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Stanford's professional schools commit to online learning
Posted: September 15, 2012 at 1:10 am
By Stanford Report staff
From left, Peter DeMarzo, business, Bernd Girod, engineering, and Charles Prober, medicine.
Three of Stanford's schools engineering, medicine and business have announced appointments of associate deans to lead their respective online education initiatives. The appointments will complement the university's continuing commitment to online learning.
Bernd Girod, professor of electrical engineering and a key figure in the type of multimedia technology that has revolutionized online education, has been named to the new position of senior associate dean for online learning and professional development in the School of Engineering.
"Bernd's appointment recognizes the rapidly growing importance of online learning in engineering education," said Dean James D. Plummer, who announced Girod's appointment.
At the School of Medicine, Charles Prober, senior associate dean for medical education, will take the lead in the school's commitment to interactive education. A professor of pediatrics, microbiology and immunology, Prober is a champion of what he calls interactive education, or the classroom experience that is made possible once lectures are put on video. He also is the driving force behind Stanford Medicine Interactive Learning Initiatives, which will guide the Medical School toward a new era in medical pedagogy.
"I have yet to meet a student who doesn't think classroom education has to change," Prober said. "Pushing facts at people isn't learning. The learning is the embedding of the facts to create rich, interactive sessions." Prober and a team of education technology specialists, physicians, faculty members and students are working to adapt the existing medical curriculum to new formats and to explore partnerships with other institutions of medical learning.
At the Graduate School of Business (GSB), meanwhile, Dean Garth Saloner appointed Peter DeMarzo, senior associate dean for academic affairs, to lead the initiative there. Like his colleagues at the other schools, DeMarzo, the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, is working with faculty to re-envision their courses with a full suite of educational technology solutions. At the Business School, these include a new Real-Time Analysis and Investment Lab (RAIL), which allows students to work with market data in real time.
For the time being, GSB online courses are aimed at enrolled students, but the school aspires to share modules of management content with a broader audience in the future, Saloner said.
"The GSB provides a personalized, transformational experience for our students," said Saloner. "Educational technology is a crucial factor in our ability to further deepen the learning that happens here on campus. It will also enable us to reach high-potential and high-achieving people around the world, many of whom would not otherwise have the opportunity to study under GSB faculty on campus."
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WeVideo Offers Deep Discounts to Education
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PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 14, 2012) - WeVideo (www.WeVideo.com), the world's most powerful and easy-to-use online video editing platform, today announced a new line-up of education pricing plans and discounts for its service, further underlining its leadership in the education market. WeVideo's collaborative video-editing technology has its roots in the education market in Europe and has seen rapid adoption in classrooms across the U.S. over the last year as a significant number of teachers embrace the drag-and-drop system to incorporate video in their classrooms.
"In the past year, we've seen several hundred thousand educators and students use WeVideo's online, collaborative video editing software to bring dynamic storytelling into the classroom," said Jostein Svendsen, WeVideo's CEO. "Every day we are amazed to hear about the creative ways educators are using WeVideo to enhance the learning environment."
Examples of exciting ways educators are putting WeVideo to use include:
Michael J. Curtin, Director of Curriculum and Instructional Technology at Edgemont Union Free School District, NY, said: "For a long time, we've understood that producing video is a highly engaging activity that helps students to develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills. In recent years, the availability of inexpensive video cameras and video-enabled cell phones has helped to make it easier for students to capture video at the front end of the process. Unfortunately, the cost and complexity of desktop video editing software have prevented many schools, including ours, from rolling it out to teachers and students on a wide scale. Additionally, storing and sharing the large files associated with video editing has made it difficult to implement and manage traditional video editing solutions on school networks. An inexpensive, web-based solution that can be accessed from school or home, supports collaborative editing, and relegates file storage to the cloud is exactly what we have been looking for."
Understanding that budgets are tight and school districts are watching every penny, WeVideo is introducing a free offering that will get teachers and students creating and exporting up to 15 minutes of videos per month and comes with 5 GB of storage. If more usage is needed, WeVideo has introduced heavily discounted subscriptions of its Plus version which offers 60 minutes of 720p HD video exports per month and 10 GB of storage, for $19.99 per year (regular price is $49.99 per year); and its Ultra version which offers 120 minutes of 720p HD video exports per month and 20 GB of storage at $29.99 per year (regular price is $99.99 per year). The price drops even further for volume licenses for a class, school or district.
"Today's students have grown up with technology, and video remains the most engaging medium for them," said Svendsen. "We want to enable them to use their skills in the classroom by removing any price barriers that are limiting schools from access to collaborative video editing."
WeVideo is also available on Google ChromeBooks as part of a partnership between Google and select software providers, and is included in the Google Back to School Collection available on theGoogle Chrome Web Store.
More information on WeVideo is available at http://www.wevideo.com. For volume license pricing inquiries, please contactsales@wevideo.com.
