A few minutes ago we launched a substantial update to Wikispaces Classroom, the just-for-education product we debuted back in the spring. The update is live now for everyone who has a Classroom wiki on Wikispaces.com as well as our customers inschools, school districts, and universities who use Wikispaces Campus.
Read more at: http://blog.wikispaces.com/2013/08/wikispaces-classroom-back-to-school.html
Bruce Schneier: The NSA has undermined a fundamental social contract. We engineers built the internet – and now we have to fix it
Read more at: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/05/government-betrayed-internet-nsa-spying
The Science Development Fund under the President of Azerbaijan has allocated 1 million manats to finance competitive projects in the field of information and communication technologies, the Fund's Executive Director Elchin Babayev said at a conference on September 5.
Read more at: http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/59108.html
creativevoces.com - The Reading Tree concept in action, originally developed by the Zambia Read To Succeed ProjectLack of reading materials is not the only challenge in basic schools but also the absence of reading room (especially in rural basic schools), even when schools have some reading materials at their disposal. The Creative team in the USAID Read To Succeed (RTS) project in Zambia has developed a concept known as the Reading Tree to encourage schools to create reading space using the physical environment nature has provided.
This page provides information on what is studied in educational administration and leadership degrees, where to find them, the career prospects, and more ...
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Find distance education programs or online programs in adult education, primary, secondary, TESOL, or other online education programs.
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Facebook's campaign to expand Internet access in developing countries has created a buzz in the aid community. Find out what Devex readers think about the initiative from their comments on social media.
Read more at: https://www.devex.com/en/news/aid-community-speaks-out-on-more-internet-for/81704?
I think that has been the great, unfulfilled promise of the OLPC universe--the promise of an inexpensive laptop that could be used by children around the world to learn. The promise is right there in the name: One Laptop Per Child.
- See more at: http://www.olpcnews.com/tablets/xo_tablet/the_goals_of_olpc_have_not_bee.html
Even as they grow in popularity, massive open online courses prompt debates about their impact on students, business model and role in the future of education.
MOOCs, by definition, are free and open to all comers. A single course may include high schoolers, retirees, faculty, enrolled students and working professionals. Designing a course for this diverse student population is a challenge, as is making these courses "sticky" to the end. It comes as no surprise that while initial registrations for a MOOC can be enormous -- tens of thousands of sign-ups are common -- they tend to have much lower completion rates (typically in the high single digits) than credit-bearing, paid courses for enrolled college students.
Read more at: http://www.informationweek.com/education/online-learning/will-moocs-massively-disrupt-higher-educ/240160674
