6 influential technologies on the higher ed horizon
Higher education needs better AI experiences, not more AI tools
AI gains traction when it stops being a separate experiment and becomes an integrated part of the teaching and learning experience
Is it worth training faculty in student engagement?
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…
Putting the law in order on campus
Lawyers don't always cut the most sympathetic figures, but spare a thought for campus law teams that increasingly find themselves caught in a full-court press.
10 must-haves to appease online students
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…
Faculty: A 5-part framework for open courses
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).
4 paths to gain buy-in for analytics projects
Have you ever had a great idea for an analytics project only to see it end up in approval purgatory? Or maybe you've had some initial successes with…
Seeking competitive advantage? Look to “clusters”
An increasingly discussed topic in academics is the concept of “cluster” networks. According to experts, these clusters – the co-location and interconnection of related industries and schools –…
Harvard to raise the bar for online learning tech
As higher education pivots toward nontraditional learners, schools are facing demands to improve the production quality of the lectures they make available online. While commercial lecture-capture solutions have…
College admissions now using social media like never before
A new survey reveals that college admissions officers' use of resources like Facebook and Google to gather more information on applicants has reached an all-time high.
Is poor facilities management costing higher ed billions?
