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.
Tag: Online Learning
Study Online Learning Outcomes Similar to Classroom Results
From US NEWS & WORLD REPORT Online Learning Outcomes Similar to Classroom Results (Study) Universities with shrinking budgets could consider online education to save money. By RYAN LYTLE A recent study shows similar outcomes between traditional learning and interactive online learning. Critics of online learning claim that students are exposed to an inferior education when compared…
MBOOC: Massively Boring Open Online Learning
A great article by Todd Tauber The dirty little secret of online learning: Students are bored and dropping out discusses the recent over-hyped and under-completed massive online courses. He offers a couple reasons for their failure and concludes that future IS bright with increased funding and development! Problems Design So why are all these students falling asleep,…
Behind the Scenes: Coursera Explained
Daphne Koller: What We’re Learning From Online Education Daphne Koller is the ‘birth mother’ of Coursera, and along with Stanford colleague Andrew Ng are the two behind the rise of MOOC’s and disruptive elearning in higher education. This is a FANTASTIC video which provides insight into the impetus for Coursera and an inside view of…
Interactive Learning Online at Public Universities (Research)
Interactive Learning Online at Public Universities: Evidence from Randomized Trials “Strategic” Educational Consultants Ithaka S+R released their latest research report (download below) on Interactive Online Learning. They summarized: Online learning is quickly gaining in importance in U.S. higher education, but little rigorous evidence exists as to its effect on student learning outcomes. In “Interactive Learning Online…
A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age
A fantastic draft document by educators brought together by the Audacity’s Sebastian Thrun, proposes “inalienable rights” for students to demand from institutions and companies offering #onlinelearning courses. Really well done! DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENT (PDF) A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age Preamble Work on this Bill of Rights & Principles…