About WeVideo Based in Palo Alto, CA, WeVideo eliminates the cost and complexity of online video creation with powerful, easy to use web-based tools. Founded in 2011, WeVideo is built upon market-proven technology that originated in Scandinavia. The company raised $19.2M in a series A funding round in April 2012. WeVideo is available in any browser or as an integrated video editor within YouTube and Google Drive. To learn more, please visit http://www.wevideo.com.
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N.J. lawmakers study up on online education
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New Jersey legislators got a crash course in online education this week, from virtual schools to "blended" ones, and how far other states and countries have gone with the technology.
The committee held the special session Wednesday to discuss the various models, as the Christie administration has moved ahead in approving charter schools employing the technology in levels not seen before in the state.
Two charter schools have been approved that would be entirely online, with students taking class from home or other remote locations. They have been postponed a year.
Two other "blended" schools, which opened this fall in Newark, have students come to a school every day and work with teachers both face-to-face and online.
The arrival of the new schools has sparked considerable debate among education and community advocates, with the state's dominant teachers union legally challenging the administration on the schools already approved.
This caught the legislators' attention once again and prompted the joint committee's plans for four hearings to explore the subject further.
The next hearing is scheduled on Nov. 28 to hear from the state's major education organizations. Two more will be held next year.
On Wednesday, legislators invited three national advocates who brought perspective, pointing out that New Jersey is in the clear minority in not providing programs dedicated to the online technologies.
Thirty states have some form of virtual or blended programs, including Florida, Michigan, and Alabama.
Advocates pointed to the benefits for at least some students, saying it provides access and opportunity for those who struggle to find it in traditional schools.
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Extra: New dashboard technology improves online education, says Khan Academy founder – Video
Posted: September 13, 2012 at 10:12 pm
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Bisk Education Proudly Recognizes Top-Ranked University Partners
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TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bisk Education, the leader in online education, proudly acknowledged today those university partners that received Best College 2013 honors from U.S. News & World Report. Several of the universities, which offer degree and certificate programs 100% online via Bisk's state-of-the-art technology, maintained top rankings for 2013, while others increased their positions over last year's survey results. The rankings include:
Villanova University Ranked #1 Best Regional University in the North for the 20th consecutive year.
Michigan State University Ranked #1 for Best Undergraduate Business Program for Supply Chain Management for the second year in a row.
University of Notre Dame, Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech), University of Florida, University of South Florida, University of San Francisco and University of St. Thomas Minnesota All improved rankings over last year in the Best National Universities category.
Dominican University Improved its ranking over last year in the Best Regional Universities in the Midwest.
Widely recognized as the most trusted source for college and university rankings, U.S. News uses survey data and trends in higher education to ensure that the rankings offer prospective students the best analysis available when choosing a university.
"Bisk Education commends our university partners for continually achieving such high marks from U.S. News & World Report. We are proud that these universities have selected Bisk to deliver online learning services," said Nathan Bisk, Chairman and CEO of Bisk Education. "We remain committed to upholding the highest academic standards of our university partners and transforming the lives of their students."
Bisk creates highly scalable online learning solutions for universities that seek to advance their academic mission by offering programs to students around the world, 24/7. All Bisk partners are traditional, regionally accredited universities. Its University Alliance division facilitates the promotion and online delivery of degree and certificate programs from these universities, providing a high-quality education to adult students who wish to advance their knowledge and careers. Bisk's technology, which includes a proprietary Learning Management System with instructor-led video lectures and interactive classroom activities, ensures that every student receives a unique learning experience.
To learn about the Best Colleges 2013 rankings from U.S. News & World Report, visit http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges.
To learn more about Bisk Education, its strategic partnerships with top-ranked universities, and Bisk's approach to scalable online learning, visit http://www.Bisk.com.
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Education Committee Holds Hearing on Virtual Charter Schools – Video
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Physicians’ Education Resource Names President
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PLAINSBORO, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The go-to source for excellence in continuing medical education (CME), Physicians Education Resource (PER), announced today the appointment of Harold I. Magazine, Ph.D., as president. In addition, PER has named Alexis A.M. Mascitti, MD, as the companys vice president of scientific affairs.
In his role as president, Magazine will lead all operations of PER including development of the organizations online CME activities and live congresses and symposiums. PER hosts over a dozen annual, live conferences, in conjunction with industry leaders to advance cancer care.
Prior to joining PER, Magazine served as the director of medical education at Allergan, Inc., a multi-specialty healthcare company in Irvine, Calif. There, he oversaw independent medical education grants across multiple therapeutic areas and established improved communication with cross-functional teams.
His other previous experience includes serving as vice president of professional education for Science Care Inc.; president of Veritas Institute for Medical Education; and vice president of scientific affairs for Health Science Communications as well as for Hurley Consulting Associates in Chatham, N.J.
Magazine received his Ph.D. from University of Floridas Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville, Fla. He then attended Albany Medical College for his post-doctoral fellowship in pulmonary physiology.
