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How One Instructor Teaches 2,670 Students
The Digital Campus
April 29, 2012 -
John Boyer teaches a megaclass in current events at Virginia Tech in person—and holds online office hours using Ustream.
Exploring the Khan Academy’s use of Learning Data and Learning Analytics
Emerging EdTech
April 22, 2012 -
More than just a popular producer of excellent tutorials, Khan Academy is also leveraging data to enable teachers to assess progress and focus on individual student needs.
At Virginia Tech, computers help solve a math class problem
The Washington Post
April 22, 2012 -
In the Math Emporium, the computer is king, and instructors are reduced to roving guides. Lessons are self-paced, and help is delivered “on demand” in a vast, windowless lab that is open 24 hours a day because computers never tire. A student in need of human aid plants a red cup atop a monitor.
E-Textbook Vendor Sues Publisher for Ending Licensing Agreement
Wired Campus
February 22, 2012
- The relationship between the publisher Cengage Learning and the e-textbook vendor Kno has gone sour over the introduction of a tool that allowed readers of digital books to take notes and make excerpts.
A Tech-Happy Professor Reboots after Hearing His Teaching Advice Isn't Working
The Chronicle: Technology
February 12, 2012 - A Kansas State University scholar finds himself rethinking the fundamentals and questioning whether technology is the best way to engage students.
Scholarly Papers
Experimental Estimates of the Effects of Online Instruction on Student Learning
The National Bureau of Economic Research
- June 2010