article thumbnail

Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

Edsurge

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

Software 160
article thumbnail

The Best Flipped Classroom Software Tools For Flipped Learning In 2021

Fractus Learning

What are the best-flipped learning apps for K-12 grades in flipped classrooms? The best-flipped classroom tools can transform and remodel classroom teaching, allowing in-depth learning and personalized attention that can help learners improve their grades. The Top Flipped Class Room Software and Tools. Khan Academy.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Open, Value-Added Services, Interaction, and Learning

Iterating Toward Openness

Both the wider internet and the narrower education space are filled with companies and organizations that provide value-added services around openly licensed software and content. Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative provides for-fee, value-added hosting and customer support services around openly licensed content.

OER 60
article thumbnail

KITABOO facilitates key LMS integrations with advanced technological features

Kitaboo on EdTech

The COVID-19 pandemic has given a huge impetus to online learning and development, and even when it is showing signs of receding, online practices have become the new normal. The question then is, what does the ideal blend of teaching-learning methods for the current context look like? What is a Learning Management System?

LMS 52
article thumbnail

Some Lessons Learned Supporting OER Adoption

Iterating Toward Openness

Upon reflection several years ago, I came to see that despite all my efforts I was making the classic Field of Dreams mistake (“if we build it, they will come”) by assuming that “if OER exist in a faculty’s discipline and research shows them to be effective in supporting learning, faculty will adopt.”

OER 60
article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Here’s What We Learned” by Jawwad Siddiqui , founder of SharpScholar. “ Sakai Is Probably Healthier Than You Think,” Michael Feldstein suggests. Via Apple : “ Swift Playgrounds App Makes Learning to Code Easy & Fun.” ” “We Shut Down Our Edtech Startup.

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Bill Haslam that the time they spend preparing for and taking standardized tests would be better spent doing hands-on learning activities.” ’” Via Techcrunch : “ Flatiron School teams up with Re:Coded to help Syrian refugees learn to code.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).