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25 education trends for 2018
eSchool Media lists the top 25 trends to watch in K-12 and higher education for 2018.
Stop the ePortfolio madness say…students?
They’re so despised they even have a petition for their demise on Change.org signed by thousands of students. And no, they’re not a chain of restaurants or social…
4 steps to bolstering digital badges in higher education
“Digital badges allow students to turn competencies and achievements to marketable credentials,” said Susan Manning, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Yet, unless clearly defined management processes are…
Higher education agrees: Student graduation takes a village
From new college rankings to government funding initiatives, higher education is under increasing pressure to prove student outcomes success with graduation rates as an indicator. But at what…
Colleges begin to take virtual reality seriously
Virtual reality (VR) is emerging as a powerful technology, projected to grow into a $30 billion industry in the next 5 years. Major brands across various industries have…
5 entrepreneurial skills today’s students need
Since the 2005 publication of his highly impactful book, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Friedman has been teaching his readers and…
Why competency-based learning isn’t happening anytime soon
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…
5 considerations to realize the full potential of campus IT
I’m a traveling man so I have the luxury of hearing views from institutions across North America on technology in education. Soon I’ll be attending two higher education…
5 gray areas of higher education’s reinvention
eTextbook engagement analytics, cloud systems, career training programs, MOOCs, flipped learning, virtual worlds, game-based instruction…the list could continue for pages. And while institutions emphatically communicate that many of…
3 ways technology is democratizing video for course learning
