June 2016

Blockchain-based credentials initiative moves forward

June 27, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Learning Machine and MIT Media Lab’s Learning Initiative have released the first version of an open-source project that builds an ecosystem for creating, sharing, and verifying blockchain-based educational…

Microcredentials

Could Microsoft’s LinkedIn revolutionize competency-based learning?

June 27, 2016 by Meris Stansbury

LinkedIn has the user data and focus on competency-based employment skills and career advancement. Microsoft has the computational ability to turn this CBE learning into an HR goldmine.…

Campus Leadership

Students say campus technology needs major overhaul–but why?

June 24, 2016 by Meris Stansbury

According to a new multi-national student survey on campus technology, one-third of students feel student administration systems do not meet their expectations, making them less likely to recommend…

Campus Leadership

Free online textbook use grows at state universities

June 24, 2016 by Anna Burleson, Grand Forks Herald

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Campus Leadership

Two schools earn highest level of online learning endorsement

June 24, 2016 by Laura Ascione

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), a professional organization devoted to advancing the quality of digital learning worldwide, announced that the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Baker College have…

Campus Leadership

Data, data, data

June 24, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of this week's news stories here,…

Campus Leadership

Are private sector schools doomed to fail?

August 23, 2017June 23, 2016 by Corey Greendale and Martin Lind

Newsworthy failures in proprietary higher education have led to generalizations about the career school sector as a whole. Most think of for-profits as a homogeneous group, but the…

Digital Innovation

New knowledge discovery service launched specifically for higher education

June 23, 2016 by Meris Stansbury

Yewno, a new approach to knowledge discovery aimed at enhancing human understanding via an inference hub, today announced the launch of its first vertical offering, Yewno for Education.

Campus Leadership

Freakonomics author: 4 ways data could be tricking you

June 23, 2016 by Meris Stansbury

When higher ed leaders discuss big data these days, as well as its potential to help predict future trends and, therefore, courses of action, stories about turkey breasts,…

Campus Leadership

More than 30 colleges, universities partner on digital learning initiative

June 22, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Pearson has announced partnerships with more than 30 colleges and universities to deliver digital course materials to students through a variety of delivery models, most working through campus…

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Blockchain-based credentials initiative moves forward

Could Microsoft’s LinkedIn revolutionize competency-based learning?

Free online textbook use grows at state universities

Two schools earn highest level of online learning endorsement

Data, data, data

Are private sector schools doomed to fail?

New knowledge discovery service launched specifically for higher education

Freakonomics author: 4 ways data could be tricking you

More than 30 colleges, universities partner on digital learning initiative

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