Tag: STEM
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Using robots, two-way mirrors and more in blended learning
This article was written by NICHOLE DOBO This is a special preview of our weekly Blended Learning email newsletter. If you like what you see here, ... -
Can real global learning happen online?
This article was written by Chris Berdik This fall, after getting to know each other in online video exchanges, some Ugandan high school students told a group ... -
Is online education good or bad? And is this really the right question?
This article was written by Eric Fredericksen For the past twenty years, I’ve heard this question asked many times about online education. It might be tempting for ... -
Deeper learning by design: what online education platforms can do
This article was written by Gavin Melles FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: We continue our series on the rise of online and blended learning and how free ... -
Just how effective are language learning apps?
This article was written by Mike Groves, Diana Hopkins and Tom Reid Around 70 million people – including Bill Gates – have signed up for the language learning app ... -
Cyber-safety or cyber-maturity? Teaching ethics in a virtual world
This article was written by Michael Salter Sexting is back in the news for all the wrong reasons. Multiple incidents of teenagers circulating explicit images of other ... -
Online vs face-to-face learning: why can’t we have both?
This article was written by Christopher Scanlon, La Trobe University Ever since the invention of the printed word, academics have been arguing about the proper place ... -
Zuckerberg is ploughing billions into ‘personalised learning’ – why?
This article was written by Natalia Kucirkova and Elizabeth FitzGerald Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg believes personalised learning is the answer to many of education’s current woes, ... -
Virtual campus: online universities are the future of higher education
This article is written by Dror Ben-Naim In higher education, we’ve been talking about “e-learning” for years. But, in practice, we have mostly been teaching in ... -
Do mobile devices in the classroom really improve learning outcomes?
This article was written by Matthew Lynch Mobile devices as teaching tools are becoming a more and more common part of the American education experience in classrooms, ...