Do More with Office Mix and EdCast

We’re excited to announce that EdCast now has built-in support for Office Mix videos shared on the Knowledge Network and Knowledge Cloud. Now, when you publish your content through Office Mix, it’s easier for you to distribute your content to your audience on EdCast.   Office Mix offers a simple way to turn your PowerPoint slides into interactive online lessons and presentations. It adds functionality to PowerPoint that allows you to record audio or video of yourself presenting, write on your slides as you speak to them, insert quizzes, polls, online videos, and more. Office Mix is transforming how educators … Continue reading Do More with Office Mix and EdCast

Innovation in Higher Education: Important, Even Critical, but Not for Everyone

Innovation is one of those things that most organizations would say is very important.  And indeed it can be, but at the same time most organizations are built to do some fairly specific things, do them well, repeatedly, consistently, and with attention to costs and efficiency.  It can be very difficult to take that organization – optimized to do something not particularly easy – and ask it to do something completely or even a little bit different; which is to say innovate. Some of the more recent scholarship on innovation is notable for recognizing that not everyone in an organization … Continue reading Innovation in Higher Education: Important, Even Critical, but Not for Everyone

What Do “Big Data” & “Social Impact” Have In Common?

“Big Data” and “Social Impact Ventures” are the two hot topics of our times. The potential of Big Data and Social Impact Ventures to transform the world have been demonstrated across sectors and geographies and have been identified as critical tools for the next phase of human progress by visionaries and leaders worldwide. These topics are part of  almost every World Economic forum conversations, strategic plans of government and investors are investing big on these transformative ideas of our times. Well, they both have something in common and that is EdCast! EdCast has free courses starting in the next 8 … Continue reading What Do “Big Data” & “Social Impact” Have In Common?

Scaling Impact: For Those Who Want to Make a Difference

Someone once said: “The one single factor that determines society’s success is the percentage of change-makers within it.” There are several factors that can change the world in infinite dimensions; however, there are some specific people and groups who truly leave their mark. Here at EdCast, we believe in the power and strength of knowledge and believe it can change a company or even a nation and guide it to a path of success. Through education, we reach for change, which is linked to the emergence of innovative ideas and leads to effective results. Creating solutions that make a difference is … Continue reading Scaling Impact: For Those Who Want to Make a Difference