As it’s first published in the online session "OER and Mobile Learning" held last Friday, an initiative from us is  explained with more details here. We’d like to invite English language teachers and others to work together to create "mobile OERs for learning English" for children and everyone so that the mobile-friendly content can reach... Read More ›

The preview was just released!  The NMC Horizon Report > 2013 Museum Edition, is a co-production with the Marcus Institute for Digital Education in the Arts (MIDEA), and examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in education and interpretation within the museum environment. From the first round of advisory board rankings ("Short List")... Read More ›

By Rebecca Louis Students with speech delays, autism, cerebral palsy and down syndrome have found new ways to express themselves, thanks to modern technology. Source: Special-Education-Degree.net A Brief History of Children with Special Education Needs Before the 1800s: Persons with physical and mental disabilities were targets of discrimination across cultures for thousands of years. On virtually... Read More ›

Press Release                                                                                                     Contact:  Sally Gifford, NEA Public Affairs September 26, 2013                                                                                        202-682-5606 | giffords@arts.gov The latest survey explores five areas... Read More ›

OLAT(Online Learning and Training) is an open source learning management system (LMS) which delivers learning services for large academic institutions to help their people accomplish a meaningful teaching and learning experience. Its continued development is funded by the University of Zurich where it is the strategic LMS. There are approximately 70,000 users and nearly 50 institutions in Switzerland using OLAT (with... Read More ›

This is the lesson 1 of online PD course "Using OER to Create K-12 Curriculum", we are transforming this course into "Using OER to Create Mobile Apps". Stay tuned! Fast forward to the future, there will be no textbook, only mobile Apps. There are interactions, conversations, frequent and instant feedback for learners and teachers, learning... Read More ›

Four big points about the impact of technology on learning By Lee Rainie,  Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project on Sep 30, 2013 Networked Learners from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

"Connectivity as a human right" is a goal for the launch of internet.org, a global partnership aiming to make internet access available to the next 5 billion people.The goal of Internet.org is to make internet access available to the two-thirds of the world who are not yet connected, and to bring the same opportunities to everyone that the connected... Read More ›

Are our school curricula preparing children for the future need of workplace? Think again. Last month, Beaver became the first school in the United States to implement computer coding into each of its classes. MacDonald, who’s been teaching at Beaver for 16 years, is head of the math department. He also holds an MFA in poetry. After... Read More ›

We rely on mobile technology for many simple tasks, but we have yet to tap its potential to enable and even transform education. That’s why experts from McKinsey and GSMA published a report "Transforming learning through mEducation" last year(2012). It reviewed early initiatives that already enhanced learning outcomes worldwide. With growing availability and demand, the report predicted mEducation is poised to... Read More ›