By Laura Ascione. Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. More...
Dashboards can have make-or-break importance for underperforming students
By Laura Ascione. Students at risk academically could benefit from access to student-centered educational dashboards. More...
Why some colleges and universities are restricting access to 3D technology
By Laura Ascione. A number of factors, including lack of guidance and management issues, are leading educators to restrict students’ access to 3D printers, according to a survey from Y Soft Corporation, an enterprise office solution provider. More...
Are Apple devices in higher ed all they’re cracked up to be?
By Laura Ascione. A new survey reveals that that Apple devices may just be easier to manage than other devices–and user preference seems to be a driving force behind higher adoption rates. More...
What students can learn by writing for Wikipedia
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Fake news has been, well, in the news a lot lately. But for the world's largest crowdsourced encyclopedia, it's nothing new. More...
Pentagon turns to college hackers for battlefield tech
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Army needed new technology to be able to see inside a cave before they sent soldiers inside, so they asked college students for help. More...
SHOWTIME, Apogee offer app on campus
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. SHOWTIME and Apogee today announced the availability of SHOWTIME ANYTIME for colleges and universities, providing on-demand access to hundreds of hours of SHOWTIME programming, including the upcoming limited event series TWIN PEAKS. More...
Chalk & Wire makes assessment easier across higher ed programs
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Chalk & Wire, the most trusted higher education assessment provider, today announced new features to its platform that will help institutions better assess a general education program, and a variety of other programs, by measuring student learning outcomes. More...
Gutenberg Technology and VitalSource collaborate
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Publishers now have a simple tool to create and distribute interactive content, thanks to a new collaboration between Gutenberg Technology Inc., an industry-leading, cloud-based tools creator for educational content, and VitalSource Technologies LLC, an Ingram Content Group company and leading educational technology provider. More...
Training students to outpace automation
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Three young men in the back of a classroom at Henry Ford College stare intently at a machine that helps move panels along a conveyor belt. To the untrained eye, there doesn’t appear to be much going on, at least initially. More...