Article includes speculations on learning in 2033 and some nice videos demonstrating new applications of technology (including virtual worlds and long-distance learning) in elementary and college classrooms in the Rochester, NY area.
More and more colleges are joining the "iTunes U" network to distribute lectures, review materials, and admissions information through podcasts. Looks at the growth of school and student participation, how schools and students use the applications, and whether this is a substitute for being in class. [NOTE: EdTags includes some earlier posts circa 2007 on iTunes U at specific schools.]
SEATTLE — For the 5,500 college admissions officials and high school guidance counselors who gathered here over the weekend, there were discussions, debates and analyses of things like the ethics of tracking student applicants on Facebook and “Why Good Students Write Bad College Essays — and How to Stop It.â€
California State University, Stanislaus received $3 million from Clearwire to provide access to the internet at no cost to eligible students.
After MIT offered free downloadable lectures through its
OpenCourseWare software, many other universities began
to offer downloadable lectures for free, available at
iTunes U and other university sites such as
OYC.yale.edu, ocw.mit.edu, and bu.edu/today/buuniverse.
This article discusses the authors experience and
reactions to lectures downloaded from some of these
sites.
An entire issue of EDUCAUSE Review explores the issues raised by virtual worlds in higher education.
Actually, what buys that education is Berea’s $1.1 billion endowment, which puts the college among the nation’s wealthiest. But unlike most well-endowed colleges, Berea has no football team, coed dorms, hot tubs or climbing walls. Instead, it has a no-frills budget, with food from the college farm, handmade furniture from the college crafts workshops, and 10-hour-a-week campus jobs for students.
RSS for Tags: higher education
Article includes speculations on learning in 2033 and some nice videos demonstrating new applications of technology (including virtual worlds and long-distance learning) in elementary and college classrooms in the Rochester, NY area.
SEATTLE — For the 5,500 college admissions officials and high school guidance counselors who gathered here over the weekend, there were discussions, debates and analyses of things like the ethics of tracking student applicants on Facebook and “Why Good Students Write Bad College Essays — and How to Stop It.â€
Learning and assessment software for Higher Education
Participatory pedagogy
An entire issue of EDUCAUSE Review explores the issues raised by virtual worlds in higher education.
Actually, what buys that education is Berea’s $1.1 billion endowment, which puts the college among the nation’s wealthiest. But unlike most well-endowed colleges, Berea has no football team, coed dorms, hot tubs or climbing walls. Instead, it has a no-frills budget, with food from the college farm, handmade furniture from the college crafts workshops, and 10-hour-a-week campus jobs for students.
discuss this
email this
