Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Multi-year trend shows growth in online enrollments continues to outpace overall higher ed enrollments. Online Report Card – Tracking Online Education in the United States, is the 13th annual report of the state of online learning in U.S. Higher education. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. After traditional, in-class lectures were replaced by ones held online, lecture ratings for COS 126: General Computer Science improved from 3.3 to 3.8, according to Professor of Computer Science and COS 126 course head Robert Sedgewick. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. My free online class on Coursera.org entitled Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change has already served 45,000 people (started, not finished) in the four times that it’s run. Now it’s set up in a new format, called “on demand mode”, which allows people to start, progress, and finish on their own calendars. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Emily Long refuses to stay in her apartment all day, even though she won’t physically go to class until she is halfway through her bachelor’s degree at the University of Florida. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Faced with competition from not just from Verizon and Sprint, but also Google and Amazon, the telecommunications giant is working aggressively to make sure its employees catch up and get ahead of the changing technology of the times. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. MIT is collaborating with Boeing and NASA to develop a four-part online, certificate-based program: “Architecture and Systems Engineering: Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems”. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. To keep students engaged, some faculty incorporate game-design elements into online classes. For gamification to be effective, students need to view it as a serious form of learning, experts say. More...