There’s a Big Data skills gap in higher education
Higher education is overflowing with data points to be parsed, analyzed, and evaluated, but a data-related skills gap could stand in the way of analytics' potential. Data experts…
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Some colleges ‘retreat’ from online learning
Campuses that have long been invested in web-based courses are continuing their focus on online classes while others have chosen to “retreat” from the courses, according to the…
The business of ed-tech: March Madness edition
Campus IT officials haven't always thought of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament as a technological nightmare of epic proportions. That's what March Madness has become, however, on campuses…
Is K-12 Driving university tablet adoption?
Fresno State University (FSU) President Joseph Castro, in unveiling the school’s ambitious tablet initiative last week, said K-12 students’ familiarity with the interactive mobile devices was a major…
Big Data could be a $50M boon for university
Ohio State University (OSU) could be the next campus to see a multimillion dollar investment into gathering and analyzing mass amounts of data.
A major shakeup for eTextbooks
An eLearning content company on March 3 acquired popular digital textbook company CourseSmart, marking the second time in a year that the eTextbook industry has seen a marked…
Yale likes the view through Google Glass
It's not just Yale University's quarterback who's experimenting with Google Glass. It's any student who visits the campus's library. The wearable technology has made its way into higher…
There are more women in MOOCs than once thought
The higher education kerfuffle caused by 2013 surveys showing yawning gender gaps in massive open online courses (MOOCs) may have been premature. An online visualization tool breaking down…
Obama advisors bullish on MOOCs
A group of scientists and engineers who advise President Obama on national technology policy wrote in a Dec. 18 report that massive open online courses (MOOCs) could prove…
College mobile strategies are falling short
It's not so much that colleges and universities included in a recent survey had under-funded mobile technology initiatives. Many didn't have a mobile presence at all. While many…