Higher Ed’s 2015 reading list for faculty & admin
Who says that higher education isn’t the protagonist in some dystopian YA novel? From topics such as how to master “hot topics” like entrepreneurship and community engagement for…
Month: February 2015
This instructional approach is closing student achievement gaps
A technology-enabled instructional approach developed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has proven to reduce the achievement gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged students through a self-paced online learning…
Learning software gets major update for visually impaired students
Kurzweil Education, Inc., a division of Cambium Learning Group, Inc., announced Kurzweil 1000 Version 14, the latest version of its award-winning text-to-speech software that makes printed or electronic…
Going virtual? Don’t get physical
As college IT departments look to wring as much value as possible from their budgets and infrastructure, server virtualization has become almost de rigueur. While the benefits of…
New tool targets enrollment trends
A new interactive tool that uncovers nationwide trends in higher education is designed to help college administrators understand the trends impacting college enrollment, such as demographics and high…
‘Maker’ innovation spreading on campuses
Xavier University is partnering with MakerBot to bring a MakerBot Innovation Center to the university’s campus. Xavier University joins a growing number of universities throughout the country that…
11 online learning demands from today’s picky students
Online learning enrollment is slowing down. At the same time, student preferences and demands for online courses and degrees are changing. And this is all due to increasing…
Did higher education get these trends right?
“Makerspaces” will gain traction long before adaptive learning; and improving digital literacy is a breeze compared to determining how to reward educators for teaching. These are just two…
Why higher ed should be more like Formula One (and less like NASCAR)
As individuals who have taught in higher education classrooms, we know that when it comes to the next generation of innovative technology, professors are looking for two things:…