by Alisa Gross | Aug 4, 2014 | EdTech, Social Media, Teaching
Dr. Will Noel is the Director of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies and of the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Before coming to UPenn in 2012, Dr. Noel was the Curator of...
by Alisa Gross | Jul 28, 2014 | Social Media, Teaching
Dr. Eric Jarosinski is a former University of Pennsylvania professor of German whose Twitter handle, @NeinQuarterly, and journey away from academia towards social media has attracted attention from the New Yorker, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times. Calling himself a...
by Alisa Gross | Jul 22, 2014 | EdTech, Teaching
This is a guest post by Dr. Marilyn Herie, Academic Chair, Department of Community Services at Centennial College. It was originally posted on June 24, 2014 on educateria. How can we create online learning environments that are as dynamic, collaborative and successful...
by Alisa Gross | Jul 21, 2014 | EdTech, Teaching
This is a guest post by Christina Yu, Marketing Manager at Knewton. This post originally appeared on the Knewton blog on February 24, 2014. What is “Collaborative Learning”? Collaborative learning refers to any situation in which multiple people learn or attempt to...
by Alisa Gross | Jul 10, 2014 | EdTech, Teaching
This is a guest post by Christina Yu, Marketing Manager at Knewton. This post originally appeared on the Knewton blog on June 2, 2014. Games excel at engaging users and drawing them into fictional landscapes and alternative worlds. For these reasons, games can be...
