All posts by Henry Kronk
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How ECOT, Once the Largest Virtual Charter School in the U.S., Went Belly-Up Overnight
February 14, 2018 Henry Kronk
Last month, the one-time largest single virtual charter school in the U.S., Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), closed abruptly. During a review of…
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I Am Learning to Code: Week 4, Flexible Schedules, and Sheer Frustration with Github
February 13, 2018 Henry Kronk
After I finished, I could not for the life of me figure out how to correctly deploy it with Github Pages. I went…
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A WMU Professor Is Using Microsoft’s HoloLens AR Technology to Teach Aviation
February 12, 2018 Henry Kronk
Microsoft has selected Lori Brown, an associate professor of aviation at WMU, to test out their new HoloLens, the world’s first self-contained holographic…
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A New Study Highlights Higher Education Deserts
February 11, 2018 Henry Kronk
Many have likely heard of the digital divide, known alternatively as the ‘homework gap,’ in which many communities do not have access to…
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An Emirati City Is Giving Tablets to Every K-2 Learner As Part of its Lughati Initiative
February 10, 2018 Henry Kronk
Launched in 2013, the Lughati initiative has already provided thousands of tablets to Kindergarten and 1st grade students, along with teaching resources for…
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Learn About “Get Out” and The Black Horror Aesthetic With this Online Course
February 10, 2018 Henry Kronk
"It's been thrilling for me as both a horror fan and creator and an academic to watch the students respond not only to…
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University President Predicts AI Will Takeover the University Admissions Process
February 09, 2018 Henry Kronk
Professor Gast does not believe the university admissions process will ever be fully automated. “As it is, we do the best we can…
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The Rising Cost of Textbooks Is Feverish–Student PIRGs Say Open Educational Resources Has the Cure
February 08, 2018 Henry Kronk
A 2014 study authored by Student PIRGs, “Fixing the Broken Textbook Market” found that 65% of students do not buy all the educational…
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In Coverage of Online Courses, Generalizations Prevail
February 07, 2018 Henry Kronk
Given the context of the article, Dynarski seems to be right on the money. But accounting for the full scope of the term…
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In Honor of Safer Internet Day, Christoph Meinel Will Lead a Cybersecurity MOOC
February 06, 2018 Henry Kronk
The course will cover both hardware and software concerns with cybersecurity. It will go over vulnerabilities in microprocessors—known as Meltdown and Spectre—and teach…
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