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Six technologies soon to affect education

New report describes the emerging technologies that will shape K-12 education in the near future. 

ePortfolio: There's No 'There' There

Many educators and administrators have caught the ePortfolio bug. But where does this bug lead them? It leads, seemingly, in many different directions. And here's why: ePortfolios mean differing things to different people.Read article.

Grant allows professor to expand innovative research

In a paper recently published in Cognitive Science, Chi showed that pairs of students can learn to solve physics problems by watching and listening to another student (a tutee) being tutored. The new Spencer-funded project will further investigate how the observing-students can learn the scientific content from overhearing the dialogues between the tutor and the tutee, a practice commonly used by generations of people in various cultures to acquire skills or trades through observation in apprenticeships. Read more.

Acxiom teams with Blackboard for online student identity verification

Acxiom Corporation, a provider of interactive marketing services and identity management, has teamed with campus card provider Blackboard to handle online authentication needs of higher education institutions. Read more.

Interaction Equivalency in Self-Paced Online Learning Environments: An Exploration of Learner Preferences

This mixed methods study explored the dynamics of interaction within a self-paced online learning environment. It used rich media and a mix of traditional and emerging asynchronous computer-mediated communication tools to determine what forms of interaction learners in a self-paced online course value most and what impact they perceive interaction to have on their overall learning experience. Read study.

“Jeffrey Zeldman on Open Source Design”

Jeffrey Zeldman discusses “open source design” in an excerpt from a long interview at Big Think. The full interview, along with a complete transcription, will soon be available there as well.