The MOOC Research Initiative, financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will award grants of $10,000 to $25,000 to researchers seeking to explore issues such as student experiences in MOOCs and the free courses’ systemic impact.
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The MOOC Research Initiative, financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will award grants of $10,000 to $25,000 to researchers seeking to explore issues such as student experiences in MOOCs and the free courses’ systemic impact.
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Whether you want to save files directly to Drive in one click or maybe you’d love to create a flowchart that your colleagues can view instantly, our guide will outline the 10 best extensions for Google Drive.
http://www.technorms.com/25482/work-faster-10-google-drive-extensions…
In the 20th Century, meaningful education was all about learning your ABCs. Today, it’s centered on Alphas, Betas and C++.
http://readwrite.com/2013/05/31/programming-core-skill-21st-century…
“I believe public libraries should move away from being ‘houses of knowledge’ and move more towards being ‘houses of access.’ This is what the public is asking for and we are here to serve them.”
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/in-the-digital-age-what-becomes-of-the-library/…
Facebook, unfortunately, doesn’t offer you an option to opt-out of these social ads so if you like a brand of Facebook, your profile is very likely to show up in sponsored stories appearing on your friends’ newsfeeds. There is however …
If we can get past the magic of “massive” and “free,” we begin to see Coursera/edX-type MOOCs for what they really are — online courses, no different from the ones your college or university is offering right now. Open up …
Here are five ways instructors can connect with their students, making sure the online education experience is worthwhile for everyone.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/5-ways-to-really-connect-with-online-students/…
Visual recording using your iPad is something you can best do via the help of some powerful apps. The video below will walk you through the process of how to capture your ideas visually on your iPad.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/06/how-to-visually-record-ideas-using-ipad.htm…
Before engineers can make a machine that truly mimics a human mind, scientists still have a long way to go in modeling the brain’s 100 billion neurons and their 100 trillion connections.
http://neurosciencestuff.tumblr.com/post/52017651140/4-hurdles-to-making-a-digital-human-brain
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Writing can serve as a calming, meditative tool. Stream of conscious writing exercises, in particular, have been identified as helpful stress coping methods. Keeping a journal, for example, or trying out free-writing exercises, can drastically reduce your levels of stress.…
With eduClipper, users can share individual eduClips (or pieces of content) or eduClipboards (collections of content) with colleagues or students, while cross posting or embedding that content on other social platforms or sending them through email.
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To keep you inspired and learning, TED asked each speaker to compile a list of their favorite TED talks, which are linked below.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/the-favorite-ted-talks-of-the-ted-talks-education-speakers/
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