PCs still more prevalent than tablets on college campuses
The future in which every college student is armed with a state-of-the-art tablet computer is seemingly still a long way out.
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From recession’s wake, education innovation blooms
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — On a warm spring evening, hundreds of investment bankers, venture capitalists and geeky tech entrepreneurs gathered near ... Read more
MOOC to explore digital badges’ role in online learning, professional credentials
The Wiche Cooperative for Education Technologies (WCET) has partnered with Sage Road Solutions LLC, Mozilla, and Blackboard, Inc. to explore the possibilities of digital badges through a MOOC.
University presidents you must follow on Twitter
Decision makers at every level of higher education are active on Twitter, with chief information officers tweeting about technology solutions to pressing problems, IT officials interacting with students…
Howard to launch largest online learning program at historically black university
Howard University, located in Washington, D.C., will launch Howard University Online in Fall 2014. The initiative will create the largest fully online learning program at any HBCU in…
The ABCs of MOOCs: what it’s like to enroll
Esther Duflo, one of the two superstar MIT economists teaching my massive open online course (MOOC) on global poverty, is a fast-talking French woman with whom I could…
University of Maryland University College to offer credit for MOOCs
University of Maryland University College believes it will be the first university in the Maryland system to let students earn academic credit for taking a massive open online…
Higher education struggling to contain data breaches this summer
College students and their professors may be away from campuses, but news of data breaches big and small continue to make headlines at colleges nationwide, including a few…
Are students ‘too busy’ for MOOCs?
According to a survey released by Instructure, the education technology company behind the learning management system Canvas, MOOC students may just be too busy to complete the courses.
Our readers’ top 40 ed-tech services for 2013-14
Which ed-tech products and services do our readers like best? Here are their top 40 choices for the 2013-14 school year.