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Summer is a Great Time for Online Courses

By Abhi On August 25, 2015 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, Learning Analytics, Resource, Teaching
Summer vacation for high school is now on its last week. Before beginning their fall semester, it can be useful for students to explore online courses in subjects that interest them. One of the benefits of online courses is that they allow students to explore new subjects in a convenient and flexible manner. This can [...]
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ACT Study Resources

By Abhi On August 19, 2015 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Technology, Exam: ACT, Learning Analytics, Resource, Test Preparation, Testing
ACT Question of the Day Each day we post a new ACT Test practice question . . .       Preparing for the ACT A free student preparation booklet available from most high schools and colleges—includes test information, complete practice tests with scoring keys, and a writing prompt . . .       [...]
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Can Tablet Initiatives Improve Education?

By Abhi On June 25, 2015 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Learning Analytics, Teaching
Do you have a computer in your classroom? If you are a high school student or teacher – or you graduated in the last decade – chances are the answer is yes. Computer use in classrooms has been a growing trend for many years, and is now the norm. Recently this trend has taken an [...]
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Tablet Initiatives News and Results

By Abhi On June 22, 2015 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Learning Analytics, Teaching
5 Questions to Ask About High School Laptop, Tablet Initiatives Ask if your teen’s school has detailed plans for its one-to-one program and if teachers are prepared to use devices in the classroom . . .           Three local high schools end first year of using tablets for the first time Aside [...]
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Tutoring and Technology

By Abhi On May 12, 2015 · 1 Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Learning Analytics, Resource, Socrato, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
In today’s age of Internet-based and mobile phone technology, it’s no surprise that more and more tutors are turning to digital tools to help prepare students for admissions exams. The wide variety of such Internet tools fall under a few general categories. These include tutoring and lectures via webcam, databases to store study material and [...]
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Learning Analytics and MOOCs

By Scott Cronenweth On April 30, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Education: Technology, Learning Analytics
According to a recent piece in the Stanford News, Stanford"s Lytics Lab is gleaning learning analytics data from MOOCs to understand how people learn.
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Helping Students Choose The Right Test Prep

By Scott Cronenweth On March 26, 2013 · Add Comment · In Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Learning Analytics, Socrato, Test Preparation, Testing
Mary Ann Dorsher of ACT Ready makes a great point: it"s not all about figuring out what"s going to be on the test – it"s about getting the support needed to approach the exam with confidence.
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2013: The Year of Learning Analytics in Online Education?

By Scott Cronenweth On January 1, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Learning Analytics
Among the questions these learning analytics can potentially answer is: How can the online course instructor improve his or her instructional approach and better support students?
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An Expanding Vision for First-Generation Learning Analytics

By Scott Cronenweth On September 11, 2012 · Add Comment · In Learning Analytics
Most learning analytics systems center on online learning scenarios, where software can collect the data automatically. Using activities that are part of the online learning process -- like logins, assignment completion, quiz scores and so on -- learning analytics seeks to analyze the “digital breadcrumbs” that students leave as they interact with the online learning environment (and potentially other online spaces, too, such as Facebook).
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4 Steps to Bring Learning Analytics to Online Education

By Scott Cronenweth On September 4, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Learning Analytics, Teaching & Tutoring
In the emerging research area of learning analytics, technologists and thought leaders are envisioning ways to reveal how engaged students are, how much they’re learning, and how to enhance the lessons going forward.
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