Fifty of the best ed-tech products for colleges and schools
Here are the results of our 2012-13 Readers’ Choice Awards, which recognize the educational technology products and services that have had the greatest impact in our readers' schools.
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Survey: Ed-tech vision stunted by stagnant budgets
Higher-education technology leaders have long called for a shift to more technology-based learning—so what’s stopping the revolution? Results of a recent survey identify limited budget and outdated infrastructure…
Venture capital funding for ed tech at ‘unprecedented’ levels, expected to rise
Big-money investors poured more money into education-technology companies in 2011 than during the heady dot-com days of the late-1990s, according to a national market analysis that credits investor…
Colleges taking a team approach to eTextbooks
Reining in exorbitant textbook costs is no longer a campus-by-campus venture: A unified approach, powered by EDUCAUSE and the Internet2 consortium's NET+ cloud-based collaborative purchasing program, could make…
Ed-tech leaders schooled on interoperability standards
When school technology directors purchase an innovative product from one vendor and an exciting upgrade from another vendor, schools can find themselves in a tangle of incompatible formats.…
Congressional eLearning caucus could prove its worth in 2013
Online education advocates will have a legislative dog in the fight to reauthorize the Higher Education Act next year, thanks to a rare bipartisan charge to include web-based…
Predictive analytics driving university practices
As campuses seek to target prospective students and spend precious funds most effectively, more administrators are learning about predictive analytics—statistical techniques that gather data and help campus leaders…
Colleges seek cash for educational technology as budgets shrink
Thirteen states are set to drop higher-education funding by double digits in 2012, the federal stimulus has run out, and student enrollment continues its uptick, forcing colleges and…
Our readers’ top ed-tech picks for 2012
Here are the results of our 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards, which recognize the educational technology products and services our readers have enjoyed the most success with.
The ten most popular eCN stories of the year
Recently, we published our editors' picks for the 10 most significant higher-ed tech stories of 2011. Now, see what our readers think.