programmers from the University of Houston are being honored in a national competition. They created a couple of video games designed to entertain and educate."
Stephanie Fitzgerald

The Student Experience Brought to You by … Students! - 1 views

www.nebhe.org/...nce-brought-to-you-by-students

higher education student engagement education

shared by Stephanie Fitzgerald on 21 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 21 Apr 12
     
    This article talks about a participatory design initiative with undergraduates at Utah State University to determine how higher education could be transformed into a more engaging and cohesive experience. "What if we put students in the driver's seat of a new kind of R&D to transform higher education? One that provided a platform for engaging students more fully in a real world effort that also involved faculty, administrators, support services and more?"
Katerina Manoff

Minerva Project Scores $25 Million In Seed Money To Build A New Elite University Online - 0 views

www.fastcompany.com/...-a-new-elite-university-online

shared by Katerina Manoff on 22 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Katerina Manoff on 22 Apr 12
     
    An alternative to free online courses for all (a la Coursera/Udemy/Udacity), Minerva plans to charge ~$20,000 in tuition for an Ivy League - equivalent education. Anyone else think this is a stretch?
Jerald Cole

36 Learning Principles from "What Video Games Have to Teach Us" - 4 views

mason.gmu.edu/...jamespaulgee2

Engagement Theory education teaching learning gaming Research

shared by Jerald Cole on 13 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Jerald Cole on 13 Mar 12
     
    "In his book, What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy, James Paul Gee derives a set of learning principles from his study of the complex, self-directed learning each game player undertakes as s/he encounters and masters a new game. He suggests that adherence to these principles could transform learning in schools, colleges and universities, both for teachers and faculty and, most importantly, for students."
Tracy Tan

School apps go to the top of the class (Chris Griffith, The Australian [AU], 13/3) - 0 views

(Restricted access, article posted here) Some food for thought: if kids are 'learning in snippets of time', does this mean that deep learning is being compromised? Australian schools are getting...

school apps ipad

started by Tracy Tan on 27 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Tracy Tan

A teacher can be just one click away; Online tutoring is growing in popularity with par... - 0 views

(Restricted access only to subscribers, so I'm posting the article here. This is possibly the new face of tutoring,) When finding a local tutor to come in and help her daughter Mith with her Engli...

online tutoring

started by Tracy Tan on 27 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Leslie Lieman

New U.S. Research Will Aim at Flood of Digital Data - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...-at-flood-of-digital-data.html

education technology data

shared by Leslie Lieman on 29 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Leslie Lieman on 29 Mar 12
     
    For the data analysts among us... This article mentions the Stanford University online course where every mouse click of 20,000 students is tracked in real time. "If 5,000 people had the same wrong answer, it's obvious a concept is not getting through, and you have a clear path that shows where students went wrong."
Tom Keffer

College Costs Are Rising Amid a Prestige Chase - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ing-amid-a-prestige-chase.html

college tuition Baumol prestige

shared by Tom Keffer on 11 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Tom Keffer on 11 Mar 12
     
    Discussion of productivity in university education, and Obama's comment on controlling tuition costs. Reference to Baumol's disease and the possible role of technology in modernizing the traditional approach.
Jing Jing Tan

Do Professors Determine Whether Laptops Engage or Distract Students? - 1 views

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laptops education distraction

shared by Jing Jing Tan on 06 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Jing Jing Tan on 06 Feb 12
     
    This article argues for the benefit of using laptops in university classrooms.
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