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What do students value in terms of instructor feedback on their writing? And, how does the timing of the receipt of feedback impact the development of students’ writing skills?

Mobile phones could soon be much less touchy-feely thanks to a new kind of 3D gesture-recognition technology that doesn't gobble up battery life

We've curated a list of the best education apps for Apple's iOS. But now it's your turn. Share your favorite apps, vote up apps that you like, and make this list as useful as possible!

The decline in college enrollments appears to be accelerating, with 2.3 percent fewer students enrolled on campuses this spring than there were in spring 2012, according to data published Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse.

The 2.3 percent dip is steeper than the 1.8 percent decline that the clearinghouse reported in December when it compared fall 2012 numbers to those from fall 2011. These reports represent the clearinghouse's first such twice-yearly analyses of fall and spring enrollments, which the Virginia-based organization says will be annual going forward. The clearinghouse collects data from institutions that represent about 95 percent of all enrollments at colleges that grant degrees and are eligible to award federal financial aid.

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The big telcos (AT&T and Verizon) have been trying to move more and more to wireless networks over wired networks, in large part because they've realized that, for whatever reason, the FCC more or less gave them pretty free reign to...

Google has released a major new education program called Google Play for Education that organizes and manages the way teachers share apps, books, and other learning content with their classes.

Why can't two slices of pizza be used as a slide clicker? Why shouldn't you make music with ketchup? In this charming talk, inventor Jay Silver talks about the urge to play with the world around you.

For all the star power harnessed by massive open online course providers, Yale University has been a notable absence. While many of its elite peers scrambled to get out ahead of the MOOC wave, Yale bided its time.

That’s about to change. Yale announced on Wednesday that it will soon offer massive courses through Coursera, the Silicon Valley-based company.

Yale plans to offer four courses beginning in January—focusing on Constitutional law, financial markets, morality, and Roman architecture.

A global framework for mental health practitioners offering online therapy, telemental health, behavioral telehealth, telepsychology services.

The most common question students ask math teachers at every level is “When will I use math?” WeUseMath.org is a non-profit website that helps to answer this question. This website describes the importance of mathematics and many rewarding career opportunities available to students who study mathematics.

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Good writing may exceed the boundaries suggested, if not intended, by dictionary definitions.

Anunciábamos hace un tiempo el libro que hoy, día de Internet, salía al mercado. Se trata de un trabajo firmado por Luis F.

Presidentes y rectores abordan el asunto en un Encuentro organizado por Universia Puerto Rico.

Helping students identify communications failures and choose an appropriate medium for expressing their ideas may well turn out to be the easier parts of the task, though. The bigger challenge will be to help them develop the attitude of openness that can both aid effective communication and reduce the likelihood of conflict, even if disagreement remains.

Teachers teach more than just lessons on subjects. They teach students life skills. We take time to remember that we are giving each student tools that will help them become better citizens in the world.