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Cameron Paterson

Will technology kill the academic semester? - 1 views

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t561 disruption

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  • online program that lets students start class any day they want and finish at their own speed
  • The open format of Jefferson's program, called Learn Anytime, means students don't move through classes in groups. None of Mr. Smith's 400 online students will have a discussion or do a group project with classmates
  • "It doesn't allow students to get a deep understanding of the content."
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  • Regardless of criticism like that, the model is spreading.
  • ther than programs like Learn Anytime, online education generally mimics the familiar face-to-face template. A group of students moves through course work at a set pace and discusses the lessons, typically in a course forum. Jefferson's effort to break that mold grew out of a dual-credit project with a local public-school system. Since 2007, Learn Anytime has exploded from a couple of hundred students to nearly 1,300
  • Mr. Johnson's classroom isn't just virtual. It's also largely automated.
  • "The next frontier in online learning," says Mr. Anderson, "is to merge the social stuff with the self-paced stuff."
  • Cameron Paterson on 12 Oct 10
     
    Ford T. Smith is helping to bulldoze one of the most durable pillars of academic life: the semester.
Amanda Bowen

'Bulldozer' chip sets world record -- with help of liquid Nitrogen - CNN.com - 0 views

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Emerging Technology chip record Bulldozer nitrogen

shared by Amanda Bowen on 14 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Amanda Bowen on 14 Sep 11
     
    crazy super-chip needs liquid nitrogen to keep cool
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