In addition to the discussion that happens within SpacedEd courses, we have used this blog, Twitter and Facebook to connect with our members. Recently we added a new tool with the creation of the official SpacedEd discussion group on LinkedIn. We will cross-post from our blog and Twitter feeds to the LinkedIn group and hope [...]
Ed. Magazine, the magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is currently featuring an article on SpacedEd entitled “Repetition, Repetition, Repetition“. It covers background on how SpacedEd came to be and includes this quote on the content-neutral approach we take in allowing anyone to create a course on anything:
“For that reason, SpacedEd CEO Duncan [...]
Harvard Magazine in its most recent print issue featured an interview with B. Price Kerfoot, inventor of the “spaced education” concept that powers SpacedEd.
On more traditional forms of web-based learning the author comments:
“[Kerfoot] knew that Web-based teaching modules are a gold standard for online education, but in a study done at four medical schools, Kerfoot [...]
Our recent news on SpacedEd Enterprise has gotten a great write up from the folks over at ReadWriteWeb, which we very much appreciate.
They say, in part:
“Research from Harvard Medical School has resulted in a pretty sharp SaaS learning system. SpacedEd, as it is called, uses a simple question and answer format that adapts to the [...]
There are a number of sites that create short introductory snippets to what’s new and exciting out there on the web. One of the more popular is KillerStartups and today they put up a short review on us.
Please take a look and of course we would love your vote when you get there too!
Kelci Lynn has an interesting take on SpacedEd over at the About.com Guide to College Life:
“Interested in going to medical school? You may be interested in checking out SpacedEd.com. The site, created by Harvard Medical School professor B. Price Kerfoot, claims to help you “learn most anything in 3 minutes a day.” You’ll be emailed [...]
Last week I had the opportunity to talk with David Mallon, Senior Analyst at respected e-Learning research and advisory company Bersin & Associates about SpacedEd and some of our plans for the upcoming Enterprise version. David had some great feedback for us on how we could make the platform even better and also some great ideas [...]
Dian Schaffhauser at Campus Technology magazine wrote an article on SpacedEd that is now available on their web site
As the article says:
“Topics cover the silly–”Fantasy Football 101″–and the serious–”Core Urology for Medical Students.”
which is a great way to describe the broad range of courses we have (and growing every day) and I love the alliteration!
More seriously [...]
Stephanie Lee over at Inside Higher Ed published a great article on SpacedEd today that includes some quotes from one of our first authors, Dr. Kitt Shaffer, who is a radiologist and Vice Chair for Education in the Radiology department at Boston Medical Center. She noted how she was attracted by the simplicity of both the [...]
Our recent announcement of the licensing of the spaced education methodology from Harvard University is now up on Harvard’s own site. You can also read more about our friends at the Office of Technology Development who have been very supportive of our launch. OTD is the group responsible for helping to commercialize inventions developed at [...]
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