By . Forget MOOCS, say technology investors. What higher education institutions should invest in are personalized learning platforms that provide simple data on outcomes. More...
13 septembre 2015
13 septembre 2015
The 5 phases of a campus-wide technology pilot
By . According to a recent research report released by the University, ePortfolios are quickly becoming an important academic toolkit component for institutions interested in enabling students, faculty, and administrators to curate evidence of learning in creative ways that are not possible with typical paper-based methods. More...
13 septembre 2015
Keeping Connected With LinkedIn Apps
By Eric Stoller. It's no secret that I'm a big fan of LinkedIn. Billed as "the world's largest professional network," LinkedIn currently has more than 350 million members and is well-represented all around the world. If you're looking for a job, it's the digital place to be. Read more...
13 septembre 2015
Math Geek Mom: Changes from Tragedy
By Rosemarie Emanuele. A “perpetual calendar” that indicates the day of the week a date falls on for any possible year is a topic that is taught in “Number Theory.” However, I have memories of a similar issue arising in a Government class I took in college. There, on November 22nd, the teacher asked us all to write down what event happened on that day that most people remember. Read more...
13 septembre 2015
Gamifying the Educational Experience
By Steven Mintz. Many parents and some psychologists decry videogames as a waste of time – or worse, as actually harmful. Read more...13 septembre 2015
Things Are Looking Up (Policy-wise)!
By Tracy Mitrano. First, two sides of the Hillary Clinton coin. One side is that she has made a serious proposal for higher education reform. Although attention to higher education has increased in the political arena for some time now, Clinton’s proposal strikes me as the most serious. Whether you like her or not, a serious proposal for access to higher education breaks the “public policy” barrier. Read more...13 septembre 2015
Ch-Ch-Changes
By Lee Skallerup Bessette. I don’t remember the last time I opened up my laptop to write a blog post, after the kids have gone to bed. Tonight is different. Tonight it feels like I’m coming back to something, to a place where the need to write, to blog, is stronger than the exhaustion, stronger than the pull of the couch and the TV and giving in to the end of the day. Read more...13 septembre 2015
My Summer Sports Adventure: Part II
By Yves Salomon-Fernandez. Following up on Part I, once I reached my bike riding goal, I decided that it was time to take on my professional sports goal: learning how to golf. I mostly saw golfing as a professional pursuit. My expectation for actually enjoying the game was extremely low. In fact, I did not even consider it a sport and wondered how people could spend hours chasing a little ball or worse, watching others on television chase a ball for hours. I invested in all the accoutrements for my new athletic endeavor. I knew it would be a significant investment, but I figured it’s the price of doing business. Unlike learning how to ride a bicycle, I now had to pay an instructor to give me regular lessons. More...
13 septembre 2015
Doonesbury Does Academe
By Kenneth C. Green. Give credit where credit is due. Few observers capture and skewer academe and academics as well as Doonesbury, created by Garry Trudeau. The weekend and Sunday strips about the mythical Walden College efficiently and effectively capture, in four to eight panels, much of what gives cause for concern to both insiders and outsiders about academic culture and higher education. Read more...13 septembre 2015
Social Media: You're Probably Doing it Wrong
By Sean Carton. So…how’s that social media marketing plan going? Are your prospective students engaged yet? If the goal of your school’s social media plan is to generate engagement from prospective students, then you’re going for page “likes” or “follows.” More...
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