| The EduWire Daily Update offers readers a summation of the most critical news and trends in the higher-ed tech arena. It curates critical content for MOOC, Education Technology, Flip Classrooms, Learning Management Systems, Web 2.0, Pedagogy, Lecture Capture, Distance Learning, Classroom Audio, Classroom Video, Education Apps, Streaming, Control Systems, IT, and Security. | | Today's Top Stories | | 1. | Tech & Learning Live @ ISTE | | | via Tech&Learning | | | This social hub from the editors of T&L keeps everyone in the ISTE loop with live coverage, streaming video, and curated social media content. More
Why This Matters: Sure, ISTE focuses on K-12 tech, but that doesn't mean the goings on at this conference shouldn't be on the higher ed radar. You won't want to miss T&L's live social hub coverage the ed tech and ideas being shared at this conference have major crossover potential. | | | | 2. | Game Design 101: How University Students Are Getting a Crash Course in Collaboration | | | via EdSurge | | | Its not easy being a game designer in college. Justin Couchot and Spencer Humphries, creators of Brobot Beatdown, refashioned their entire gamealmost five months worth of workin just four weeks before the College Gaming Competition at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). They had beaten out 17 games from their school, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), for the chance to do so. They won. More
Why This Matters: Making a video game is no small task, and nearly impossible without a solid team. To create games, students have to work as a team, giving them a taste of real-world collaboration. | | | 3. | Operation innovation: Startups on campus | | | via University Business | | | The 18,000-square-foot space in Boston has all the hallmarks of a typical startup: Computers running equations, whiteboards filled with scrawled revenue projections and caffeine-fueled meetings about venture capital in glass-walled conference rooms. More
Why This Matters: Business incubators on campus can provide fledgling support for would-be student entrepreneurs. Read how these institutional hubs are helping students launch startups. | |
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"Anyway, you may or may not know that law schools are currently experiencing an enrollment crisis. As a result, they are accepting students who are below their normal standards. These students are, unsurprisingly, not doing as well (on average) as their predecessors. So I ask the question: Is the problem that the students are 'worse,' or is it that nobody is actually teaching law school students, and that the ones being admitted could succeed if only somebody taught them?" Michael Feldstein, e-Literate |
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