Scribblar added a very powerful feature to its virtual classroom today. With the click of a button in the menu bar teachers can now add educational content from Wolfram Alpha directly on the interactive whiteboard. Stefan Richter, Founder and CEO … Continue reading →

TeachStreet have shared some interesting data with us just recently on their blog. When I got the opportunity yesterday, I chimed in for a quick talk with TeachStreet’s founder and CEO David Schappell. In a nutshell, their efforts of building a … Continue reading →

I have always been a firm believer that language and culture are inseparable. If you start teaching or learning a language the culture will play a major role from day one. Often the culture of a certain part of the … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago Khan Academy announced a partnership with BitTorrent, up to now mostly known for being the place to get illegal copies of whatever you want. Sure, the technology itself is brilliant and in combination with a … Continue reading →

Some days ago my friend Vikrama Dhiman asked me via Twitter I want to learn French. How many classes do you think one can pick it up in - writing plus speaking. Business Level. The answer is, of course, more … Continue reading →

The popular presentation and document sharing service SlideShare launched an instant web conference feature based on the SlideShare platform and the VoIP service tokbox. It’s called Zipcast. From now on you can turn every public presentation on SlideShare into a … Continue reading →

Jon Bischke, serial founder of startups in the education space and currently entrepreneur in residence at Battery Ventures gave me the opportunity to interview him via email. As he is one of the thought leaders in the hackedu space, you … Continue reading →

Sometimes there are slow news weeks and other times you can barely keep up with all what’s happening. Well, the company of my interview partner for KWestions episode 11 definitely falls under the second one as they introduced a bunch … Continue reading →

I find this truly a fascinating story. It has everything, a "good looking" main character who is a real Baron from one of Germany’s oldest noble families but who is also tremendously popular amongst the people. Nothing could stop him … Continue reading →

Interesting news from Kara Swisher over at All Things Digital. Apparently, the Kno is in talks to sell its hardware manufacturing part of the company and then focus on software and digital textbook delivery only. According to sources the "quicker … Continue reading →