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.
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.
132 Education & Innovation Leaders at ASU+GSV
A talented group of advocates, educators, entrepreneurs, and investors gathered in Scottsdale this week at the ASU+GSV Education Innovation Summit (#Edinnovation). I had the good fortune to interact with 132 of them.
EdTech 10: The American Dream
We had a great three days sharing ideas about innovation and learning at the ASU+GSV #Edinnovation Summit in Scottsdale this week.
16 Ways to Expand Access to Learning
At panel a the ASU+GSV #Edinnovation Summit explored "How do we get equal access to education." They came up with 16 recommendations.
How Augmented Reality Can Enhance Learning in Higher Ed
Augmented reality will likely have more uses in higher education for extending learning outside of the classroom than within it. You can add additional interactive elements to the texts the students are assigned, adding hyperlinks, audio, or images to their print textbooks.
Let’s Persevere With College and Career Ready
By: JoEllen Lynch. I get frustrated sometimes that we refuse to commit resources to the adolescents we have and continue to fail in our systems. We need the people, tools and models to get all students work and college ready.
EdTech 10: Spring Fever
Spring has sprung and is overflowing with exciting launches and announcements of new products and tools. Here are this week’s 10 most exciting “sprouts” we picked out of the EdTech “garden.”
Making Math 3D
As you might have guessed, the math teacher in me can’t help but immediately think about how I would use this idea in the classroom, and the truth is there are a number of ways that a 3D printer can advance students conceptual understanding of fundamental and complex mathematics.