Campus Leadership

How self-service options improve the student experience

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With nearly all higher education students using electronic devices to manage their day-to-day life on campus, including uploading assignments to their ePortfolios and managing their course schedules in…
Classroom Innovation

Why chatbots are not the future of student engagement

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chatbot
The higher ed space is evolving as more schools look to implement artificial intelligence (AI) in a variety of ways to stay innovative. From discussions of AI replacing…
Classroom Innovation

The top 7 programming languages to learn in 2018

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programming languages
Software development is a dynamic field. New programming languages, frameworks and technologies can emerge, become popular, and then fade away in the course of a few years. Developers…
Campus Leadership

Students and IT pros weigh in on cybersecurity

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cybersecurity
Across the country, colleges and universities are on high alert to protect against cyberattacks. From WannaCry to Petya, the recent proliferation of ransomware, malware, and distributed denial of…
Classroom Innovation

4 reasons why student success is misdefined in higher ed and how data can fix it

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student success
What is student success? Let’s start with the most fundamental definition: completing and receiving a degree. For decades, national completion rates have hovered around 20-30 percent in three…
Campus Leadership

Why you should approach “fluidity” in mobile technology–because miracles can happen

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In September 2012, while speaking at a global conference on educational transformation in Toronto, I predicted that I would witness two computational miracles in my lifetime. The first…
Classroom Innovation

What does experiential learning look like?

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experiential learning
The term millennial is a word that big education aspires to connect with, yet has trouble relating to. Too often in higher education it simply means 20-somethings, and…
Campus Leadership

3 ways to improve student retention

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student retention
Higher education is at a crossroads. Today, only half of students who enter college in the U.S. actually complete their degree within six years. Many first-generation college students…