Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. What Coursera used to offer as free courses it now offers as a paid for Specialization. The latest across our radar is Data Structures and Algorithms and the first course in the series has just started. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Nothing says “time to pay attention to your personal finances” better than April 15, the annual tax deadline in the United States. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. At the recent RSA Conference it was virtually impossible to find a vendor that was not claiming to use machine learning. Both new and established companies are now touting “machine learning” as a major component of the data science being used in their products. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Ukrainian online educational platform Prometheus is opening a Harvard CS50 (Computer Science 50) course both online and offline in April. It has been translated into Ukrainian for the platform. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Career development continues to be a large motivation for students to enrol in MOOCs, meaning demand for credit certification is growing. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In school, kids play during recess and work during class. But some of the biggest names in psychology, including Jean Piaget and Jerome Bruner, believe that play is a child’s work. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Today, students are interacting with content on large touchscreen flat panels. Soon, they could be using immersive head-mounted displays. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The demographics of higher education are changing: Today’s degree seekers are older and more diverse than at any other point in our history. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. High-quality, low-cost online courses could be used to shift schools away from being “exam factories” and help students keep pace with the threat of automation, according to a new report by the Institute of Directors. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Oxford, along with all other universities, faces an “uncomfortable future” unless it embraces online degrees and draws up plans for raising billions of pounds to go private, according to the university’s new official history. More...