By Tracy Schroeder - EvoLLLution. In an environment where institutions are being pushed to accomplish more with fewer resources at their disposal, management effectiveness and efficiency are top of mind for leaders across the higher education space. More...
By Tracy Schroeder - EvoLLLution. In recent years, higher education leaders have become acutely aware of the importance of management efficiency, and have started to notice the effects of aging legacy ERP systems on their effectiveness and bottom line. These decades-old systems are difficult for institutions to manage and expensive to sustain, leading institutional IT leaders to look to the future. More...
By Phil Hill. Last week I covered the announcement from Instructure that they had raised another $40 million in venture funding and were expanding into the corporate learning market. Today I was able to see a demo of their new corporate LMS, Bridge. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Techniques for Unleashing Student Work from Learning Management Systems
Justin Reich, Mind/Shift, 2015/02/18
This is a good start and we learn something about the techniques applies (and my own perspective is called "radical" and an "an affront to the profession," but hey, I'm good with it). But I wish we learned more about what happened in the course. More...
By Amy Cavender. Last week I fielded a question from someone who was having difficulty syncing calendar events between her Google account and her iOS device. She was finding that events were syncing only one way, which of course was problematic. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. When the current LMS doesn’t provide a needed functionality, schools can often add new features or configurations to achieve the desired outcome. But in some cases, it’s time to scrap the old system. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Is it Time to Change Tracks with Your LMS?
Jeffrey Roth, Social Learning Blog, 2015/02/02
Sometimes I forget that organizations still have learning management systems (LMSs). But of course that's silly: beyond a certain size, they all have learning management systems. Sometimes they have several (in one case I studied, dozens!). But generally, they're not very happy with them. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. High-achieving community college students from low- to moderate- income backgrounds succeed academically and contribute to the intellectual life of their campuses at highly selective four-year institutions when provided the opportunity to transfer and adequate financial aid according to Partnerships that Promote Success, a program evaluation of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Community College Transfer Initiative (CCTI) conducted by Brandeis University. More...
Par Sophie Comte. A la question « Accepteriez-vous d’être dirigé par un manager plus jeune ? », 80% des sondés répondent par l’affirmative. Voici le résultat d’un sondage réalisé par Viadeo et Focus RH, le mois dernier. Un chiffre surprenant ? Peut-être moins qu’il n’y parait, au vue de l’évolution de la fonction de manager et des profondes mutations que connait l’entreprise actuellement. Josiane Déquaire, consultante chez RH Tutoring, témoigne. Suite de l'article...By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Instructional Design in the VUCA World
Sahana Chattopadhyay, ID, Other Reflections, 2014/12/09
Good article describing how the practice of instructional design has to change to adapt to new circumstances. The author writes, "One of the implications of the shift is that instructional designers can no longer think about designing only formal training programs that will go on the LMS. More...
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