Good afternoon (evening?) and happy Monday! This week, we have another shortened mini afternoon edition to provide you with some insight on the news in ED-Tech for the week. We begin with providing some insight on a possible precursor to using Google Glasses in the classroom. The system? An AFL, or Augmented Feedback Lecture that […]
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Today, for our next Saylor.org Staff Snapshot, we chat with Laura Skowronski, our Quality Assurance and Research Coordinator. Hello Laura! Hi. Let’s start with our first question: Could you please tell us a little bit about yourself? I grew up in Vermont with my parents and two siblings, both younger, a brother and a sister! […]
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So you’re working hard on one of our courses, and you decide that you miss the outside world. Remember, no man is an island. You decide a good way to start would be to find other folks like you. You open up our ePortfolio site, click on the Student Directory tab and… […]
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Good afternoon and happy Monday! Today, we decided to jump in on your afternoon for a slight change of pace — or, to put it another way, following the unbeaten path. We found some articles from this past week to go with this theme: being public about accreditation; the efforts of Coursera to move into China; […]
Read More… from MMD: The Afternoon Edition: The Unbeaten Path
If you been poking around in our K12 courses lately, you might have noticed the many new ones that have been popping up! Our über-experienced K12 Course Designers have been working hard in tandem with our Content Team. And today, we are featuring one of the fruits of our labor: K12MATHSTATS: Advanced Statistics! This AP®-style course brings together […]
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