Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Citing an Educause and Jisc report that states future IT leaders in higher ed must bring strategic focus to the role, EdTech Magazine breaks down the importance of the position as campuses are increasingly required to adapt to the technological demands of the 21st Century. More...
Common Active Learning Mistakes
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Active learning is an easy and remarkably robust teaching method that functions well in every conceivable academic setting – a claim supported by a mountain of literature. More...
Who has ownership of campus analytics?
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Predictive analytics are now widely used in higher ed, but which administrators and departments oversee their use can vary quite a bit from one institution to the next. More...
All Stakeholders Must Engage in Learning Analytics Debate
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Whether they like it or not, members of the educational technology community and faculty members should engage in debates about learning analytics algorithms, transparency and data access. More...
Bored with study? The new wave of edubots will find a way to spark your interest
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. An online learning program which can tell when a student is becoming bored and inattentive is one of the key developments forecast to reshape university education in Australia in the next five years, according to a new report. More...
Deep Learning Isn’t a Dangerous Magic Genie. It’s Just Math
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Deep Learning is rapidly ‘eating’ artificial intelligence. But let’s not mistake this ascendant form of artificial intelligence for anything more than it really is. The famous author Arthur C. Clarke wrote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” More...
How Companies Profit Off Education at Nonprofit Schools
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In this marketplace, various reports suggest that students studying online at public and non-profit colleges give an average of about half of their tuition to for-profit companies known as online program managers (OPMs)—companies that design, run, and market the virtual programs for colleges. More...
Comment mieux travailler à l’ère du numérique ? Quelle opportunité pour l’égalité professionnelle ?
À l’occasion de la 13ème Semaine de la Qualité de Vie au Travail, le Midact, l’Aract Languedoc-Roussillon, la DIRECCTE et la DRDFE vous proposent d’interroger les effets de la révolution numérique sur le travail et les enjeux de ces transformations sur l’égalité professionnelle entre les femmes et les hommes. Voir l'article...
Can we scale up the support for at-risk scholars and students?
By . Last week, special attention was paid to students and scholars having to leave their home country due to risk and persecution – both at the EAIE Spotlight Seminar in Amsterdam and at the Scholars at Risk (SAR) Global Congress 8–10 June in Montréal. At the SAR Global Congress – where I chaired a session on refugees and our Forum on Internationalisation in a conflicted world was distributed – a major focus point was the fact that the need for support is growing fast. It is up to our institutions to respond accordingly. More...
Discover a city reimagined at EAIE Liverpool 2016
By . A maritime city once central to the industrial landscape of the UK, Liverpool was deeply impacted by deindustrialisation. Today, the city of Liverpool is a thriving cosmopolitan centre with a booming higher education space that attracts international students and educators from all corners of the globe. The EAIE Liverpool 2016 programme is online and, much like our host city, the year’s offerings have been fully re-imagined. More...