Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Mobile learning is rapidly making its way into organizations across the globe. More...
17 août 2015
17 août 2015
Moving Course Apps from Traditional to Media-Rich, Interactive Designs
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. At the American Public University System, the success of a project to update the Internet Learning Journal — a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focused on research and advancements in online learning — with rich media and interactive elements has inspired a new initiative. More...
17 août 2015
Reaching to parts where others cannot teach
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. It’s easy to take online learning for granted, whether it’s finding how to do something on YouTube or following a free online course from a university. More...
17 août 2015
Hacking Diversity
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Anyone with Internet access and a computer can learn how to write a few lines of code these days. Free tutorials and information from sites like Codecademy, which has been used by more than 25 million people, offer widespread access to instruction. More...
17 août 2015
Making an Impact With Self-Service Video Recording
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Penn State’s One Button Studio has changed the meaning of “video literacy,” giving students and instructors the tools to create professional-looking videos without technical assistance. More...
17 août 2015
Email and The Void
By Matt Reed. I’ve worked at several different colleges now, and at every single one, I’ve heard the same discussion. It goes like this:
“Why don’t students use their college-provided email?”
“Maybe if we forced them to, like by making important things available only that way…”
“But that could impact enrollment and retention.”
“Can’t they set their emails to forward to whatever address they actually use?”
“Yes, but they don’t.”
“Maybe if we texted them…”
For a while, many students didn’t have internet access outside of class. More...
17 août 2015
5 Waze For Higher Ed Ideas
By Joshua Kim. Waze is fantastic. For those of you that have not switched over to navigating by Waze I say drop what you are doing, download the app, and go and find some traffic. You will be amazed at the power of community sourced traffic notifications, real time rerouting, warnings of upcoming speed traps and disabled vehicles. Read more...
17 août 2015
The 3 Orthodoxies of Educational Technology
By Joshua Kim. Our edtech orthodoxies are so ingrained as to be invisible. We too often fail to challenge these orthodoxies as they usually go unstated, unspoken, and unchallenged.
As a card carrying member of the higher ed edtech establishment I wish to interrogate my own implicit assumptions and beliefs. Read more...
16 août 2015
Buying Blackboard, Redux
By Kenneth C. Green. Let the speculation begin. Perhaps that’s the best initial response to the news last week that Blackboard (Bb) is up for sale, again. The potential sale comes just four years after Providence Equity Partners purchased Blackboard for $1.64 billion. The report that Bb may be on the market follows the annual Bb World Conference, where potential buyers were, no doubt, backbenching the event and talking with Bb clients. Read more...16 août 2015
Ends of Electronic? A Report from ELO2015
By Anastasia Salter. I spent last week at the Electronic Literature Organization Conference 2015, a gathering of scholars interested in work that plays with technology towards literary ends. The international festival is always a showcase of both scholarly and artistic work, and thus never fails to provide me with inspiration for next year’s projects. Read more...
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