Bill Ferster

Online Courses (MOOC)

August 30, 2017

Learning How To Learn: Anatomy Of A Good MOOC

Barbara Oakley's "Learning how to Learn" MOOC has had over 2 million learners and a retention rate 5 times what other MOOCs typically have. This article explores why.

eLearning Challenges

August 5, 2017

Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Useful Way Of Looking At The Web

Look at the Internet as a collection of smaller units than a monolithic whole makes for a better user experience.

Project-Based Learning

July 1, 2017

Teaching Using Interactive Visualization: Project-Based Learning At UVA

Interactive visualization is an effective way of teaching many subjects, especially history. The University of Virginia's Research Seminar Initiative uses project-based learning coupled with state of the art digital visualization techniques in the humanities.

Learning Culture

June 24, 2017

The Book As An Interactive Device

Looking closer at the features books have had for centuries may be useful in understanding today's educational technology.

Educational Technology

June 3, 2017

Venture Capital In Educational Technology: Should EdTech Be Venture Funded?

Venture capital has fueled amazing growth in the overall technology marketed, but is this form of funding as effective in the edTech industry?

Educational Technology

May 27, 2017

Digital Video 101: Understanding How Digital Video Works

Digital video's inner workings are invisible, but it is not that different than old-fashioned moving pictures conceptually.

eLearning Market

May 6, 2017

Mad Men: Media Theorist Marshall McLuhan’s Branding Of Timothy Leary’s Message

Timothy Leary’s famous message on LSD, “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out,” became so viral during the 1960s, thanks in large part to media theorist Marshall McLuhan.

Educational Technology

April 22, 2017

Technology In K12: The Shape Of School Vs. The Shape Of EdTech

We need to consider not just the tech, but how it is actually used to be effective in the K12 classroom.