By Ian Quillen, US News By forming online learning institutes and collecting data about student progress, programs hope to improve virtual learning. The University of Phoenix and DeVry University have implemented systems that run an analysis to look for troubling patterns in a student’s progress. For many online students, the flexibility of an online degree or [...]

Taylor & Francis Online :: Do Learners Really Know Best? Urban Legends in Education - Educational Psychologist - Volume 48, Issue 3. Digital Natives, Learning Styles, Self-Educators. Yup. None of these are backed up by any data. I have great … Continue reading →

By Amy X. Wang, Future Tense Carnegie Mellon University has a problem. It’s a good one, this time—unlike when it lost dozens of researchers and scientists to Uber. The university’s new problem is not one of lack but of excess: Too many students are interested in taking a popular computer science course, and there’s not enough [...]

The real 10 algorithms that dominate our world — Medium. I’ve long thought that every discipline is its own culture. Each has a particular language, ways of working, humour, and generally looking at the world. For a computer scientist, everything … Continue reading →

THIS explains why I got such a hard time in two of the Faculties where I studied and taught at UCalgary. Department Heads, Deans & Associate Deans: once this kind of culture gets started, only those who are assholes can … Continue reading →

In an era of high-stakes testing, a struggling school made a shocking choice. Wrong Answer By Rachel Aviv Annals of Education July 21, 2014 Issue Really, the choice is hardly shocking. This is a story about how a bunch of … Continue reading →

I often comment on the flaws of academia - the backstabbing, bullying, posturing, and so on. I have recently discovered (OK, don’t laugh) that the corporate world is worse - at least, when it comes to discussion. I am a … Continue reading →

Who would have imagined that the rapid pace of technology advancement would transform the learning landscape so dramatically! So, if Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest are not part of your vocabulary, then either you are living in isolation or you certainly do not belong to this era. Let’s dwell for a minute on social learning […]

What exactly makes millennial employees different from their older colleagues? We know that it’s something. Study after study reports that millennials are poised to remake the American workplace in their image. Research reports, with titles like "Millennials at work: Reshaping the workplace" and "How Millennials Could Upend Wall Street and Corporate America," commonly portray them The post The Surprising Difference Between Millennials and Baby Boomers at Work appeared first on Grovo Blog.

ChangeGamer - Home "ChangeGamer promotes the use of computer games to study themes such as energy, climate change, natural disasters, the environment, economics, politics, history and science. The main function of ChangeGamer is to find high-quality games, and to create … Continue reading →