News tagged with online education

Apple to hold media event on education next week

(AP) -- Apple is scheduling a media event in New York next week, but the company isn't saying much about the topic it plans to discuss.

Technology / Business

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Science magazine honors IAU-endorsed Universe Awareness program with prestigious SPORE Award

Universe Awareness (UNAWE) is the recipient of the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) award, introduced by Science Magazine as a means to showcase the best educational resources that a ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Ask A Biologist' website wins prestigious SPORE prize

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has chosen Arizona State University's "Ask A Biologist," an online resource for children's science education, to receive the Science Prize for Online ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Online education expands, but is it effective?

Clinton Parker, a senior at Julian High School, worked quietly at his computer in August as the clicks of mice from more than a dozen students punctured the air of an otherwise silent computer lab.

Technology / Other

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UWM study explores why women leave engineering careers

While only one in 10 male engineers leave their field by the time they reach their 30s, about one in four women are not working in engineering despite having completed the necessary education.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Online tutorials help elementary school teachers make sense of science

Interactive Web-based science tutorials can be effective tools for helping elementary school teachers construct powerful explanatory models of difficult scientific concepts, and research shows the interactive tutorials are ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Troops give new meaning to distance learning

The day starts before 8 a.m. for Jonathan Richman, a religious-program specialist 2nd class with the U.S. Navy, based at Joint Task Force-Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 05, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

MyFitness Planner really moves you

New research suggests that a healthier, more physically active lifestyle is just a few clicks away with Dairy Council of California's MyFitness Planner.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0