Why STEM needs a community to succeed
Higher education’s grade inflation conundrum
Students do less work than in the past, in some cases seem less prepared for higher education than past generations, and yet grades have gone up
How to support faculty developing online and flipped courses
In an ideal world, we would all have custom, personalized support standing at the ready to provide just-in-time response to our need for guidance and support. Wouldn’t it…
How a counterterrorism software company hopes to combat dropout rates
For more than 20 years, data analytics company Intelligent Software Solutions has created software to help counter improvised explosive devices (IEDs), assist police officers in preventing crimes, and…
Udacity drops free certificates
The massive open online course (MOOC) platform Udacity will no longer offer completion certificates for free, the company announced this week. While students can still take the courses…
How to improve course evaluations
Student evaluations of courses and the faculty that teach them are an important aspect of quality control at colleges and universities. How a course is taught, whether it…
Employers like MOOCs — if they know what one is
Employers are fans of massive open online courses (MOOCs), according to a new study by researchers at Duke University and RTI International. But many first had to have…
3 Friday Shortcuts
The CEO of EDUCAUSE announces her retirement, ed-tech companies rake in cash, and more in this week’s Shortcuts Welcome to Friday Shortcuts, a round-up of the ed-tech news…
5 must-haves for online assessments
As K-12 schools and higher education institutions across the country begin to implement online learning, issues of low retention rates and lack of credibility are some of 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…
What educators can learn from brain research
