Yet another report says fewer Americans value 4-year degree
Techno-News Blog. More Americans believe a four-year degree is not worth the financial cost, according to a CNBC All-American Economic Survey, which found the the number had increased to 44% from about 40% five years ago. More...
Digital evolution: a new approach to learning and teaching in higher education
Techno-News Blog. Technology continually disrupts almost every area of our lives, resulting in constant shifts across all segments of our society. More...
Personalized learning has broad appeal, but may be more revolutionary than we think
Techno-News Blog. Amid all the bellowing about charters, school choice and vouchers, a potentially more revolutionary reform movement is bubbling up. Philanthropists, state education officials, reform advocates — even charter school leaders — are examining personalized learning. More...
IT Leadership: Key Facts to Advance Ed Tech in America
Techno-News Blog. This year’s report found that school leaders place a high priority on cybersecurity and broadband/network capacity. More...
Skills gap could have alarming consequences
Techno-News Blog. The study estimates the skills gap between future talent supply and demand will occur in 20 major economies at three milestones: 2020, 2025 and 2030, and across three sectors: financial and business services; technology, media and telecommunications; and manufacturing. It found that left to run its course, this shortage will create 85.2 million unfilled jobs and nearly $8.5 trillion in unrealized revenue in the economies analyzed. More...
How the Blockchain Can Transform Government
Techno-News Blog. The blockchain is one of the most significant, fundamental advances in digital platforms since the internet and also probably the most overhyped technology in current times, according to Kevin Werbach, Wharton professor of legal studies and business ethics, at the inaugural annual Penn Wharton Budget Model Spring Policy Forum, held recently in Washington. More...
Why Online?
Techno-News Blog. Online learning is no longer the wave of the future. Today, it is a significant part of many students’ educational experience and estimates suggest that, by 2019, 50 percent of all high school courses will be offered online. More...
More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit
Techno-News Blog. While the number of students has been rising, however, so has the proportion who begin as full-time freshmen but fail to come back for a second year. More...
EdX Engineers Are Building a Transferrable Student Records Tool
Techno-News Blog. edX is building a transferrable student records tool, which will be ready in the next “Ironwood” version of the Open edX platform, scheduled for the first quarter of 2019. More...
Online learning is helping Louisiana inmates stay out of prison
Techno-News Blog. About two-thirds of prisoners go back to jail within three years of being released, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But an online learning platform at 15 correctional facilities are helping Louisiana inmates create a new future for themselves. More...
