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4 Steps to Bring Learning Analytics to Online Education

Have you ever wondered whether your students are really learning what you’re teaching in an online format? Or if they’re struggling and why? Testing and grades can tell educators something about all...

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Student Peer Evaluation: Plusses and Minuses

Professional bodies, such as engineering and medical specialists, have long relied on peer review for evaluation and self-regulation among colleagues within a specific field. And more and more...

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Top 5 Free Online Tutoring Tools

As online learning grows in importance and popularity worldwide, new tools are emerging to support it. Here are 5 free tools that enable tutors, teachers – or even just well-intentioned friends and...

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The Teacher’s Apple

The folks at Open Colleges have just unveiled an interesting new infographic that explores why Apple has dominated and continues to dominate sales and market share in the educational technology sector....

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Edmodo in Action

Edmodo – a social learning network for educators and students – is an increasingly popular online teaching tool that is transforming the way teachers and students connect, both online and in...

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4 Sources to Help You Find Cool MOOCs

Whether you’re looking to advance your own education or support the interests of learners you’re working with, if you’re a tutor or a teacher you’re probably interested in massive open online courses...

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Can Live Online Tutoring Boost US Academic Achievement?

It wasn’t that long ago that tutoring in the US was far from commonplace. Most students – myself included – went through their entire primary, secondary and college careers without any personal or...

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2013: The Year of Learning Analytics in Online Education?

A big part of what makes the Socrato software and service so useful for helping students get the most out of their test prep time is its unique learning analytics capabilities. These features enable...

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Coursera Offers Fee-Based “Verified Certificates” to MOOC Students

A few days ago, the dominant MOOC provider Coursera announced its “Signature Track” – “a new option that will give students in select classes the opportunity to earn a Verified Certificate for...

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Measuring the Motivation of MOOC-Takers

A body of evidence continues to build that online education is effective. But like other forms of education, online learning can only be successful for a given student if that individual is motivated...

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The Value of Online Tutoring for Remediated College Students

According to a recent report from the nonprofit Complete College America, entitled “Remediation: Higher Education’s Bridge to Nowhere,” more than 50% of students entering two-year colleges, and close...

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Study Shows Interactive Online Learning Is Effective

Last week I blogged on the potential value of online tutoring for college students taking remedial classes. The ideas presented in the studies that formed the basis for last week’s post seem...

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2013: The Year of Learning Analytics in Online Education?

A big part of what makes the Socrato software and service so useful for helping students get the most out of their test prep time is its unique learning analytics capabilities. These features enable...

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2013: The Year of Learning Analytics in Online Education?

A big part of what makes the Socrato software and service so useful for helping students get the most out of their test prep time is its unique learning analytics capabilities. These features enable...

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Coursera Offers Fee-Based “Verified Certificates” to MOOC Students

A few days ago, the dominant MOOC provider Coursera announced its “Signature Track” – “a new option that will give students in select classes the opportunity to earn a Verified Certificate for...

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Measuring the Motivation of MOOC-Takers

A body of evidence continues to build that online education is effective. But like other forms of education, online learning can only be successful for a given student if that individual is motivated...

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Blended Learning: 3 Reasons Tutors Should Be Interested

Blended learning – a combination of face-to-face and online learning that reduces “classroom contact hours” while incorporating “computer-mediated activities” to form an integrated instructional...

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2013: The Year of Learning Analytics in Online Education?

A big part of what makes the Socrato software and service so useful for helping students get the most out of their test prep time is its unique learning analytics capabilities. These features enable...

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Post-College Professional Training: The Next Big Trend in Tutoring?

Colleges are turning out large numbers of graduates with technical educations. Yet many technical jobs are unfilled. The reason why is fundamentally simple: there’s a gap between “education” and...

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Learning Analytics and MOOCs

According to a recent piece in the Stanford News, Stanford’s Lytics Lab is gleaning learning analytics data from MOOCs to understand how people learn. This fascinating line of research offers insight...

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