October 2015

Is there more to a MOOC than its completion rate?

October 20, 2015October 16, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Significant cost return-on-investment, massive social networking momentum, and thousands of downloads of one University’s MOOC have led experts to the conclusion that their MOOC initiative is a home-run…

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What is our norm?

October 15, 2015 by Jeremy Cunningham

The question stopped me in my tracks. I was speaking with a student after class about his struggle to keep ... Read more

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Radford launches online design thinking program

October 15, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Radford University launched its newest certificate program, the Design Thinking Certificate, in fall 2015. Design Thinking is an innovative collaborative process for solving complex problems. Designers have been…

Campus Leadership

Is there a link between dropout rates and how students thrive?

October 15, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Although 75 percent of students are consistently accepted into their first-choice university, only one-in-two college freshman ultimately graduate, according to vibeffect’s College Optimizer Index and research conducted when…

IT Leadership

3 characteristics of successful next-gen online learning

August 23, 2017October 15, 2015 by By Kevin Gibbs and Claire Stuve

High failure rates. Low retention. Disengaged students. These problems exist at many universities, but more and more institutions and instructors, like us, are leveraging online learning to turn…

IT Leadership

Why online credits need PSA help

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 by By Ron Bethke, eCampus News Assistant Editor, @eCN_RonB

Earning online credits, thanks to for-profit mishaps, has earned notoriety with students eager to chip away at a meaningful degree at their own pace. But according to one…

IT Leadership

Social scientists launch ‘Mindset Scholars Network’ at Stanford

October 13, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Interest in how students’ beliefs about learning and school shape their academic performance is growing rapidly. Research shows that when we help students understand they can grow their…

IT Leadership

College to develop open-source assessment tool

October 14, 2015October 13, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Excelsior College has received a $1.9 million grant that will be used to develop the Diagnostic Assessment and Achievement of College Skills (DAACS), an open-source assessment tool, which…

Campus Leadership

New grant program would lower print costs…by promoting online

October 13, 2015 by By Becky Yerak, Chicago Tribune

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Is there more to a MOOC than its completion rate?

What is our norm?

Radford launches online design thinking program

Is there a link between dropout rates and how students thrive?

3 characteristics of successful next-gen online learning

Why online credits need PSA help

Social scientists launch ‘Mindset Scholars Network’ at Stanford

College to develop open-source assessment tool

New grant program would lower print costs…by promoting online

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