Walk around any college campus today and, more than likely, you’ll see students heads down in their studies. What’s different about today’s campuses vs. those just a few…
A Virginia community college is piloting a textbook-free degree program comprised entirely of open educational resources (OER) — from textbooks to the program itself, the components of which…
When the state of North Carolina dramatically reduced textbook funding, yet decided it would implement the Common Core State Standards, our School of Education at Gardner-Webb University decided…
According to numerous industry reports, as well as simple observation, mobile technology is booming in higher education. But do students still prefer laptops to tablets?
Colleges across the country are either showcasing their massive open online courses (MOOCs), in stages of development, or considering their value as thousands of students attend distance learning…
One week after a sophisticated cyberattack exposed more than 300,000 personal records of University of Maryland (UMD) students and alumni, university President Wallace Loh said he would launch…
During the summer of 2012, the state of South Carolina suffered a massive cyber attack in which 3.9 million tax returns and 387,000 credit and debit card numbers…
Forty-one percent of chief academic officers said they agreed that retaining students was a greater problem for online courses than for face-to-face classes. Only 28 percent of respondents…
I’ve already mostly explained why in this recent post, but just in case you missed it, I think mathematics is being threatened by calculus MOOCs, and although maybe…
Jeff Darlington, a reporter for NFL Network, was speaking to the university’s sports media class that day over Skype, and Quinn was missing out. Finally, he caved, logging…