Lots of teaching platforms have experimented with the idea of "instant lessons". A student comes on the platform and wants to take a lesson right away, clicks on the topic he/she wants to learn and picks a teacher or tutor … Continue reading →

Today Skype officially launched its Skype in the Classroom community. It’s a directory where teachers from around the world can connect with fellows based on mutual criteria such as class size, topic and location. The project has been in beta … Continue reading →

Yesterday YongoPal introduced a new landing page with a giant iPhone, showing some kind of a message stream similar to Twitter direct messages on the screen. The header reads Penpals? Lame. YongoPals? Sweet. If I count correctly this is the … Continue reading →

Video Calls - Breakthrough in Communication for Deaf People On Tuesday I wrote about how video calls as a breakthrough in communication for deaf people. There was an interesting article on the German magazine "Der Spiegel" about how the Internet … Continue reading →

First of all I would like to thank Bernhard Niesner and Adrian Hilti of busuu as well as the team at IE Business School who took the time and made the effort to set up a survey and then shared … Continue reading →

In part three of this mini series about flashcards and the question if they are an actual product or "just" a feature in the framework of a bigger picture I talked with Ali Yildirim, one of the three co-founders of … Continue reading →

As the boss is in Paris today to learn first hand how to get super rich and / or famous on YouTube, I guess it is up to me to share some interesting bits that landed in our inbox last … Continue reading →

I already had a hunch that this would be coming. In a survey TeachStreet did a couple of months ago amongst their teachers, there was a question if they were interested in participating in group buying offers. Today TeachStreet officially … Continue reading →

Thinking Cap: "Mynd" Is the First Dry, iPhone-Compatible, Portable Brain Scanner - Fascinating device that is build for people in wheelchairs, enabling them to control those wheelchairs with thoughts. How the Web Has Changed Our Perception of Copyright Law - … Continue reading →

For this final part of KWestions around flashcard learning, feature or product I invited Andrew Cohen, the founder and CEO of Brainscape on the show. Brainscape have a scientific approach to the usage of flashcards for learning. The company have … Continue reading →

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Dr. Andreas Schroeter, co-founder of the bab.la language portal. Prior to starting bab.la in 2007 he worked for the media companies Bertelsmann and Axel Springer. Let’s get straight to the point: Do … Continue reading →

Today’s MRU could be dubbed "the tablet edition" as four out of five stories I would like to talk about are around tablet devices. I think this is another sign how quickly tablets have become part of our hardware landscape. … Continue reading →

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Steve Kaufmann, a former Canadian diplomat, as well as founder and president of KP Wood Ltd, a company involved in the international trade of forest products. Steve is also the founder and … Continue reading →

It took me a little moment to evaluate how to write this article dealing with the experiences and impressions I took away from the 1st French YouTube workshop dedicated to their partners. I firmly believe that video content is becoming … Continue reading →

Just a few weeks after they announced the closing of their $1 million funding round, the team at Languagelab shares more interesting news. In collaboration with Pearson, Business English students are now able to bring the case studies of the … Continue reading →

Yes, two Pearson related news in one day. This second article deals with the "online remediation and enrichment solution" Perspective which will feature the more than 1.200 instructional math videos by TenMarks. Perspective is an integrated assessment and instruction solution … Continue reading →

Kirsten talks about the importance of YouTube for online teachers a lot these days. Of course not everyone of you will feel comfortable in front of a camera or maybe you simply don’t know how to start, e.g. what tools … Continue reading →

The ShowMe Teaching Technology Behind The New Princeton Review SAT iPad App (TCTV) - "[...] whiteboard video tutorial with a voiceover from an instructor explaining the solution. [...] a corresponding ShowMe website where tutors and teachers of all stripes can show off their … Continue reading →

Last week’s edition of MRU was tablet centered, this week’s edition has a slight tilt towards mobile as three out of four stories are about learning applications for mobile phones. We will take a look at NovoEnglish which is the … Continue reading →

One of the reasons I love about blogging are the thoughtful comments people leave. This is one of them I got on one of my recent Big Think articles and I think someone out there should build a startup around … Continue reading →

When I was looking for a new headset and was asking for recommendations around my friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter I got contacted by Tim Ridgway, VP of Marketing at Califone about their newly launched, washable (!) USB … Continue reading →

Square’s Disruptive Payment Service About To Get A Huge Retail Boost From Apple - "Mobile payments company Square has landed a big coup—sales placement on Apple’s online store. [...] Apple will start selling Square devices in all of its U.S. retail stores … Continue reading →

In today’s MRU we will take a look at busuu’s newest funding round, Marina Tognetti of Myngle sharing some rare insights in a video interview, WizIQ changing its logo and Bo.lt which lets you copy and edit any website you … Continue reading →

Almost exactly one year ago I visited Blueteach during one of my trips to Paris. Back then the project was still in the early stages and was basically a pretty well equipped virtual classroom offering an interactive whiteboard with math … Continue reading →