Apps and analytics: The key to student engagement?
Bolstering engagement with students could hinge on how colleges and universities use real-time data. Insight into how, when, and even why students interact with campus technologies has become…
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Innovation corner: Hitting back against data attacks
Colleges and universities have more data than ever, and with that exponential increase in sensitive information has come the prying eyes of hackers hoping to find their way…
Innovation corner: Bandwidth headaches and solutions
Higher education officials usually avoid words like "perplexing" and "intractable" when discussing campus challenges with reporters, but those words have cropped up time and again in my interviews…
Innovation corner: New freedom with online learning
The base level of technological savvy has surely risen on college campuses over the past half decade, and with that rise has come growing expectations for flexibility in…
Innovation corner: Big Data for colleges large and small
Many colleges and universities are just beginning to understand how to leverage vast amounts of data. While the definition of ... Read more
Innovation corner: Technology solutions for boosting retention
Student retention, once a back burner issue for many colleges and universities, has emerged as a pressing issue for campus decision makers, who have increasingly looked to technology…
The business of ed-tech: Plagiarism as education
Plagiarism detection technology is good for more than just a "gotch ya" moment for professors. Reinforcing academic integrity can also be a valuable, punishment-free lesson for students. That's…
The business of ed-tech: Textbook shopping made easy
David Miller knows that when a college student pays $30 for a textbook they had seen available for $200, they'll never go back. That's the story of cash-saving…
Campus emergency alerts, simplified
It might take days for a college student to gather every piece of information on how to respond to campus emergencies -- from assaults, to fires, to shootings…
The business of ed-tech: From blue lights to mobile apps
It was in a 2009 safety committee meeting with University of Florida (UF) officials that Jordan Johnson first mentioned the potential impact of mobile technology in bolstering campus…