A recent webinar hosted by The New Media Consortium on “black swan” events stressed the importance of responding flexibly to unpredictable trends and new technologies in order to…
“Makerspaces” will gain traction long before adaptive learning; and improving digital literacy is a breeze compared to determining how to reward educators for teaching.
According to researchers around the world, there is increasing momentum from some of the world’s most innovative universities to align curriculum, research and overall mission to city development…
Let's face it: Online education has always been the unhappy stepchild to traditional classroom teaching. It's generally been seen as a make-do solution to serve students who—whether for…
Earlier this month, new outlets reported on how the Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General is stymying the rise of competency-based learning in higher education—and is at…
This is not your mother’s Flipped Learning. Often thought of as an instructional method whereby students watch online instructional videos at home and come to class prepared to…
They still sell t-shirts for proud parents and coffee mugs with catchy slogans, but college bookstores are also going through a renaissance of sorts, using technology-supported measures to…
Recently, the term “collaboration” has become higher education’s latest buzzword, with multiple conference speakers touting its importance, as well as everyone from CIOs to professors exclaiming that collaboration…
In deciding how to protect a university network and optimize their performance, IT departments often face a choice: Go with best-of-breed applications for each service, even if integration…