The current campus-based, semester-delivery model is unlikely to sustain itself into the next century–efforts to future-proof campuses will pay off. In any ecosystem, if one waits long enough, eventually a cataclysmic disruption occurs. More...
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AI recreates videos people are watching by reading their minds
Artificial intelligence is getting better at reading your mind. An AI could guess what videos people were watching purely from their brainwaves. More...
College credit where credit is due — recognizing ‘prior learning’
With a little help, nearly 36 million Americans who spent some time at college but never finished could be encouraged to resume their studies and get their degrees. What would it take? For starters, we need to improve recognition for prior learning, or RPL. More...
5 Easy Mistakes to Make When Collecting Feedback for Your Online Course
Getting feedback from learners about your online course is important. Feedback from course goers tells you what you can do to improve the course for future students. More...
Microsoft details the most clever phishing techniques it saw in 2019
This year’s most clever phishing tricks include hijacking Google search results and abusing 404 error pages. More...
The fastest-growing job in the US pays $136,000 a year—here are the other 14
LinkedIn’s 2020 Emerging Jobs Report names artificial intelligence specialist as the job that saw the most growth in the the past five years. More...
6 Reasons Why eLearning Programs May Fail, Plus Tips to Avoid Failure
Many eLearning courses offered today are not doing very well, mostly because the course designers have not adjusted to the demands of modern learners. More...
Int’l students “plug funding gap” in Irish unis, contribute €386m
By Kerrie Kennedy. A new report has found that international students attending Irish universities contributed an estimated €386 million to the country’s economy during 2017/2018. However, increasing student numbers overall is placing “intolerable strain” on the country’s university system, according to some. More...
Eaquals 2019 welcomes new members, reveals pilot HEI scheme
By Kerrie Kennedy. In a sign of the association’s growth from strength to strength, the 28th annual Eaquals conference brought together a record number of attendees, announced plans for a pilot HEI accreditation scheme and welcomed new members from China, Japan and South Africa, among others. More...
China approves 38 new TNE partnerships
By Kerrie Kennedy. China’s Ministry of Education has announced the latest batch of joint programs and institutes, including 36 joint degree programs with overseas universities at bachelor’s degree level and above, and two joint institutes offering an additional eight programs. More...
