The technology culture is different now, and students want more flexibility. One convert tells his story.
[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]
Why I Changed My Mind About Teaching Online
1 October 2012
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Report: Still Behind in Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning
17 September 2012A new survey commissioned by Dell suggests that secondary and post-secondary schools are not meeting students’ technology needs and that China is ahead of the United States and Germany when it comes to using technology in learning.
[Source: Campus Technology]
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Taking the iPad’s Measure
13 September 2012This article reviews recent research initiatives and studies that have set out to assess the impact of the iPad on teaching and learning.
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Changes Loom For Higher Education, Pew Internet/Elon University Research Says
12 September 2012The higher education world is on the cusp of massive upheaval spurred by competition from digital learning systems, according to a report by Pew Internet/Elon University. Some of the most prestigious schools in the United States are fighting encroachment from online class providers by joining the digital revolution.
[Source: Desert News]
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‘There’s Something Very Exciting Going On Here’: Stanford’s Foray into Online Learning
10 September 2012Stanford’s newly appointed vice provost of online learning explains his vision for how online courses can lower college costs and see gains in student engagement.
[Source: The Atlantic]
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High-Touch Online Courses
6 September 2012Even as the MOOC movement gathers momentum, the University of Maine at Presque Isle is piloting much smaller-scale, high-touch, open online courses that the provost of the institution has dubbed “LOOCs” or Little Open Online Courses.
[Source: Inside Higher Ed]
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A First for Udacity: Transfer Credit at a U.S. University for One of Its Courses
6 September 2012Colorado State U.’s online Global Campus decided to accept transfer credits from Udacity for the computer-science course after a faculty panel reviewed it.
[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]
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Physicists Who ‘Flip’ Their Classrooms Often Flip Back
3 September 2012A large proportion of faculty members were willing to experiment with new teaching techniques, but one-third eventually went back to lecturing.
[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]
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Considering the Flipped Class
3 September 2012This follow-up article offers 33 resources for faculty considering a “flipped” pedagogical approach.
[Source: edcetera]
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4 Lessons from the First Semester of the Flipped Classroom
3 September 2012Here is how one science professor “flipped” the usual sequence of lecture and homework, having students review recorded lectures and other preparatory materials prior to class sessions and then work on corresponding problem sets during the class.
[Source: edcetera]
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