10 rules for developing your first online course
Years of helping faculty pass to the dark side of online education have taught me a few simple rules that I brow beat (in a collegial way) into…
10 higher education blogs worth following
Between MOOCs, online learning and mobile technology, higher education is a booming topic across the country, with the internet often its most prolific forum. Educators and other ed-tech…
Here’s how to meet the needs of online learners
When Title IV funding for higher education began in 1965, colleges and universities never imagined a day when learners would take classes online or create their own academic…
Can you flip an online class?
We recently asked a group of teaching assistants, “How do you think today’s college classroom is different than when you were an undergraduate student? What is the most…
5 technology trends poised to rock higher education
Trends like “devices,” “MOOCs,” and “Twitter,” are making the rounds in higher education, but what do these trends means for admin and students, and how are they affecting…
Here’s how to reach your most social, tech-savvy students
Higher-ed institutions using YouTube, Snapchat to announce student’s acceptance In a trend that’s quickly catching on in many colleges and ... Read more
What to do after a breach
One week after a sophisticated cyberattack exposed more than 300,000 personal records of University of Maryland (UMD) students and alumni, university President Wallace Loh said he would launch…
MOOC: How to design an amazing blended learning course
Designing a blended learning course may seem complicated to people unfamiliar with the vast array of options blended learning provides, but EDUCAUSE, Instructure, and the University of Central…
How to make an online lab successful
Earlier this month, Excelsior College launched a highly interactive, media-rich Online Writing Lab (OWL) and opened it up for free to the public. If the more than 20…
1 million students to get free textbooks
This fall over 1 million students will have access to the free textbook, Principles of Economics, provided by OpenStax College. Founded in 2012, OpenStax College is a nonprofit…