6 concerns students have about MOOCs
Making meetings matter: Six strategies for campus leaders
By treating meetings as living systems subject to reflection and refinement, campus leaders signal that time is a valued institutional resource
Calculating indirect college costs could make all the difference
The American Council on Education has released a new paper urging more research on the implications for college students of indirect costs such as room and board, books…
Where to start? These are the basic technologies to improve retention
Student attrition from institutions of higher learning is an epidemic in the United States. According to a report by the National Student Clearinghouse, only 55 percent of first-time…
Going hard to soft for a better LMS
When students at Alvernia University were unable to complete tests in the Blackboard LMS because the system kept timing out, the small Pennsylvania school knew it had a…
Survey: Here’s why technology matters to college students
According to the results of a new survey from VitalSource Technologies, college students overwhelmingly agree that technology boosts grades, improves their overall learning experience and alleviates costs.
6 trends on the horizon for academic libraries
Machine learning, rethinking the library space, and managing knowledge obsolescence are just some of the changes heading toward academic and research libraries in the next five years. But…
How should quality assurance for competency-based ed work?
For online, competency-based programs, the old metrics are those focused on inputs. These new programs often lack breadth, generally do not do academic research, and they don’t have…
8 state models linking higher ed to careers
Eight states have released innovative best practices for other states and local areas interested in helping students land careers after postsecondary education. The Network of states’ practices are…
The “Netflix” model comes to online education
Smart educational organizations have built rich online courses filled with learning resources to support this type of learning. The old paradigm where learning occurs only in a classroom…
5 massive MOOC lessons learned by colleges and universities
