21st Century Teaching & Learning Resources


The Taming of the MOOC--With ePortfolio Evidence

How ePortfolios can help "tame" the flood of openness and educational opportunity arising with MOOCs and other new modalities.

San jose State U To Offer Online Course for Students, Non-Students

San Jose State University will develop a pilot program, dubbed San Jose State University Plus, to offer online credit-bearing courses to students and non-students.

Epson Intros 3D Projectors for Education

Epson will this month begin shipping two new 3D projectors, designed for education, which feature active and passive 3D projection technology.

3D AV Bundle Focuses on Ed Market

Two companies with 3D products are working together to serve the education market. AVRover, which bundles the components for portable audio visual systems, will be adding XPAND 3D glasses to its 3D-specific bundle.

California Community College Receives $1 Million Donation for Distance Learning Programs

A Los Angeles couple's $1 million gift will be used to grow and support online learning programs at Santa Monica College.

Leonar3Do Debuts 3D Application Builder, Online App Store

Educators and students, with beginner or advanced coding skills, will soon be able to build--and share--3D applications.

The PaperTab is a thin, flexible, tablet-like device running on an Intel Core i5 processor.

Flexible, Paper-Like Tablet Prototype Runs on Core i5 CPU

A Canadian university has unveiled a new 10.7-inch, paper-thin tablet-like device that users can control through traditional gestures or by moving or bending its flexible display.

edX in the Community College: The MassBay Experience

During the Spring 2013 Semester, students at MassBay Community College will be able to take a three-credit hour course on Practical Python Programming that incorporates online course materials and instructional tools developed at MIT and made available through edX. Through its partnership with edX, MassBay will examine how courses developed at a premier research and teaching institution like MIT can be leveraged effectively by community colleges.

Report: 32 Percent of Higher Ed Students Take Courses Online

According to Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States, a new report from the Babson Survey Research Group, more than 6.7 million students are now taking at least one course online.

Wave Connects Student Response Devices to Blackboard, Moodle

eInstruction has unveiled a new piece of software designed to simplify formative and summative tests in higher education. The software, Wave, connects the institution's LMS with classroom clickers and other devices.