McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, and ProctorU, an online proctoring company, today announced the launch of a new partnership that will enable higher education institutions to deliver digital ALEKS Placement, Preparation and Learning (ALEKS PPL) exams with ProctorU’s secure remote proctoring system. More...
Hyperconvergence in campus IT-Why taking a software approach is best
New technologies often fundamentally change how IT procures and operates infrastructure and Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) is no exception. HCI is the combination of compute and storage into an easy-to-manage solution that doesn’t require dedicated storage experts to keep it running. The business case for selecting HCI over traditional infrastructure has long since been made (PDF). More...
5 reasons why analytics tech is a game-changer for universities
When you have nearly 38,000 students enrolled in your university, the data challenges are formidable. At The University of Alabama, the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA) team works with administrators to make sure that data is used effectively to help students–and the university–prosper. More...
Trending: Students say digital payments key for college
With the rising popularity of P2P (person-to-person) payments through sites such as Facebook Messenger, Slack, Zelle and Venmo, digital disbursements have become to millennials what cash and checks were to previous generations. More...
6 reasons why course visuals are a must for today’s college students
The higher education landscape is shifting and institutions are facing a decline in overall enrollment. Rather than opting for a traditional classroom experience, students today have come to expect greater flexibility in deciding when, where and how to learn. In fact, it is predicted that by 2019 at least 50 percent of all classes will be delivered online and that percentage will only continue to increase. More...
Campuses show major shift in supporting student success
The research study aims to demonstrate how higher education institutions are evolving to support student success and close the student-college digital divide. Unit4, a provider of higher-ed student management systems, conducted the research to ascertain how student success is driving investment in core systems. More...
Cal Poly launches world’s first university-based cloud innovation center by AWS
The Cal Poly Digital Transformation Hub powered by AWS will address public sector technology challenges with proven innovation methods. More...
Why students, faculty and alumni are loving this simple campus technology
As a provider of an interactive map and virtual tour platform for higher education, this is question we hear on a somewhat regular basis: “do people really use interactive campus maps. More...
MIT issues learner-owned digital diplomas on the blockchain
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has issued learner-owned academic credentials on the blockchain. The University’s Digital Diploma Pilot Program allowed a select cohort of students to receive both a paper diploma and a digital diploma anchored to the blockchain. More...
Why Moodle Supporters Should be Concerned
Why Moodle Supporters Should be Concerned
Michael Feldstein, e-Literate, 2017/11/06
Phil Hill and Michael feldstein have each taken to posting this week to defend their assertion that the rate of new installations of Moodle has declined significantly. The first, from Phil Hill, is a detailed description of the data used to construct the argument. More...