This document discusses various topics related to online education, including Pearson & eLearning, Utterli, online gym class, Google Project Glass, apps for education, the benefits and drawbacks of online education, brain research and its application to retention aids and immersive environments, student activity levels in online courses from different subject areas, the importance of class size, social interaction and collaboration in online settings, dashboards for tracking student progress, models for educating neo-millennial students, integrating curriculum across disciplines, the use of YouTube, Knewton and MyMathLab for personalized lessons, alternate reality games as curriculum integration events, and applying educational research findings.
32. Making the Most of College: Students
Speak Their Minds
• 1600 Interviews
– 1:1; Undergrads; 24 pgs; 2-3 hours per
• 10 Year, Qualitative Analysis
– 10+ faculty interviewers; 30+ student interviewers
• Some Participating
Colleges:
– 1. Boston College – 7. M. I. T.
– 2. Boston University – 8. Princeton University
– 3. Brandeis University – 9. UMass - Amherst
– 4. Bristol Community College – 10. UMass - Boston
– 5. Bunker Hill Community – 11. Wellesley College
College – 12. Yale University
– 6. Harvard University
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