March 2020

How digital tools are enhancing campus wayfinding

March 31, 2020 by Darby Gelhard

As technologies improve, campus wayfinding is an increasingly popular way to help students, staff, and visitors become familiar with their surroundings

Every day, wayfinding tools for higher education are becoming more high-tech. The best campus wayfinding tools accomplish two primary goals: Helping the user orient themselves with their surroundings,…

Classroom Innovation

10 tips for student-generated flipped classroom lectures

March 30, 2020 by Michael Kane

An educator offers insight on how to make the flipped classroom more engaging, while encouraging students to take ownership of their learning

Since September 2014, I have produced numerous flipped classroom lectures for accounting and financial spreadsheet courses in my flipped classroom. Five semesters later – during the spring semester…

Student Success & Well-Being

Open webinars on delivering remote assessments

March 31, 2020March 27, 2020 by ECampus News Staff

A university chancellor shares four tips to help online universities sustain all-important human connections to create the innovators of tomorrow.

Gradescope for Remote Assessments are introducing Gradescope, to help you set up a course, build an assignment, grade work and ... Read more

Student Success & Well-Being

Free computer programming courses

March 27, 2020 by ECampus News Staff

DataCamp for the Classroom offers free access to data science and analytics educators across the globe to all DataCamp content. ... Read more

Campus Leadership

How autonomous vehicles could transform the college experience

March 27, 2020 by Joe Moye

Autonomous vehicles and shuttles could make transportation around campus easier--and safer--for students

It’s no secret that parking seems to be a pain point among college students on several campuses across the United States. According to the New York Times, the…

Student Success & Well-Being

Online Career Fair Keeps College Recruiting on Track

March 26, 2020 by ECampus News Staff

Turazo, the platform that builds careers through virtual coaching, today announced that in response to the Covid-19 outbreak it has ... Read more

Student Success & Well-Being

Online professional learning facilitated by Dell

March 26, 2020 by ECampus News Staff

Dell Technologies is providing support to those affected by school closures and the move to distance learning by facilitating online ... Read more

IT Leadership

Higher-ed tech adoption is more stressful than you might realize

March 26, 2020 by Laura Ascione, Managing Editor, Content Services, <a>@eSN_Laura</a>

A new survey shows that most professors say higher-ed tech adoption is a major pressure point, resulting in anxiety and loss of sleep

A survey of university professors reveals higher-ed tech adoption is one of their biggest sources of stress--a majority say they've experienced anxiety and both personal and professional tension.…

Student Success & Well-Being

Screen recording and asynchronous collaboration tools

March 25, 2020 by ECampus News Staff

TechSmith is helping organizations and academic institutions who are preparing for prolonged absences and/or campus closures due to COVID-19. TechSmith ... Read more

Student Success & Well-Being

Test Grading Cloud available to all instructors for free

March 25, 2020 by ECampus News Staff

Remark Test Grading Cloud available to all instructors for free, including electronic bubble sheets for distributing and grading assessments. In ... Read more

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