Cloud Learning

01/14/2015

Canada's first MOOC for Business Math was successfully delivered by Holland College (located in the beautiful PEI) using Vretta's technology platform and learning resources. Students from 12 countries including Australia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Spain, Ghana, India, Italy, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Syria, the USA, and the British Virgin Islands participated to make the MOOC a success!
http://www.vretta.com/?p=4982

01/06/2015

"He was an amazing teacher, and really thought about mathematical thinking, and about how to communicate with students and let them know why we appreciate our subject", says math professor Deirdre Haskell of James Stewart whose passion for math and music leave a lifelong legacy. http://bit.ly/1wQH3wq

He wrote bestselling calculus textbooks, played the violin and supported young musicians by featuring them in his house concerts

01/02/2015

Is today's math curriculum teaching students to become problem solvers or textbook decoders? http://bit.ly/1vXne7X

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. In his talk, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think. (Filmed at

12/15/2014

"Lets put stuff in place to make education easier, more accessible with bigger supports to our staff so they can teach and help." Great to know that the new chair of the District School Board of Niagara, Sue Barrett, is proposing radical solutions to tackle the math problems that students face. This shift from more traditional ways of teaching to more creative ways, particularly in elementary years, is proving to provide students with the fundamental skills they need to achieve their potential in math!
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2014/12/08/math-special-education-a-focus-for-dsbn-chair

For Sue Barnett, it adds up to one formula for student success.

04/17/2013

"Student Success in the Cloud", a presentation on Cloud Learning methods that are transforming the educational landscape.
http://lnkd.in/iiVAd8

Hosted by Okanagan College, the 2013 ACCC Annual Conference “Ideas Uncorked” will provide an opportunity for delegates to share ideas. These ideas produce the kind of innovation that will meet the future needs of communities, provide greater access to education and advanced skills for economic and s...

02/10/2013

Here's a use of real-time game engines to provide users with a hands-on learning experience: www.vretta.com

01/31/2013

'Things take longer to happen than you think they will and then they happen faster than you think they could.' -Larry Summers, former President of Harvard University
http://blogs.hbr.org/hbr/hbreditors/2013/01/eight_brilliant_minds_on_the_f.html

Massively open online classes (MOOCs) are the single most important technological development of the millennium so far.

01/29/2013

12/28/2012

Join the discussion! http://lnkd.in/6JpvE9

Can anybody suggest the best cloud platforms that can be used to host content(SCORM, PDF, PPT) and made available to users. Tracking and Reporting is a MUST. Thank you for your comments/suggestions in advance.

12/07/2012

Follow us on twitter for updates and check out our new blog post breaking down the differences and benefits of face-to-face training and e-learning. http://vrettainc.blogspot.ca/

‘Vretta’ (VRET’-tə): An ancient word that means ‘way of life’. Vretta was founded to bring about a radical transformation in the learning methods that exist in the current education and training landscape, both in academic institutions and corporations. We specialize in the production of finely-tail...