Dementia news: Learning to play a musical instrument can protect the brain
LEARNING to play a musical instrument can protect the brain and ward off age-related decreases in mental health. Daily Express :: Health Feed
LinkedIn Learning Debuts Over 9,000 Online Courses
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) Popular career-focused social media site LinkedIn has released LinkedIn Learning, an online learning website devoted to teaching people new career skills and helping businesses train their employees. LinkedIn Learning, which launched on September 23, has more than 9,000 courses in subjects like programming skills, writing, and accounting. An average of 25 […]
CAP Report Calls for More Early Learning Teacher Pay, Support
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A new report dug deep to learn more about the early childhood workforce’s low wages and has found that African American full-time teachers make 84 cents for every dollar earned by their white peers, according to a press release from the Center for American Progress. If a white teacher is making $ […]
Elon.io Debuts Online Japanese Language Learning School
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Online language school Elon.io has announced the launch of a new, comprehensive Japanese course that brings together all the resources needed to learn Japanese into one location, including grammar, vocabulary, and exercises to allow students to learn to read and write the characters used. Elon.io features an integrated learning experience that […]
Horizon Report Touts Collaborative, Project-Based Learning
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) In a collaboration between the New Media Consortium and the Consortium for School Networking, a new report examines emerging technologies and the potential impact they will have when used in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in schools. Considered to be the world’s longest-running look into emerging technology trends in education, the NMC Horizon […]
Coursera’s Koller: MOOCs Provide Lifelong Learning Opportunities
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) In the newest episode of Recode Decode, Coursera President and co-founder Daphne Koller suggested that the digital economy of today requires more than a traditional college degree, suggesting that education should last throughout a person’s lifetime. “The things you learned in college 15 years ago are no longer the skills that you need […]
Fuel Education’s Online, Blended Learning Touts Success
(Photo: Creative Commons) A new report released by Fuel Education takes a closer look at the outcomes and benefits of the use of blended and online learning programs that involve Fuel Education curriculum. For the report, “Outcomes of Blended and Online Learning Programs in Schools Using Fuel Education Curriculum,” Evergreen Education Group compiled case studies for a total […]
Study Finds Hot Wheels Physics Curriculum Improves Learning
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A new study has taken a closer look at whether Hot Wheels cars could be used to help teach physics to fourth graders. The $ 784,000 study was performed by Julie Marsh, a researcher at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education, and Morgan Polikoff, a researcher and USC assistant professor who is […]
Report: Blended Learning May Be Solution to Re-Engaging Dropouts
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) In an effort to put a stop to the high number of students leaving high school before they graduate, a new report looks into the use of blended learning as a way to engage these students and better meet their needs as a pathway to higher education and the workforce. Completed […]
University Learning Store Focuses on Micro-Credentials
(Photo: Simon Stratford, Creative Commons) Six universities have teamed up to create a new credentialing initiative called the University Learning Store aimed at allowing users to obtain “micro-credentials” in specific skills, which the creators hope will help make the certification of knowledge more clear. Users can take a course for $ 50, $ 100, or $ 150, […]