3 Advantages of Custom Textbooks Versus Traditional Textbooks
From cars to shoes to Goldfish crackers, everything is being customized nowadays. Companies are realizing that allowing consumers to…
From cars to shoes to Goldfish crackers, everything is being customized nowadays. Companies are realizing that allowing consumers to…
Student-centered learning focuses on the meaningful needs and development of students in class, rather than the pedagogical course material…
We spoke to Elijah Mayfield and Todd Brekhus, two of the top influencers in the educational technology world, to get their 2018 edtech…
In a world of proclaimed experts on social media, who is actually worth listening to? We’ve picked 10 people doing interesting and…
Student demographics are changing from the days when college class attendance taking was common and attendance was fully mandatory in every…
The students have spoken and one thing is clear: They view their mobile devices as an essential part of in-class learning. In early…
Instructors are increasingly using Open Educational Resources (OER). But given the wide variety of materials available, how do you judge…
In an extract from our new teaching guide, Innovative and Unexpected Ways to Teach Your College Class, we look at a couple of great…
In-class discussion forums sound good in theory, but in practice, they’re too often abandoned within your LMS as soon as the first thread…
Teaching STEM students often means rote memorization, a technique that can cause disengagement and resentment. Our latest innovative…
Educators have good reasons for turning their backs on traditional textbooks. While textbooks have until now been an essential teaching…
Yik Yak, a college-based, largely anonymous, chat app shut down earlier this year after numerous accounts of cyberbullying, racism and bomb…
You wouldn’t normally expect students to have passionate opinions about their textbooks, let alone rave about them. But when Professor…
In 2006, when Pluto lost its status as a planet, textbooks didn’t help alleviate confusion over the galactic changeup. Many still counted…
For decades, Carnegie Mellon University has been at the forefront of the development of technology-enhanced learning. But when…
The historian Melvin Kranzberg reminded us—in the first of his “Laws of Technology”—that “technology is neither good nor evil.”…
Deborah Carroll is a Psychology professor at Southern Connecticut State University and contributing author of a chapter of Top Hat’s…
VR in education isn't just entertaining. It could become integral to a holistic, three-dimensional understanding of a particular subject. We…
Dr. Thierry Karsenti, Canada Research Chair on Technologies in Education, believes technology in class is inevitable and should be embraced…
For an interactive textbook to be effective, the writers have to prepare for unorthodox answers from students, says Professor Stephen…