Alexis A.M. Mascitti, MD, joins PER as vice president of scientific affairs from ParagonRX, where she was a risk management clinical consultant. In that role, she oversaw, developed and implemented risk mitigation strategies, adapted client systems to meet FDA requirements and instituted clinically targeted data analytics.
Additionally, Mascitti was a pediatric resident at New York University School of Medicine, where she directed the clinical care of infants, children and adolescents. She also has served as a research assistant for Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Childrens neuroscience department in Wilmington, Del.
Mascitti received her bachelors in neuroscience from the University of Delaware and earned her doctor of medicine from Jefferson Medical College.
To learn more about how PER is advancing cancer care through professional education, visit http://www.gotoper.com.
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Locals enjoy online K-12 education option
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Aiden Douglas works on his spelling with his mom, Jamie Douglas, at his desk in his room. Aiden, along with his brother and sisters are home-schooled solely online through California Virtual Academies. //Daniel Dreifuss/Staff
A postcard sitting in the mailbox, addressed to a former resident, piqued Jamie Douglas interest a decade ago.
California Virtual Academies, a tuition-free online K-12 public school, was just getting off the ground the postcard announced.
Douglas decided to keep tabs on the program and see how many families took advantage of the one-on-one attention, the 21st century learning tools and the advanced curriculum.
When she moved to Pismo Beach from Ventura a year and a half ago, Douglas had already enrolled two of her four children into the academies, commonly called CAVA, with a main office in Simi Valley.
I was really looking forward to it, Douglas said last week, recalling the years she waited for now 8-year-old Aiden and 7-year-old Corbin to be of school age. There are so many choices. I didnt have to worry about writing my own curriculum.
Douglas is joining a growing number of families, locally and across the nation, who turn to online learning instead of the traditional brick and mortar public school setting.
CAVA has grown from 250 students when it opened in 2002 to about 13,500 today.
More recently, the school has added 1,500 or 2,000 students each year, said Katrina Abston, CAVA senior head of school.
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Posted: September 12, 2012 at 8:15 pm
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Medical Education Firm Launches Online Tool to Help Docs Guide Personalized Rx Decisions in NSCLC
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Clinical Care Options, a developer of continuing education and medical decision support resources, has launched a web-based tool to help oncologists figure out which lung cancer patients may benefit from molecularly guided personalized treatments.
The online decision-support tool provides oncologists with expert recommendations on first-line and maintenance treatment options for non-small cell lung cancer patients based on their patients' medical information and tumor features, including oncogenic markers.
Clinical Care Options developed the online tool based on the treatment choices made by five US experts who were presented 96 cases with specific variables regarding patients' medical history, such as tumor histology, genomic mutations, age, and smoking history.
In order to use the tool, oncologists select their patients' medical information and desires and select their treatment of choice. The tool then displays how the five experts would treat this patient. The program then surveys users about how the expert recommendations impacted their treatment decisions.
The firm presented the results of this survey in a poster at the Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology this week. The tool has been used by approximately 1,000 physicians around the world, according to Jim Mortimer, senior director of oncology programs and partnership development at Clinical Care Options. Overall, approximately 23 percent of clinicians who used the tool have said it helped change their decisions, while 50 percent indicated the tool helped confirm their initial treatment strategy.
Specifically, with regard to genomically guided personalized NSCLC treatments, all five of the experts selected Pfizer's Xalkori (crizotinib) whenever a patient case involved the ALK fusion gene. However, out of 80 cases entered by oncologists involving this marker, only around 40 percent selected Xalkori. And although in NSCLC cases with mutated EGFR the experts selected Genentech's Tarceva (erlotinib), only 60 percent of the 100 such cases entered by clinicians into the tool chose the drug.
The data collected by Clinical Care Options suggest that its decision-support tool may be a useful resource when oncologists want to assess how their peers would prescribe a genomically targeted personalized treatment. These drugs, compared to standard treatments, are relatively new to the market and expensive. Pfizer's Xalkori was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration last year while Genentech is in the process of getting approval for Tarceva in the US as a first-line treatment for NSCLC patients who have EGFR mutations. Last year, the European Commission approved the use of Tarceva as a first-line treatment for NSCLC in patients with EGFR mutations (PGx Reporter 9/7/2011).
Clinical Care Options said launched the online tool because it noticed that physicians often look for advice beyond broad treatment guidelines when it comes to making decisions for specific patients.
"The tool recommendations align very well with the treatment guidelines but the advantage of the tool is the granularity of the case specifics. Users of the tool can quickly enter in details of a case and see the results for what five experts would recommend," Mortimer told PGx Reporter. "This contrasts with guidelines that apply to broad groups and provide lists of suitable treatments."
Mortimer noted that some of the experts' recommendations included in the tool are outside of the exact indication of a particular drug. However, because the experts' treatment decisions were evidence based, they "did not indicate any issues with reimbursement."
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