How to Build an Online Learning Program Students Crave and Employers Want

Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

One of the great challenges for any educator is how do you teach and test students on real-world problems, not just on theoretical textbook examples. Real-world problems are exciting to solve but devilishly hard to assess, especially when many students are involved. Yet that’s just the approach that Mark Schneider is helping lead at NAIT, …

DigitalEd for Digital Education

Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

As education continues to evolve to meet the needs of a fast-paced world, digital education and its associated assets are transitioning from luxury to necessity. Modern digital tools can deliver education that rivals classroom education in quality, while improving accessibility and efficiency. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses present more of a challenge due …

Maplesoft Spinoff, DigitalEd Tackling $1 Billion Online Education Market

Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

There is a new player in the growing market for online education, and it has hundreds of customers worldwide just months after it launched. DigitalEd, focusing on science, technology, engineering and math, wants to improve math education online for students worldwide and reduce the cost of education.

Maplesoft Spinoff DigitalEd Marks Its Inauguration with Updates to Full Product Suite

Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

DigitalEd, is formed to bring enhanced focus to online education for science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects, has begun operations as a separate corporation. As its first official act of business, DigitalEd announced a new release of its Möbius platform for online education.

Looking Ahead – Jim and Greg (Part 2)

Greg Dick and Jim Cooper are looking ahead to the future of digital education in the second half of their discussion.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

Gregory Allan Dick has 25+ years of experience leading and catalyzing change around the globe. He is a gifted educator, strategic thinker, communicator, and leadership expert. As the Director of Educational Outreach at the Perimeter Institute (PI), Greg has built a global education and advocacy network that spans more than 60 countries, driving STEM and …

The Role of eLearning in High School Education and Outreach – Jim and Greg (Part 1)

Perimeter Institute's Greg Dick breaks down the role of eLearning in high school education and outreach, in the first half of his discussion with host Jim Cooper.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

Gregory Allan Dick has 25+ years of experience leading and catalyzing change around the globe. He is a gifted educator, strategic thinker, communicator, and leadership expert. As the Director of Educational Outreach at the Perimeter Institute (PI), Greg has built a global education and advocacy network that spans more than 60 countries, driving STEM and …

Preparing For University with Online Courseware

This week, Alessandro Bogino discusses how secondary school students are preparing for university with online courseware, led by Dr. Steven Furino.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

Alessandro Bogino holds a research grant at the University of Turin focused on the development of plugins needed for the automated management of thousands of users enrolled in and preparing for the TARM (Test for the Assessment of Minimum Requirements). In addition, he previously held a research grant at the Department of Mathematics at the …

Making STEM education accessible to all: eLearning in Indonesia

Dr. Maydison Ginting shares his goal of making STEM education accessible to all, and discusses his plans to implement eLearning in Indonesia with Dr. Steven Furino.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

Dr. Maydison Ginting currently serves as a member of faculty as well as the Head of the Department of Business Mathematics in the School of Applied STEM at the Universitas Prasetiya Mulya in Indonesia. Listen as he and Dr. Steve Furino, Assistant Dean of Online Studies at the University of Waterloo, discuss plans to implement …

Supplementary Materials and Blended Learning

Dr. Matthias Kniebusch gives us his take on supplementary materials and blended learning in this week's podcast, hosted by Dr. Steven Furino.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

Dr. Matthias Kniebusch, Assistant Professor at the Hochschule Bremerhaven, a university of applied sciences in Germany, has been deeply focused on digital education for the past 5 years. He first introduced online assignments in mathematics as an initial step towards blended learning. Since then, he has developed online content in mathematics and in engineering mechanics …

Onwards and Upwards – Jim and Steve (Part 4)

Dr. Jim Cooper and Dr. Steven Furino conclude by discussing the onwards and upwards trajectory of digital education, in this final of this four part discussion.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

The Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo (UW) has the largest concentration of mathematical and computer science talent in the world and has been offering online mathematics courses since 2003. Over 21,000 UW students per year enroll in online for-credit math courses and the number of unique users visiting UW’s open educational resources …

Mobility and Infrastructure – Jim and Steve (Part 3)

Dr. Jim Cooper and Dr. Steven Furino examine how mobility and infrastructure play a key role in digital education in the third of this four part discussion.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

The Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo (UW) has the largest concentration of mathematical and computer science talent in the world and has been offering online mathematics courses since 2003. Over 21,000 UW students per year enroll in online for-credit math courses and the number of unique users visiting UW’s open educational resources …

Inside and Outside Post-Secondary – Jim and Steve (Part 2)

Dr. Jim Cooper and Dr. Steven Furino review digital education, both inside and outside post-secondary education in the second of this four part discussion.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

The Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo (UW) has the largest concentration of mathematical and computer science talent in the world and has been offering online mathematics courses since 2003. Over 21,000 UW students per year enroll in online for-credit math courses and the number of unique users visiting UW’s open educational resources …

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