Hybrid Online-Classroom Education: How's It Working? - IEEE Spectrum - 2 views
Tom Vander Ark - Getting Smart - 0 views
Sale of McGraw-Hill's education division - 2 views
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For the business-type folks in the class, McGraw-Hill just sold its Education division to a private equity company. They think that education will continue to be a good investment.
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Yeah, I thought it was weird. I looked into that--I think the sale is to a different "Apollo" group. UPhoenix is something like "Apollo Group" whereas McGraw Hill sold their division to "Apollo Global Management". I think they are different entities, but it is hard to tell. If they are the same organization, it is definitely a weird sign of shifting investments.
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Cole, you're absolutely right, I missed that Apollo Global Mgmt is a VC firm.
Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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Scientist discusses positive effects of action video games, suggests entertainment industry should join scientists to create engaging educational games.
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Thanks for sharing Brandon. I like two things she said in particular 1) General wisdom often carries no weight 2) Like red wine, video games may be good when used appropriately. I'm convinced myself in the power of game-based learning but do agree that more work needs to be done in bringing good ones to the class.
MOOC feedback - 3 views
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The Knight Center's MOOC on data visualization was a bit smaller than traditional MOOCs (it actually capped enrollment at 2000), but the second version of the same class already has 4000 students registered. It sounds like the professor gave a lot of attention to the students and the projects, and the fact that the numbers went up is a good sign.
A New Poster on Bloom's Digital Taxonomy ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning - 9 views
Distance Learning and the Future of Education - 0 views
Analysis of Lucas's sale of Star Wars - 0 views
The Retriever Weekly > Opinions > Finally! Something better than Blackboard - 2 views
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free way
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Blackboard's interface for discussion boards is very clunky -- it isn't at all visually appealing, doesn't group topics, doesn't have tags, doesn't provide a good search facility and doesn't support formatting
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"I really like the visual layout, with a timeline of post summaries on the left, and the post itself on the right, with annotations about responses, statistics, poster, etc. Being able to tag posts is very helpful. It's easy to get all of the posts on a particular topic or associated with a particular assignment."
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In light of our recent Blackboard Collaborate class during Sandy, I got curious as to what other good online delivery platforms are out there. I am preparing to teach the MIT App Inventor curriculum to some high school girls on the other side of the world and am wondering if maybe there's a better alternative to Skype. I came across Piazza, which is free and seems to be gaining traction in higher ed. I also once took an online course with Kaplan and really liked their interface, but don't remember what it was and now it seems they are moving toward a platform called "KapX." If anyone can recommend additional platforms, please let me know.
How to Create an Online Portfolio - 1 views
The 3 Characteristics Of A Great Teacher | Edudemic - 1 views
Using Canon's Mixed Reality Goggles Looks Like a Weird VR Nightmare - 1 views
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This is a good example of how a product is trying to make you feel more immersed by placing virtual objects in the real world instead of a completely virtual world.
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This could possibly put the 'fun' back in 'functional' - if students are operating within the "real world" on sincere applications, they may generalize their skills better. I'm all for perceiving my world in 50% cartoon ;o)
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