Research: Learning Is No Spectator Sport
MOOCs that rely primarily on people watching lectures may be missing an opportunity to help their students learn even more by adding interactive activities. Recent research into massive open online courses suggests that students do six times better in the course by "extra doing."
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Researchers are creating 3D printouts of MRI scans to help surgeons plan their approach for specific heart surgeries.
MoreNevada Higher Ed System Gets 100 Gigabit Backbone
The Nevada System of Higher Education has tapped Internet2 for an upgrade to the network connecting its main data centers in Las Vegas and Reno.
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