“Enrollment growth in distance education at community colleges outpaced overall growth in higher education, and colleges are increasingly turning to off-campus instructors who telecommute to deal with that demand, according to the results of the Instructional Technology Council’s 2010 Distance Education Survey.”
Month: May 2011
New Journal: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
HAU, Journal of Ethnographic Theory, is a new, international, peer-reviewed, open-access and copyleft journal which aims to situate ethnography as the prime heuristic of anthropology, and return it to the forefront of conceptual developments in the discipline. The journal aims to publish online suitable manuscripts within six months from their receipt.
The Editorial Board include Marshall Sahlins, Philippe Descola, Marilyn Strathern, Caroline Humphrey, Jeanne Favret-Saada, Bruno Latour, Joel Robbins, Maurice Godelier, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Stephen Gudeman, Bruce Kapferer, Yunxiang Yan and many others.
Carnegie Mellon’s Classroom Salon Encourages Collaborative Critique
Carnegie Mellon’s Classroom Salon Encourages Collaborative Critique — Campus Technology:
“Carnegie Mellon’s Classroom Salon Encourages Collaborative Critique”
Virtual Possessions Have Powerful Hold on Teenagers, Carnegie Mellon Researchers Say
“Virtual Possessions Have Powerful Hold on Teenagers, Carnegie Mellon Researchers Say”
OSU Funded for eTech Ohio Teacher Facilitation Grants
Today a team from OSU was selected as one of 10 Universities in Ohio to receive an eTech Ohio Teacher Planning Grant to better support the integration of technology by Ohio Teachers and to better prepare new teachers to use technology in their teaching.
http://www.etech.ohio.gov/educators/teacher-planning-grant/
Project Co-PI: Rick Voithofer, Associate Professor, School of Educational Policy and Leadership
Project Co-PI: Dean Cristol, Associate Professor, School of Teaching and Learning
Project Participants:
Anika Anthony, Assistant Professor, OSU- School of Educational Policy and Leadership
Tracey Stuckey-Mickell, Senior Lecturer, OSU-School of Educational Policy and Leadership
Sue Becker, Lecturer, School of Educational Policy and Leadership and School of Teaching and Learning
Hea-Jin Lee Associate Professor, School of Teaching and Learning
Nicole Luthy, Ohio Resource Center
School Partners:
Sherwood Middle School, Columbus Public Schools
Waggoner Road Junior High School, Reynoldsburg City Schools
Lima City Schools
Spotlight on Technology in Education (Harvard Education Letter Spotlight Series) published
Spotlight on Technology in Education:
“Spotlight on Technology in Education No. 7 in the Harvard Education Letter Spotlight Series”