Curriculum & Instruction Archives

EDUCAUSE and University of Central Florida enable blended learning innovation

February 27, 2017 by Bradwaid

Recently, EDUCAUSE and the University of Central Florida (UCF) announced the availability of BlendKit2017: Becoming a Blended Learning Designer, a five-week course developed to provide facilitated assistance to…

Amazon partners with state for new cybersecurity education pipeline

August 23, 2017February 24, 2017 by ESchool Media Contributors

Governor McAuliffe recently announced a new strategic relationship between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Virginia Cyber Range that will expand the reach of the initiative and help…

Campus Leadership

10 reasons why blended learning is exploding

February 15, 2017 by Meris Stansbury

Blended learning, like many other buzzwords in education, is getting thrown around in ed-tech conversations as one of the hottest trends taking over course instruction and luring prospective…

Campus Leadership

Community colleges celebrate Career and Technical Education Month

February 14, 2017 by Meris Stansbury

The California Community Colleges will join with others this month to celebrate its workforce mission as part of the national Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month®, initiated by…

Digital Innovation

What educators can learn about effective teaching from a Harvard prof

August 23, 2017February 13, 2017 by Alan November

Harvard professor David Malan has managed to pull off a neat trick: His Computer Science 50 course is the most popular course at both Harvard and Yale. By…

Campus Leadership

7 musts for digital and OER course materials

February 9, 2017 by Laura Ascione, Managing Editor, Content Services, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

With the emergence of digital learning materials and open educational resources (OER), instructors have a wealth of instructional course materials at their fingertips. But just because something is…

Digital Innovation

4 reasons why a generational skills gap exists today—and isn’t closing

August 23, 2017February 7, 2017 by Geoff Irvine

The AAC&U released a survey that corroborated what everyone already knew: a huge gap exists between the perceptions of students and employers about work readiness, particularly as it…

Campus Leadership

Is “holistic” higher ed’s latest innovation star?

February 2, 2017 by Meris Stansbury

In another move that seems to stray from the traditional hierarchical and siloed traditions of colleges and universities, a number of recent initiatives at some of the country’s…