Scott McLemee reviews Devon Powers's On Trend: The Business of Forecasting the Future. More...
Higher Education Should Report More Than Its Mortality Rate
Colleges and universities are not asked to report on measures that should be evident long before a student (or institution) faces the worst-case scenario, writes Barbara Damron. More...
Udacity will offer 100,000 free programming classes as part of the ‘Pledge to America’s Workers’
The program is focused on teaching front-end web development, mobile app development and data analytics. There are no prerequisites for applicants, but the scholarships are reserved for low-income individuals looking to learn programming skills. More...
The Significance of eLearning in The Modern World
The growing trend of digital learning is benefitting society in many different ways. The widespread enrolment in online courses is contributing to the improvement in digital skills on a large scale. More...
Survey of college professors shows resistance to online learning
Inside Higher Ed published its 2019 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology, jointly conducted with Gallup. The survey discovered that there was a 2% increase in faculty members who taught an online course, going up to 46% compared to 44% in 2018. More...
Emphasis of AI in Education in China: ‘AI+’: The core of future online education?
Computer-based teaching, in fact, is not new in China, particularly in cities where each classroom has been facilitated with at least one computer and students today are used to learning by means of electronic devices. More...
As Pressure To Upskill Grows, 5 Models Emerge
Quantifying the value of a new era of educational investments starts with setting expectations about returns, and defining—with greater precision— their value in a particular corporate context. More...
What Is 5G?
All of the US carriers have now launched some form of 5G cellular network. But what exactly is 5G, and how fast is it compared with 4G? Here are the facts we know so far. It’s messy. It’s very early days. And if you like new technology, it’s very exciting. More...
5 eLearning Trends That Have Stood the Test of Time
The explosion of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is one eLearning trend that we’ve experienced in the past decade. More...
Career Change Is the New Normal: How Does eLearning Help?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, individuals born in the latter years of the baby boom era (1957-1964) change their career twelve times during their working life. More...