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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) 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?…
I Love Cloud Based Apps! It was an easy for me to move to cloud-based software services (apps) and put an end to mailing myself documents or carrying disks (I’m old! LOL) or thumb drives of large presentations. To have the convenience of having EVERYthing accessible from any Internet connected device was a dream come…
From EdTechMagazine.com When it comes to authentication, most IT departments and end users trade internet security for convenience. Trying to remember long, complex passwords and using multifactor authentication is a pain and makes accessing data, e-mail and applications difficult. As the web has evolved, users tend to have user names and passwords for dozens, maybe…
Mobile Learning– Younger & Younger I have six nieces and nephews under 10 and all of them are avid mobile learners. Some have their own ipads, a couple have other tablets and all of them can use their parents’ smartphones like pros. In fact, my sister-in-law joked that when she’s talking about things with her…
The following infographic analyzes 173 college majors and shows the top and bottom 15 unemployment rates along with their rank in popularity. Perhaps more important than UNemployment is UNDERemployment–the notion that college graduates are employed in fields that don’t require a degree. The Accenture 2013 College Graduate Employment Survey [DOWNLOAD HERE] indicates 41% of college…