Presentation of the Week: The Role of Incremental and Transformative Change in Future Prediction
Artificial Intelligence And Big Data Are Transforming Online Learning
The robots are coming for education — tech will help instructors enhance the learning experience.
30 technologies ushering in the future for education
The explosion of live, on-demand video services on campuses right now is really exciting because it’s moving past the sports events to innovative areas we never even thought of, like pop-up lectures and different aspects of online learning. Here …
What is R? R Explained in less than Two Minutes
R is a computer programming language which is particularly well suited to handling and sorting the large datasets associated with Big Data projects.
Handy, Overlooked YouTube Features
YouTube offers a bunch of handy editing tools that often go overlooked by users. One of those is the option to rotate videos that have been shot in vertical mode when they should have been shot horizontally. Another great …
Horizon Report App Makes Higher Ed Trend Data More Accessible
The New Media Consortium’s mobile app puts research findings at users’ fingertips.
How predictive analytics discovers a data breach before it happens
What if we could stay ahead of threat actors and predict their next attack before they take their first destructive step? It might sound like a crazy idea out of Spielberg’s Minority Report,but thanks to the power of predictive …
8 ways to prevent cheating in the digital age
The advent of the digital age has made plagiarism and stealing answers even easier. Some teachers will tell you that trying to prevent cheating is an exercise in futility. While it’s true that you can’t police all students at …
How to Apply a Student-Centered Approach to the E-Learning Environment [Interview]
Numerous researches show the effectiveness of learner-centered education with a focus shift from a teacher to a learner. To help you to apply a student-centered approach in the distant learning environment and highlight typical obstacles you can face trying …
Over 35 LMS, SIS and gradebook partners are now working with OneNote Class Notebook
Since Microsoft launched the original OneNote Class Notebook add-in for assignment and grade integration, with Learning Management Systems (LMS), Student Information Systems (SIS) and gradebooks, we’ve had many excited teachers and schools try it out.
Vizia – Create Interactive Video Quizzes
Vizia is a free tool for creating video-based quizzes. On Vizia you an import a video from YouTube or from Wistia and then add questions along the timeline of the video. You can ask multiple choice questions as well …
Presentation of the Week: Disruptive Innovations in Learning
The Lifelong Learner
New study: Students use technology everywhere but school
A new study finds students use technology and digital tools in every part of their lives — except school. The study found few students use technology or digital tools in any meaningful way in their classrooms.