I had a chance this week to peruse the 2012 Horizon Report – Higher Education Edition - a publication of the New Media Consortium (NMC) that describes emerging technologies judged to be likely to have a near term impact in the world of education.  I am freque... More »

Learning Technologies , Higher Education

Faculty , Informal Learning , Students , Social Learning , Trends

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced the launch of edX, a transformational partnership in online education. Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global co... More »

Learning Technologies , Higher Education

Trends , Students , Faculty , Designing Learning

At Urban Interns, an intern-job board that connects small business owners and startups with people who want to do part-time jobs and internships, about 40 percent of the listings on the site this year are for virtual internships, up from 30 percent last year, says Cari ... More »

Higher Education , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Career Development , Government

Business Impact , Career Development , Jobs , Students , Trends