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Small Colleges Share Online Programs, Powered by a Company
Aug 25, 2022
Several colleges have increased enrollment and reaped financial gains from using Rize Education’s courses in high-demand fields, largely overcoming faculty concerns about loss of control.

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College in the Metaverse Is Here. Is Higher Ed Ready?
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Virtual Reality Boosts Students’ Empathy for Nature
Cyberextortion Threat Evolves
The Sharing Solution
Dec 12, 2019
Many universities and colleges are needlessly duplicating accessibility evaluations for learning tools. Why can’t they share them?

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Lecture Capture Reduces Attendance, but Students Value It
Scrutiny of a Financial Relationship
Learning Science for All

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Higher Ed, Meet GPT-3: We Will Never Be the Same!
August 24, 2022

We have read for years that artificial intelligence will make us more efficient and effective. We’re seeing the impact now in gathering big data, identifying and predicting trends, and providing quick answers to the run-of-the-mill questions from students and others.

Online Learning Impacting the Carbon Footprint
August 10, 2022

Climate change is heating up -- perhaps online learning is part of the solution.

Online Learning, From the Margins to the Center
July 27, 2022

Online learning has evolved over the past 25 years from a niche position on the margins of higher ed to the leading driver of growth in enrollment and innovation.

The Failing Links in Higher Ed
July 13, 2022

Higher education is suffering from the failure of a couple of essential linkages, resulting in mega-declines in enrollments—down three million over the past decade.

The Future of Higher Ed Immersed in Web 3.0
June 22, 2022

Not everyone agrees about what Web 3.0 will be, let alone how it will impact higher education, but the time to begin preparing is now.

Credentials: Closing the Relevancy Loop
June 8, 2022

One of higher ed’s challenges is to close the loop on relevancy for every student in every module of every class.

Credential Train Is Leaving the Station—Get on Board
May 25, 2022

In 1997, Sylvia Manning, then VPAA of the University of Illinois system, later president of the Higher Learning Commission, declared, “The online learning train is leaving the station—get on board or be left behind!”

Communicating the Realities of Higher Ed in 2022
May 11, 2022

This is a challenging time to lead, as a provost, dean, director or department chair at a college or university. That is not to say that there are not successes and rewards to be achieved, but they come harder than in decades past.

A Tale of 2 Communities (of Learners)
April 27, 2022

This is a rather dark Dickensian time in higher education, caught in the storm of societal and economic sea change. Yet, there is hope for those institutions who recognize and respond to the changes that are upon us.

Engaging Learners for Relevancy and Retention
April 12, 2022

Too often we assess our own learning by how pleasant the learning experience is, rather than assessing retention as well as how authentically relevantly and meaningfully those experiences and outcomes apply to real-life situations.

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Small colleges share online programs, powered by a company
August 25, 2022
Several colleges have increased enrollment and reaped financial gains from using Rize Education’s courses in high-demand fields, largely overcoming faculty concerns about loss of control.
College in the metaverse is here. Is higher ed ready?
August 3, 2022
Proponents say virtual reality boosts student engagement and achievement. Others worry it may prioritize corporate profits and violate student privacy. As 10 metaversities launch this fall, the details are being worked out in real time.
Virtual reality boosts students' empathy for nature
July 26, 2022
VR can complement undergraduate environmental education in meaningful ways—and even offer opportunities and insight that are inaccessible by other means.
Colleges face evolving cyber extortion threat
June 11, 2020
Cybercriminals successfully targeted three colleges and universities using ransom tactics new to higher ed. Experts say more institutions are likely to be affected.

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Diminishing duplication in evaluating accessibility of education technology
December 12, 2019

Many universities and colleges are needlessly duplicating accessibility evaluations for learning tools. Why can’t they share them?

The End of Note Taking?
August 7, 2019

Digital transcribing tools just might free students up to do more beneficial things with their time in class, write Perry Samson and Fred Singer.

Study: Lecture capture reduces attendance, but students value it
July 5, 2019

Study finds students are modestly less likely to come to class when lectures are recorded, but the videos bolster their learning.

Students call for investigation of Arizona State partnership with Cengage
April 26, 2019

When an Arizona State professor accused the university of an unethical partnership with Cengage, the university denied it received grants from the company. But there was a financial relationship that wasn't revealed at the time. Students seek more details.

Carnegie Mellon releases a treasure trove of learning science tools
April 3, 2019

Carnegie Mellon spent millions of dollars developing tools to help instructors improve their teaching. Now other institutions are invited to use them, too.

Professors share plans for implementing and assessing classroom technology projects
September 19, 2018

Professors share what they're doing differently in the classroom this fall -- and how they'll measure the success of their experiments.

Cornell students urge professors to hold off on laptop bans
March 1, 2017

At Cornell, student government wants professors in most courses to stay away from bans.

 

Ohio college invests in tech to enhance learning
February 22, 2017

The initiative, set to launch in fall 2017, will provide students and faculty and staff members with Apple devices to enhance their work in and out of the classroom -- while also trying to make sure people are sometimes off the grid.

Authors discuss new book on effective use of eportfolios
February 13, 2017

Authors discuss new book on how colleges and students can gain the most from an increasingly popular tool.

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