Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Global device shipments, including PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones, will drop by 3 percent this year, marking the second consecutive year of negative growth, according to a new report from market research firm Gartner. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Teleconferencing, chat messaging and emails transformed the way we do business a long time ago, in recent years, technology has also changed the way we learn with massive open online courses or MOOCs. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Coursera, a California-headquartered education platform, has been adding about 60,000 members every month with 1.7 million learners already on board in India. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In 2014 the California Community College system created the Online Education Initiative (OEI), managed by Foothill-DeAnza Community College District and Butte-Glenn Community College District with $77M in new state funding over five years. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Online classes have become increasingly popular at Ball State mainly because of their convenience. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. New report forecasts that more than half a million students will be enrolled in competency-based education programs by 2020. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Learning to program according to the most popular languages at the moment is great, but being able to program with the coding languages of the future is even better. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A professor at Texas A&M University is developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology for creating adaptive online courses. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Tucked inside one of Coursera’s 1,500 online classes, there’s a multiple choice quiz that’s not like the others. Instead of just asking questions and expecting answers, each challenge includes a text box with a “Run” button next to it. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. This year, The Virtual High School (VHS, Inc.), a nonprofit empowering schools with the industry’s most comprehensive online learning programs, will reach its 20-year milestone. More...