Web-Mediated Learning Found More Effective Than the Traditional Classroom

October 13 2009 / by memebox / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Education   Year: 2009   Rating: 4 Hot

A comprehensive report asserts that web-mediated learning has been found to be more effective than face-to-face learning.

New York Times: Over the 12-year span, the report found 99 studies in which there were quantitative comparisons of online and classroom performance for the same courses. The analysis for the Department of Education found that, on average, students doing some or all of the course online would rank in the 59th percentile in tested performance, compared with the average classroom student scoring in the 50th percentile.

My initial reaction is that both learning settings are critical and that students empowered with laptops in a classroom setting, such as in Maine, would probably outperform both groups. That said, it certainly does open the doors wider to distance learning and, hopefully, sweeping educational reform.

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Threats Facing the Dollar, Biofuel Shifting to Sea & Mixing Old and Young Stem Cells

January 06 2009 / by memebox / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 highlights several of the most though-provoking scans submitted to the Future Scanner over the previous 24 hours.

• Biofuel Development Shifting From Soil To Sea

           Scanned by: il pinolo

• Ten Major Threats Facing the U.S. Dollar in 2009

           Scanned by: Garry Golden

• Fusing Embryonic Stem Cells With Adult Cells

           Scanned by: Bora

• The Future Has Arrived: What 2008 Meant for the Future

           Scanned by: juldrich

• Military developing Chat Bots to talk with Families of Deployed Troops

           Scanned by: Garry Golden

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Future Scanner Weekly Top 10

January 05 2009 / by memebox / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

he Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 highlights some of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the previous 7 days.

• Cell phones: the future of music broadcasting

           Scanned by: Adam Cutsinger

• 5 Predictions for the Wii in 2009

           Scanned by: Andriod

• Wind energy trends to watch in 2009

           Scanned by: Garry Golden

• 10 Wild Cards for the next decade

           Scanned by: smarteconomy

• Blogging Predictions for 2009

           Scanned by: Jeff Hilford

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Reversing Brain Defects, Wind Energy Trends & Neutralizing Bio-Weapons

December 30 2008 / by memebox / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 highlights several of the most though-provoking scans submitted to the Future Scanner over the previous 24 hours.

• Wind energy trends to watch in 2009

          Scanned by: Garry Golden

• Will Work for Praise: The Web's Free-Labor Economy

          Scanned by: Jeff Hilford

• 6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now

          Scanned by: il pinolo

• New Enzyme might Neutralize Chemical Bio-Weapons

          Scanned by: Garry Golden

• Scientists succeed at reversing brain birth defects through stem cell therapy

          Scanned by: Bora

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Future Scanner Weekly Top 10

December 29 2008 / by memebox / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 highlights some of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the previous 7 days.

• Top Online Security Threats for 2009

          Scanned by: Jeff Hilford

• Supermarket interface or Cart 2.0

          Scanned by: Adam Cutsinger

• Economic bright spot: Prices for 2009

          Scanned by: Marc Cobb

• Army Developing Wolverine's Healing Factor

          Scanned by: John Heylin

• When will the Recession end?

          Scanned by: smarteconomy

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The End of Money, Real-Time Pollen Forecasts & the Collective Power of PS3s

December 23 2008 / by memebox / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 highlights several of the most though-provoking scans submitted to the Future Scanner over the previous 24 hours.  

• A World With No Money?

          Scanned by: Zora Styrian

• ABC's Earth 2100 Project

          Scanned by: Alvis Brigis

• Real-time pollen forecasts step closer to Digital Planetary awareness

          Scanned by: Garry Golden

• PS3s help astrophysicists solve mystery of black hole vibrations

          Scanned by: christinep

• Cell phones using lens-free imaging promise to improve health monitoring

          Scanned by: Garry Golden

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Future Scanner Weekly Top 10

December 22 2008 / by memebox / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 highlights some of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the previous 7 days.

• Obama Administration Seeks Scientists

   Scanned by: chelss28

• Faster Graphene Transistors  

          Scanned by: Joe Meme

• Further details on next-gen iPhone graphics plan

          Scanned by: Jeff Hilford

• World's Most Promising Tech Startups of 2009

          Scanned by: Zora Styrian

• U.S. Army Readies a New Blast-Protection Adhesive

          Scanned by: Garry Golden

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Overestimated Coal, Wind Towers and Friend Inflation

December 18 2008 / by memebox / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 highlights several of the most though-provoking scans submitted to the Future Scanner over the previous 24 hours.

• Faster Graphene Transistors  

          Scanned by Joe Meme

• Helical Wind Tower Gives Power to City

          Scanned by amisampat

• Dealing with Friend Inflation on Twitter, Digg

          Scanned by Jeff Hilford

• World Coal Reserves Could Be a Fraction of Previous Estimates

          Scanned by Marc Cobb

• Researchers release molecular catalog for common diseases

          Scanned by Garry Golden

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Real-time Gene Monitoring, OLED Lighting + Architecture, and Swiss Army Knife of the Future

December 17 2008 / by memebox / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Daily Top 5 highlights several of the most though-provoking scans submitted to the Future Scanner over the previous 24 hours.

• Boston Dynamic's RHex robot

          Scanned by: Jeff Hilford

• Real-time gene monitoring developed

          Scanned by: Garry Golden

• Obama Administration Seeks Scientists

  Scanned by: chelss28

• A New Era of Green Building Dynamic architecture with OLED lighting

          Scanned by: amisampat

• The Swiss Army Knife of the Future (take three)

         Scanned by: Jeff Hilford

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Future Scanner Weekly Top 10

December 15 2008 / by memebox / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Other   Year: General   Rating: 1

The Future Scanner Weekly Top 10 highlights some of the best scans submitted to the Future Scanner during the previous 7 days.

• There could be no end in sight for Moore's Law

  Scanned by John Heylin

• 9 car technologies that could save Detroit

  Scanned by John Heylin

• Scientists extract images directly from brain

  Scanned by Adam Cutsinger

• The clear future of electronics

  Scanned by Garry Golden

• Future of Space Elevator Looks Shaky

  Scanned by John Heylin

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