'Learning Platforms' Category
Can social media cure low student engagement?
Denis Carter (Asssitant Editor E-Campus News)
Reprinted from E-School News
Keeping college students and their professors connected through social media outlets could be key in boosting graduation rates, education technology experts said during a panel discussion at Social Media Week in New York.
Social Media Week ran through the first week of February in five cities worldwide New [...]Best practice from E-School News
This months Spring Edition contains US ICT Best practice examples and case studies in the following areas
Creating a Green ICT Environment
Using a Visualiser
Connecting Parents and Education
Using learning Platformshttp://www.eschoolnews.com/media/eschoolnews/BestPractices0409.pdf
Survey shows barriers to Web 2.0 in schools
Research reveals which tools are popular in schools, which aren’t–and why
By Meris Stansbury, Associate EditorTeachers and students are largely driving the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in schools, but human and technological barriers are holding back the use of these as learning tools in many classrooms, according to a new study.
Commissioned by Lightspeed Systems and [...]