Social, Behavioral Scientists Eligible to Apply for NSF S-STEM Grants
Solicitations are now being sought for the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, and in an unheralded […]
Even in the austere and potentially lonely world of of the online course, students respond best when they feel they’re part of the family, new research finds.
In The War on Learning, Elizabeth Losh analyses recent trends in post-secondary education and the rhetoric around them. In an effort to identify educational technologies that might actually work, she looks at strategies such as MOOCs, gaming subject matter and remixing pedagogy, writes Susan Marie Martin.
Gavin Moodie has looked at how printing first challenged then changed–for the better–higher education. Here he suggests more modern forms of technological advancement likely will result in the same.
David Glance argues that the university-shaking predictions once routinely made for massive open online courses have been borne out.
Technology may bring efficiencies to higher education, argues David Glance, but only if the expectations of both the suppliers and consumers fundamentally change.
The line between studying online and studying on campus is increasingly blurry, argues tech thinker David Glance.
Emory’s recent decision to shut down or suspend various academic departments and programs has rightly generated campus-wide and national attention.