By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, @eSN_Meris, Author at eCampus News

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The former Editorial Director for both eSchool News and eCampus News, and was formerly the Managing Editor of eCampus News. Before working at eSchool Media, Meris worked as an assistant editor for The World and I, an online curriculum publication. She graduated from Kenyon College in 2006 with a BA in English, and enjoys spending way too much time either reading or cooking.

Latest posts by Meris Stansbury (see all)

25 education trends for 2018 - January 1, 2018
IT #1: 6 essential technologies on the higher ed horizon - December 27, 2017
#3: 3 big ways today’s college students are different from just a decade ago - December 27, 2017

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New data framework for higher ed has massive implications

February 18, 2016February 10, 2016 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Education bigwigs are currently designing a national metrics framework that will allow for the inclusion of data about today’s evolving higher-ed student. But are college and university leaders…

6 influential technologies on the higher ed horizon

November 1, 2016February 4, 2016 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

The rise of robots is no longer science fiction; and any institution interested in remaining relevant in the next five years should start advancing “cultures of innovation.” These…

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Is it worth training faculty in student engagement?

February 2, 2016 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

How can institutions know whether or not professional development (PD) programs for faculty are effective? And does student engagement increase when faculty complete PD courses aimed at promoting…

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10 must-haves to appease online students

February 1, 2016 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Higher ed online learning students expect a lot from online programs; but with every student’s unique expectations and desires from an online program, how can institutions not only…

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Faculty: A 5-part framework for open courses

January 29, 2016 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor

Open courseware experts have published and revised the 5R Open Course Design Framework, a set of guidelines and best practices for developing courses using open educational resources (OER).

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Video contest for higher ed instructors

January 26, 2016 by Meris Stansbury

How do you make digital count in the classroom? Cengage Learning to highlight effective uses of technology to increase student ... Read more

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Is poor facilities management costing higher ed billions?

January 25, 2016 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Higher education could save roughly $14.7B by tightening the use of their facilities and better manage course scheduling. That’s just one major finding of a recent report that…

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10 higher ed blogs worth the quick read in 2016

January 15, 2016 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Though Twitter is always good for a quick one-sentence thought-and-reply, it’s still blogs that evoke not only the most thoughtful opinion summations from its authors, but also attract…

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Snapshot: Higher ed competency-based education looks like this

January 13, 2016 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

According to a new national survey of over 170 diverse institutions across the U.S., nothing is more important to a competency-based education (CBE) program than designing “measurable and…

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EDUCAUSE releases the top IT technologies for 2016

January 13, 2016 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Higher ed IT is in the midst of divesting, reinvesting and differentiating its technologies and strategies for 2016, according to the annual EDUCAUSE report on the “Top 10…

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