By Maurice Dawson - EvoLLLution. As costs globally continue to rise for education, institutions must become innovative in the ways they deliver the educational labs and other instructional materials. This delivery can be done effectively if professors and administrative staff push toward the insertion of Open Source Software (OSS) and virtual tools to enhance or supplement currently available tools. More...

By Christina Fleming - EvoLLLution. Everyone in higher education marketing is familiar with the numbers—sometimes all too familiar. According to a survey by the Chronicle of Higher Education, almost half of all higher education institutions have seen declining enrollments. More...

By Karen Watts - EvoLLLution. Sometimes your colleagues share content that’s newsworthy; sometimes they post cat videos, and sometimes they make you think. Recently, The EvoLLLution shared its video from The EvoLLLution Symposium on Higher Ed and the Workforce, and I was inspired to some intense thought. I strongly encourage you to carve out a few minutes and watch it as well. More...

By Maureen MacDonald - EvoLLLution. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.”
With apologies to Charles Dickens, the opening sentence from A Tale of Two Cities can be an apt description for the experience of continuing education (CE) units working with faculty partners. More...

By George Irvine - EvoLLLution. Just what does it take for university professional and continuing studies units (PCE) to build mutually beneficial knowledge partnerships with businesses and organizations today. More...

By Tony Bates. Yeah, 39 questions is a lot, but then there is a lot of things to take into consideration. I pulled together the key questions for consideration from Chapter 9 (just published) of my open textbook, ‘Teaching in a Digital Age.’ See more...

By Tony Bates. Many years ago, when I first developed the ACTIONS model, I was approached by a representative of a large international computer company who offered to automate the ACTIONS model. We sat down over a cup of coffee, and he outlined his plan. Here’s how the conversation went. See more...

By Tony Bates. Instructors and students need a private place to work online. Instructors want to be able to criticize politicians or corporations without fear of reprisal; students may want to keep rash or radical comments from going public or will want to try out perhaps controversial ideas without having them spread all over Facebook. See more...

By Tony Bates. Some instructors are combining social media for external networking with ‘standard’ institutional technologies such as a learning management system. The LMS, which is password protected and available only to the instructor and other enrolled students, allows for ‘safe’ communication within the course. The use of social media allows for connections with the external world. See more...