California State University, Northridge has always strived to be on the cutting edge of education, and now, with the university-wide roll out of several computing initiatives, the campus is on the cutting edge of technology.
The New Media Consortium has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching, learning and creative inquiry on a global scale for the past decade. Recently, the NMC highlighted CSUN in two reports (the NMC Horizon Report: 2013 K-12 Edition and the NMC Horizon Report: 2013 Higher Education Edition), noting CSUN’s excellence in helping “high-need” students across Los Angeles learn using cloud computing technology with the Computer Supported Collaborative Science initiative.
The CSCS initiative is an ongoing effort to help science teachers in Los Angeles schools engage students in authentic research experiences through the use of cloud-based computing tools. Rolled out in 29 middle schools, the initiative training included a clinical teaching experience designed to use tools like Google Docs and Google Sites to enhance student learning.
The NMC reports covered 10 emerging technologies that will impact education over the next five years: cloud computing, mobile learning, learning analytics, open content, 3D printing, MOOCs, virtual and remote laboratories, games and gamification, tablet computing and wearable technology. CSUN was singled out in the science section of the cloud computing division of the report.
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