Going back to school can be a daunting task, especially when you’re doing it online. At a physical school you will have a set time to go to class, teachers to guide you, and peers to work with. In contrast, with online courses there is no set structure. But this is where our guide comes […]
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The Weekend Assignment: Education
Last weekend’s assignment focused on the theme of socialization, and with the #FridayFact we learned that in ancient mesopotamia inscribed clay tablets were used to promote advanced farming techniques. This early form of public relations helped push their society forward and become more productive. Another interesting fact around socialization concerns the social behaviour of dolphins […]
Speaker Profile: Dr. Marie Cini
We are honored to have Dr. Marie Cini, Provost and Senior Academic Innovation Fellow at University of Maryland-University College, join us for the Saylor Higher Education Summit on June 21-22, 2017. Dr. Cini will discuss how creating and adopting open educational resources (“OER”) at higher education institutions is an important step toward increasing access, improving […]
Speaker Profile: Dr. Stella Porto, Inter-American Development Bank
Stella Porto is a Learning and Knowledge Management specialist at the Institute for Economic and Social Development (INDES) in the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC. Dr. Porto will focus her breakout session on leveraging “ePortfolios Based on Competency Models” to connect academia to the workplace and how such an approach presents both benefits […]
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Watch the SUNY Empire CDL Conference online tomorrow
The SUNY Empire State College Center for Distance Learning hosts its 2014 CDL Conference tomorrow in Saratoga Springs. If you cannot be there in person for the event, you can witness much of it for free online; here is what you need to know: “To the Future and Beyond: The New Face of Online Education” (2014 […]
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