Does your faculty actually know what OER are?
Open educational resources (OER) are not quite the driving force that some advocates might believe, due in large part to the effort required to locate and evaluate them,…
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Higher education leaders mobilize to expand tuition-free community college
Hundreds of community college representatives from around the state are in Oakland today to share effective models for strengthening and expanding the California College Promise, a bold effort…
5 myths to debunk about online education
A new myth-busting report found that online education has expanded higher education access to students who previously might not have enrolled in it due to time and financial…
Illinois community colleges are reforming developmental education
Illinois community colleges across the state have implemented a variety of reforms to developmental education. Promising strategies including co-requisite developmental education, summer bridge programs, and fourth year high…
Report: Use of digital course material increases
Ease of access and lower costs are two major drivers for the increase in digital course materials among college students, ... Read more
Survey: Online professional development booming with faculty
Higher-ed instructors most often prefer to participate in professional development (PD) opportunities that focus on training for online software and digital resources (34 percent), classroom management strategies (34…
University highlights improved faculty hiring
SkillSurvey, Inc., provider of hiring solutions to recruit, hire and manage employees to drive business results, released a new video featuring the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS)…
Major OER initiative targets new degree programs
A major new community college initiative will work to develop degree programs using open educational resources (OER) in an effort to ease textbook-related financial obstacles students often face…
Research tool enables faculty-librarian collaboration
Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, has released Gale Researcher, a new research platform that demonstrates the company’s unique ability to create products that tie directly to classroom…
5 considerations for a common LMS adoption
Cost savings and increasing operational efficiencies are among the top reasons educational consortia choose to adopt and use a common learning management system (LMS), according to a new…