Distance Learning, mLearning, Digital Education, Technology

Discussion boards can be used for a variety of activities, so why limit ourselves just to discussions, especially if those discussions aren’t creating meaningful student engagement?

Our laws offer students very little protection against the wiles of the technology industry.

Professors in higher education are debating whether laptops should be allowed in the classroom. All learning styles and students learning abilities are different, so why should a student’s options be limited? Laptops and other forms of technology are beneficial and therefore should be allowed in the classroom due to: they help students to easily and quickly write notes, keep them organized and, improve on spelling and grammar. In this post, I will explain why professors should allow laptops in their classrooms and encourage universal design for learning.

“What’s the completion rate for your online courses?”As an instructional designer who has been building MOOCs for the past five years, I’ve been aske

In its latest move in the education space, Facebook has launched career development courses geared toward adult learners looking to get a foothold i

Before many children even enter the world they have a presence on social media courtesy of their parents' social media posts. It's uncharted territory and some are concerned about the possible unintended consequences of sharing a child's life with the world.

An Oxford University study suggests worries about screen time causing a lack of sleep are overblown.

Kids who spend seven hours or more a day on screens are more likely to have depression or anxiety than those who use them for an hour a day.

Drexel University created an open source website to showcase leading technologies, practices and research in virtual education.

While not every MOOC-based degree has all five of these features, enough of them do to make them worth pointing out.

Using a phone app to measure distances! If you are in the field and don't have a stadiometer.

These tips can help educators ensure that online discussions are engaging and beneficial for postsecondary students.

Kathy Noble was my son Colin’s special-education teacher. Back in 1999, when Colin was 10, my conversations to date with doctors, therapists an

Unbundling and rebundling are happening in different parts of college and university education, through new forms of teaching and learning provision and in different parts of the degree path, in every dimension and aspect—creating a complicated environment in an educational sector that is already in a state of disequilibrium.

Videos are a powerful educational tool, but there are some legal restrictions for its use in classrooms.

If you haven’t heard, universities around the world are offering their courses online for free (or at least partially free).

Google+ is shutting down at last. Google announced today it’s sunsetting its consumer-facing social network due to lack of user and developer adoption, low usage and engagement. Oh, and a data leak. It even revealed how poorly the network is performing, noting that 90 percent of Google+ user sessions are less than five seconds long. Yikes.

But things weren’t always like this. Google+ was once heralded as a serious attempt to topple Facebook’s stranglehold on social networking, and was even met with excitement in its first days.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=Google+GraveYard

In addition to another degree offering from Georgia Tech, a Master's in Cybersecurity, six more universities have partnered with edX to put degree programs online.