McGraw Hill recently released a well-received infographic titled the Educational Assessment Landscape. It’s premise is: Assessments are a key component of all education systems and play a critical role in a student’s learning journey. By measuring student achievement and skill mastery, assessments help students learn, teacher improve instruction, administrators decide how to allocate resources, and policymakers…
Category: Educational Change
Ten Years of Tracking eLearning Education Survey
From the Sloan Consortium comes the tenth annual survey titled: Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States. The higher education eLearning survey is a collaborative effort between the Babson Survey Research Group and the College Board, and purports itself to be the leading barometer of online learning in the United States. …
Disney English and Immersive Technology in China
In visiting China this past Spring, I was surprised to meet so many Americans whose job it was to teach English. I was interested to learn that these opportunities were in every industrial sector, not just in schools. I stayed at an AirBnB in Shanghai, whose proprietor worked with business and government officials. These officials would…
Blended Learning Is (INFOGRAPHIC)
Blended Learning is helping to evolve teaching as it provides increased benefits for both teachers and students. The infographic below highlights the benefits of blended learning and how blended learning can improve conditions and provide for increased career opportunities within education.
Open Courseware (OCW) Changes HigherEd Landscape [INFOGRAPHIC]
OPEN Courseware (OCW) What is Open Courseware? Open courseware (OCW) programs are developed by universities. These universities have a department especially for develop OCW content. The content is just recordings, assignments, and readings from professors teaching a class on campus. In essence, Open Courseware (OCW) is repurposed content from traditional course. How Does It Work?…
Jeff Bliss and a Message For Teachers (VIDEO)
Eighteen year-old Duncanville High School (Duncanville, TX) sophomore Jeff Bliss gets mad and gives his teacher a message. It all started he says, when she told him to “stop bitching”. Following the transcript is an investigative news report and a detailed interview with the student that is quite revealing. Watch the “Student Mad at Teacher”…