Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Despite the stereotype that university students are beer-guzzling spendthrifts, the reality is that most students today have to take on one or two part-time jobs just to make ends meet. More...
Udacity, Coursera and edX Now Claim Over 24 Million Students
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Shortly after the “Big Three” MOOC providers launched in 2012, nearly everyone focused on user numbers as a sign of their scale and reach. For anyone still keeping tabs on the numbers race, Udacity, Coursera and edX recently shared new figures. EdX shared it hit the 5 million student mark in August. More...
Investigation, data needed to develop online learning
By Munyaradzi Makoni. Further investigation and more data are needed to develop the knowledge, management and skills needed to drive effective online learning practices at universities in Southern Africa, a meeting of higher education leaders heard last week. Read more...
Global policy forum to forge future of online learning
By Karen MacGregor. People from across the world have been collaborating to develop policies and actions that will chart the future for higher education, says Professor Mandla Makhanya, vice-chancellor of the University of South Africa. A high-level policy forum at next month’s conference of the International Council for Open and Distance Education, or ICDE, will apply regional lenses to help forge the way ahead for online, open and flexible learning. Read more...
Online Initiative Boosts Access and Differentiation in a Competitive Marketplace
By Pam Shockley-Zalabak - Evolllution. Higher education institutions today are under immense pressure to improve access, provide high-quality educational programming and services, and to ensure that students earn a credential and succeed in their career of choice. This is a tall order and many colleges and universities are looking for new ways to serve students. More...
Overcoming Online Persistence Challenges With The Trojan Café (Part 1)
By Glynn Cavin - Evolllution. Vincent Tinto’s conceptual “Schema for Dropout from College” correlated academic and social engagement with student success and learning. However, several factors make social engagement more difficult for non-traditional, online students. More...
Release of Analysis Episode for e-Literate TV Series on Personalized Learning
By Phil Hill and Michael Feldstein. Today we are thrilled to release the the final episode in our new e-Literate TV series on “personalized learning”. In this series, we examine how that term, which is heavily marketed but poorly defined, is implemented on the ground at a variety of colleges and universities. While today’s episode is the final one released due to its analysis of what we learned in the five case studies, it was designed to be used as an introduction to the series. More...
Should education tenets adapt to online?
By . As I prepare for the fall semester, the impact of technology is more present than ever in my approach. This past year, multiple opportunities engaged me in online course design and adaptation. During these experiences, a core question continually presented itself: are we, as composition educators, changing as the nature of composition changes. More...
@ISSUE: Compelling statistics on distance learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Over the last decade, we have witnessed tremendous changes in distance learning. For example, in 2014 a record-breaking 5.2 million higher education students enrolled in at least one online course. More...
Penn State launches new program to teach grad students to teach online
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Graduate students traditionally teach the way they were taught. But more and more they are finding themselves teaching in online classrooms, where the old rules don’t necessarily apply. More...