Post-Secondary
Post-secondary is a shifting space — four year degrees may not always be the fit and new alternatives are being created at an alarming rate. This topic encompasses everything from higher ed to adult learning and workforce pipelines and development.
5 + 1 Summer Reads to Challenge and Inspire
Lazy mornings, afternoons by the pool, and no agenda. Summer must be here! Of course, we all know this describes maybe 5 days of your summer break with the rest of your time attending trainings, conferences, figuring out what to do with your seemingly permanently-bored children, and a litany of…
Canvas Catalog: New Platform to House Online Courses
Instructure, through its Canvas learning management system (LMS) launches Canvas Catalog- a white-label platform that enables any institution, government entity, university or K-12 school to create a branded index of online courses.
Infographic: College and Career Readiness GPS for Every Student
This infographic previews the next DLN Smart Series paper, “Core & More: Guiding and Personalizing College & Career Readiness” being released Thursday.
EdTech 10: Winding Down
The end of the school year is almost here- but the #EdTech news keeps on coming. Here are the week’s top 10 stories…
4 Tips to Graduate College-and-Career-Ready Students
By: Katie McClarty. As problems are identified and addressed, the same data can help track student response to interventions and inform teachers, students, and parents of progress.
Udemy: Online Learning Marketplace Serves 3M Students
Leading online learning marketplace Udemy serves 3 million students, up from 500,000 16 months ago. Udemy is adding 1,000 courses a month--and has 16,000 in total.
EdTech 10: New Stuff
We wrap up the week’s top events, hoping to help you feel like maybe you have one less thing “to do” this week.
Is Technology Making it Difficult for College Students to Pay for Their Education?
By: James Walker. This program of applying, working, and living-on-the-cheap has helped students offset their costs for decades, but recent technological advancements may be disrupting how a student offsets their education costs.
Canvas by Instructure: The Perfect LMS? Quite Possibly
Occasionally, things are not “too good to be true.” They are just that good and that true.
Thinking About Impact Research at ASU
Sasha Barab, Center for Games & Impact at ASU, hosted a small academic conference on Impact-Based Research (#ImpactResearch) today. Leading voices presented research summaries from the learning sciences.