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How USF is breaking down information silos and igniting student success
The student success movement at USF is built on the simple, fundamental belief that every student will succeed
Should education tenets adapt to online?
As I prepare for the fall semester, the impact of technology is more present than ever in my approach. This past year, multiple opportunities engaged me in online…
The 5 phases of a campus-wide technology pilot
ePortfolio-committee-GWUThanks to the grassroots effort of an ad hoc committee at the George Washington University (GWU), students and faculty now have campus-wide access to a vetted ePortfolio program--an…
University goes “Mad Men” for technology buy-in
In implementing any major tech initiative on campus today, the greatest challenges tend to revolve more around change management than technical issues. So, to help introduce its new…
3 legitimate reasons why faculty aren’t using OER
Faculty across institutions aren't using Open Educational Resources (OER)—and the few who are often don’t know they're using them, says an industry report. And the main reasons why…
In this tech age, who’s your target learner?
What will university learners require in 10 years? Who will these learners be? How will they learn and what will they demand? Universities must innovate and evolve now…
Why hasn’t higher education been more disrupted?
Virtually every industry has been fundamentally changed by the rise of the Internet. However, even though we are now in a second wave of disruption with the shift…
Want to protect research data? Go multi-tiered
How many researchers have mislaid a USB hard drive and had that sinking feeling that months—or years—of work had simply evaporated? Yet, despite the risks, USB drives remain…
New Google –like search technology is curbing course dropouts
In the wake of the multimedia resources boom in campus courses across the world, sifting through hour-long recorded presentations or hundreds of pages of online text to find…
Emerging field has huge potential for college and university curricula
