Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A growing number of schools and nonprofits are building their first online courses. More...
How Startups Are Solving A Decades-Old Problem In Education
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In 1984, educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom published research on a new method of teaching, commonly called Bloom’s 2 Sigma Problem. More...
The Most Useful Apple iPhone and iPad Apps for Students
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. All responsible students always try to stay on top of useful things for college and treat their studies very seriously. More...
Intelligence agency wants computer scientists to develop brain-like computers
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. If you are a computer scientist and have any thoughts on developing human brain-like functions into a new wave of computers, the researchers at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity want to hear from you. More...
2016 Google Tracker: Everything Google is working on for the new year
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. It’s that time of the year again—welcome to the Google Tracker! This is a bi-annual series where we recap every ongoing project (that we know about, at least) inside of Google’s sprawling empire. More...
6 Strategies for Differentiated Instruction in Project-Based Learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Project-based learning (PBL) naturally lends itself to differentiated instruction. By design, it is student-centered, student-driven, and gives space for teachers to meet the needs of students in a variety of ways. More...
Top 4 must-haves for online, blended learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Many educators turn to online and blended learning solutions to offer alternative solutions for at-risk students. The most important attribute of a successful online or blended learning program is a “rigorous and engaging curriculum,” according to participants in a recent study. More...
Will Unbundling Kill Higher Ed as We Know It?
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. If the unbundling of higher education were like the unbundling of a cable package, most TV viewers would relinquish the Golf Channel and QVC, and so might just as many students give up ample office hours, support from IT, the library, athletics and on-campus social activities in return for a big reduction in tuition and fees. More...
Flipped Learning Improves How Students Perceive Ability To Learn Physics
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. “It has been shown that in typical physics classes, students’ beliefs about their own learning deteriorate or at best stay the same. I want to reverse that result,” explained Calvin Kalman, principal researcher and a professor in the Department of Physics at Concordia University, in a press release about the project. More...
Study explores the power of MOOCs in blended learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A review of five case studies that examined the use of MOOCs in blended courses identifies a host of challenges and opportunities faculty and MOOC developers should consider for the burgeoning format. More...