Caveat Google

UVA Prof. Siva Vaidhayanathan, speaking at VU, warns that the Googleization of everything can lead to debased learning and excessive consumerism. VU release here.

HealthStream and Belmont University are partnering to produce educational content to support manikin-based simulation and debriefing for medical educators (click, then scroll to bottom here). HealthStream is part of a JV with publisher Laerdal.

EdTech conference underway in Nashville

The 28th annual Tennessee Educational Technology Conference runs through tomorrow in Nashville. Details here.

Online-education challenges

A report just out, and confirmed by academics interviewed by the Times Free Press, indicates the value and inevitability of online education, but underscores, also, the challenges, including the need for extensive preparation and staff support for online offerings. The story's here.