by andflywrite | Jul 24, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
“There’s not a bigger, better or more fascinating challenge right now than figuring out how people learn,” Corcoran said. “How do you build tools that really correspond to the needs of the teachers and students?” Journalist Betsy...
by kris | May 9, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
Daniel Pink’s thoughts apply to the narrative approach to elearning in this post. Synthesis. Daniel Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind, could give story-based learning developers something to be happy about. Pink evaluates the importance of context and...
by gary575 | Apr 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Online Education Trumps the Cost Disease by Alex Tabarrok on April 16, 2013 at 7:32 am in Economics, Education, Web/Tech | Permalink In a large, randomized experiment Bowen et al. found that students enrolled in an online/hybrid statistics course learned just as much...
by gary575 | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
This VentureBeat article introduces a very interesting free resource for bringing the logic of programming to elementary school. The company is Tynker. Its core philosophy is that elementary school-aged children should understand the basics of how computers work and...
by gary575 | Mar 3, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
“Approximately 80% of (full-time) online students live within 100 miles of the institution they attend, and most live within 50 miles.” – go figure. “15% of all online students take courses through the University of Phoenix.” A quick...
