by andflywrite | Mar 12, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
NYTimes story on increased funding for online educational tools and startups. Venture and equity financing for ed tech companies soared to nearly $1.87 billion last year, up 55 percent from the year before, according to a new report from CB Insights, a venture capital...
by andflywrite | Mar 12, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
NM, according to a report from PEW, has led the nation with a statewide hotline for medical information. While this is a phone line, it does generate Big Data, and one can easily imagine how such a service could “work” as an online connection for...
by andflywrite | Mar 10, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Gary, our colleague here, wrote a blog post on the alphabet soup of Content Management Systems that are out there. Very apropos, as we look at various LMS currently.
by andflywrite | Mar 10, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Chamilo, a LMS popular in a number of international areas, especially Hispanic and Latin American areas, continues to grow in usage and capability. It’s Open Source. We’ve posted about Chamilo before here; this is their latest newsletter. This looks like...
by andflywrite | Mar 10, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Another LMS example. Probably doesn’t involve a 2×4 upside anything, but if LMS are truly to replace all that happens in the classroom, a virtual enforcer disciplinary robot might need to be included. (just kidding) (sort of) The hope is that certain...
by andflywrite | Mar 10, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
PSA is aware that educational reform and advances involve addressing the specific needs of specific learners, and this includes dealing appropriately with various emotional states learners present themselves in, at various times. One of the “adaptive...
