Ambi is Reimagining the Higher Education Experience with a New Product Class and $6.5M in Funding
December 19, 2018 on EdTech Review
…It will take a bold approach to reimagine the learning environment and prepare students for the 21st century jobs. Ambi aims to be that bold, global leader with its centralized, digital learning platforms for lifelong learning from college prep to higher education….Read full article here.
Cheating university students face FBI-style crackdown
…”How you write for economics can be vastly different from English literature – that’s OK. But if within a genre and within a reasonable amount of time we start to see differences, that’s when we flag something.”…Read full article here.
California Community Colleges Boost Access By Closing Teleconference Gap
by Derek Newton
12/11/2018 on Forbes
…CirQLive, according to Friedman, has figured out how to be the bridge between two technologies that developed independently – the online video conference and the LMS. “It’s a lock-step approach and it works flawlessly,” he said…Read full article here.
4 Ways to Boost Service Learning in Schools
By: Wayne D’Orio
12/08/2018 on Getting Smart
…Howlett remembers how students would dispute hours and her secretary would constantly be chasing down slips of paper from forgetful teenagers. Now, she and Loew both use x2VOL, an online platform to not only mark service hours but also collect reflections. Students can pull their service transcripts and records from the site and submit the information for college applications, Howlett says…Read full article here.
