By Meris Stansbury - eCampus. It’s not a new fact that the amount of students who either take a blended learning course or enroll in a fully online program are increasing at a rapid rate. But what are the criteria students use to choose an online college or program? And what marketing tactics resonate the best. More...

By Meris Stansbury - eCampus. According to a new report, “Open Education Resources: The New Paradigm in Academic Libraries,” by Carmen Mitchell and Melanie Chu of California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) [published in the Journal of Library Innovation, Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2014], a combination of factors have converged to make the use of open resources integral to campuses across the country. More...

By Meris Stansbury - eCampus. The treatment of contingent faculty in higher education today has not only been called the “corporatization of higher education,” but through increasing exploitation, has also led to a weakening of the university status, the devaluing of education, and the stripping of campus democratic values. More...

By Meris Stansbury - eCampus. As textbook prices soar, tuition skyrockets, and educators are more pressured than ever to provide innovative courses and lectures packed with multimedia and current materials, the open education movement and its open education resources (OERs) have never been more critical for success than now. More...

By Meris Stansbury - eCampus. The threat to net neutrality is real, and no, it’s not just about how slow your Netflix movie could stream on a Sunday night. Net neutrality has generated a lot of buzz lately, but higher education wants to make clear—11 principles clear—that net neutrality has the power to radically alter education for better or for worse. More...

By Meris Stansbury - eCampus. We’re highlighting “Catering to the 21st Century student” week here on eCampus News as part of our monthly topic week series throughout the year. Step two of catering to today’s students is to ensure your classroom is not only tech-enabled, but allows for efficient and useful collaboration. Below are just a few articles we believe can help college and university faculty implement the best technology and practices to guide student collaboration. More...

By Meris Stansbury - eCampus. According to a new infographic, created by online course provider SkilledUp, what initially got online learning through the door of mass consumption—convenience and lower cost—is changing. Though those benefits are still prevalent, online learning provides personalized learning, alternative forms of credentialing, tangible skill building, mobile access, and many other advantages that are propelling online learning past “trend” to mainstay. More...