“… we measure the effect on learning outcomes of a prototypical interactive learning online (ILO) statistics course by randomly assigning students on six public university campuses to take the course in a hybrid format (with machine-guided instruction accompanied by one hour of face-to-face instruction each week) or a traditional format (as it is usually offered by their campus, typically with 3-4 hours of face-to-face instruction each week).”

Interesting article that I think others will like to read.

Hi NMCers,

We produce a frequent video series called the “NMC Voice” that airs on our official YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/newmediaconsortium) and our iTunes U page (http://itunes.apple.com/us/institution/the-new-media-consortium/id430511739).

In these episodes, we usually have a segment called “Your Voice,” which spotlights an NMC member’s edtech project. Here is one example: http://youtu.be/T3vPHFTlVR8

The “NMC Voice” is a great way to disseminate to a broader community the important work that is taking place on your campuses and across your organizations. That being said, we’re filming an episode this week and would love to include a great NMC member project. If you’d like the project we feature to be YOURS, tell us about it!

Email communications@nmc.org with some project details — a brief summary and a project website link, or a video link, or photos, etc. Anything that represents your project.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you and showcasing your work!

–
Samantha Adams
Director of Communications, NMC

So what is the C-LAB?  
The Campus Leaders Advisory Board is a group of people from across campus who have various roles in technology planning and support.  C-LABs exist at most of the colleges, universities and other institutions that belong to NMC.  We participate in a variety of NMC events including conferences and webinars where we share what’s going on at Penn and learn from others about what they’re doing.  By participating in a national organization like NMC, we stay on top of what’s new and exciting in educational technology, with input from others around the country and around the world.  One of the goals of Penn’s C-LAB is to translate what we learn into ideas that fit our own context, and to share those ideas with people in various roles all over campus.  

On our campus, Mark Aseltine of ISC is the NMC Campus Liaison, and the other C-LAB members are Chris Alexy (Nursing), David Brubaker (SEAS), Nate Cosgrove (Design), Liz Evans (ISC), John MacDermott (SAS), Marilyn Puchalski (ISC/MAGPI), Elizabeth Scheyder (SAS) and Anu Vedantham (Penn Libraries).  As we increase the activity of the C-LAB here at Penn, various members of the group will be sharing information and promoting ideas and activities.  We’ll be using this blog to share ideas, so please bookmark this page (or subscribe to the RSS feed) to see what’s new!