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Category Archives: Education
New Conference Site: EdConference.net
You are invited to participate in a new online academic conference site (http://EdConference.net). The e-conference site was created by a group of educators at a large online university who see the Internet as a venue that can help disseminate timely … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education Reports, ePublishing
Tagged academic conference, academic publication, book reviews, business, Education, electronic periodical, health care, leadership, literature reviews, nursing, online conference, peer-review, Research, Technology, textbook analysis
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Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2011 and Student Financial Aid, Academic Year 2010–11 – First Look Preliminary Data
Hmmm… This report should contain some very interesting information. Although I’ll read this later this week, I didn’t want any readers to miss out on the latest news on postsecondary education. Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2011 and Student … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education Reports, Government Reports, NCES Reports, Post-Secondary Costs, Post-secondary education, Student Loans
Tagged Colleges and Universities, Education, Government, Higher education, National Center for Education Statistics, NCES, postseconday education, Student financial aid in the United States
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Connected Educator Month: Game-Based Learning | ED.gov Blog
Game-based learning is not new. It is a tool that has been around for generations. Even back in the Stone Age–long before the advent of even the first classroom computer–my education courses stressed the idea of including games as part … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Education, Education, Education News, Online Education, Teaching Science
Tagged Blog, Education, education technology, Learning, math games, problem-solving games, problem-solving skills, science games, Teaching, Technology, Technology in education, U.S. Department of Education, United States Department of Education
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On Learning and Community
An Edutopia blogger examines the link between school spirit and palpable learning, using John Dewey as the basis for discussion. Great commentary. Read on. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/school-spirit-discipline-sel-maurice-elias #educ_dr
A Look at Teaching, Hollywood Style
Here is a fun link from Edutopia on how teachers have been portrayed by Hollywood. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-hollywood-teacher-movies #educ_dr
Posted in Education
Tagged Education, Edutopia, Teacher, teacher portrayal, teachers in film, Teaching
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It’s Connected Educator Month!
Lots of activities are planned for the month of August, including: A three day online kickoff event (Aug. 1-3) about connected education in the context of the larger education landscape, featuring keynote addresses by Deborah Meier, Chris Lehmann, Douglas Rushkoff, … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Education, Education, Education News, Online Education, Professional Development, Virtual Schools
Tagged Arne Duncan, Connected Education, connected educator month, Education, education technology, K-12 education, Online community, online education, Technology in education, virtual education
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From Edutopia via My Inbox: Free Workshop!
Found this in my inbox today, and thought I would share. Sounds like an interesting workshop! And the articles aren’t bad, either! Free Workshop! July 30 – August 31 Register for our upcoming five-week online workshop. It features tools, … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Education, Education, Online Education, Teaching
Tagged Best practice, Creativity, Design, Design thinking, Education, education technology, Edutopia, Innovation, K through 12, Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Management, Learning, Professional development, Social Sciences, Teaching, Technology, Technology in education
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Global Learning Technology Conference « Virtual School Meanderings
From yesterday’s Virtual School Meanderings: July 24, 2012 Global Learning Technology Conference A friend of mine sent this along and asked that I share it with folks who may be in the area and wanting to attend. Dear Colleagues We want … Continue reading
Northern Arizona University and Pearson Partner to Launch Region’s First Competency-based Online Learning Programs
Although the blog below is clearly an advertisement for Pearson programs, the idea of competency-based programs that allow students to move at their own speeds or test out of a class altogether is more than interesting– is worthy of applause. … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Education, Education, Education News, Online Education, Post-secondary education, Virtual Schools
Tagged competency-based education, curriculum, Education, education administration, education technology, Higher education, online education, postsecondary curriculum, postsecondary education, Technology in education
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