Category Archives: Research

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    Creative Commons Global Summit 2013

    From the Creative Commons blog:   “The event will bring together Creative Commons affiliates from the around the world with the CC board, its staff, key stakeholders, local representatives, and others interested in the present and future of the commons. Attendees will discuss strategies to strengthen Creative Commons and its worldwide community, learn about the latest developments in the commons movement worldwide, and showcase local and international projects that use…

      Related to: Higher Education, Open Educational Resources, Primary/Secondary Education, Research, Teaching & Learning, The Future of Digital Content
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    The 2013 School Leadership Summit
    March 28, 2013

    The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) and Steve Hargadon are pleased to announce the inaugural virtual and worldwide School Leadership Summit, Thursday, March 28th, 2013. This free conference will be held online and will be a unique chance to participate in a collaborative global conversation on school leadership with presentations by your peers. The conference seeks to present ideas, examples, and projects related to leadership in a changing…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Cultivating Leadership, Designing Modern Learning Environments, E-Learning, Early Education, Education Reform, Game-based Learning, Higher Education, ICT in Education, Media Literacy, Open Educational Resources, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Professional Development, Project-based Learning, Research, Social Media, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning, Tech-driven Innovation, The Future of Digital Content, Transmedia
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    Games for a Digital Age: K-12 Market Map and Investment Analysis
    Source: Joan Ganz Cooney Foundation
    January 29, 2013

    The Joan Ganz Cooney Foundation recently released a report citing opportunities for the development of game-based learning initiatives. Conducted and written by Dr. John Richards, Leslie Stebbins and Dr. Kurt Moellering, the report synthesizes findings from extensive market research and a series of fifty interviews with leaders in the developer and publishing industries, and from the government, foundation and research sectors. This report is an initiative of the Cooney Foundation’s Games and…

      Related to: Game-based Learning, ICT in Education, Research, Tech-driven Innovation, Transmedia
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    U.S. Education Secretary Comments on NCES Public School Graduates and Dropouts Report
    Source: ED.gov
    January 22, 2013

    U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has released a statement regarding a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics on public school graduation and dropout rates. Duncan notes, “After three decades of stagnation, the on-time graduation rate for high school students in the 2009-10 school year [78.2%] is the highest it’s been since at least 1974. It’s encouraging that the on-time graduation rate is up substantially from four…

      Related to: Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    State Spending on U.S. Higher Education Rebounds in Most States after Years of Decline
    Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    January 22, 2013

    After falling nearly 11% since the 2008 fiscal year, state appropriations for U.S. higher education are on the rise in most states. Long-term effects of budget cuts stemming from the economic downturn still could take years to erase, however, according to the annual Grapevine survey of the Center for the Study of Educational Policy.

      Related to: Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    Report Describes Big Gaps in Athletic vs. Academic Spending
    Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    January 22, 2013

    A new Delta Cost Project report that finds a large disparity between the amount spent on college athletes compared with the amount on regular academic students. The Chronicle notes, “Athletic departments in the Southeastern Conference—which have some of the swankest facilities and best-paid coaches—spent nearly $164,000 per athlete in 2010. That was 12 times as much as those institutions spent per student on academic expenses, and by far the largest gap among major conferences.”

      Related to: Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    Online Enrollments Grow Again, though Many Colleges Are Undecided on MOOCs
    Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    January 8, 2013

    The number of U.S. college students taking at least one course online grew by 9.3% from the fall of 2010 to the fall of 2011 according to the annual Sloan-C survey of online education. That increase builds on years of steady growth over the survey’s 10-year history. The proportion of students taking at least one course online also reached an all-time high of 32%. The latest survey also asked respondents…

      Related to: E-Learning, Higher Education, ICT in Education, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Conference
    July 1 - July 4, 2013

    The 2013 Higher Education Research and Development Association of Australasia (HERDSA) conference invites delegates to dwell on the theme of The Place of Learning and Teaching–considering place’s many different meanings and contexts–via the following sub-themes: Spaces and Places How do we ensure that the spaces of learning become places of learning? What strategies, approaches, and policies can support this? What is the student experience of place–formal learning spaces, informal spaces, social and living space, transport, balancing work and learning…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, E-Learning, Higher Education, Research, Teaching & Learning