‘Powerpoint was not his thing’: a poem on teaching and technology
Retaining A Diverse Student Population with Creative Technology Use
By Jennifer Spielvogel - EvoLLLution. As colleges and universities push to become more student-centered, in an age where students have wide-ranging choice when it comes to choosing their postsecondary institution, technology is playing a growing role. More...
IT’s Role in Creating a Robust Experience for Today’s College Student
By Joseph Moreau - EvoLLLution. For the longest time in higher education, the IT organization had little or no direct role in supporting students. IT was the support organization for staff and administrators. Occasionally, we had a role to play in supporting faculty. Of course, that has changed radically in the past decade. More...
Prometheus and the Pendulum: Why the University of Michigan Joined edX
By James DeVaney - EvoLLLution. Last week I had the opportunity to represent the University of Michigan at the edX Global Forum in Washington DC. The multi-day forum opened at a reception in the awe-inspiring Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences. More than four hundred higher education leaders representing many of the world’s greatest universities gathered beneath the dome. More...
Driving Engagement and Experience Through Strategic Technology Use
By Kate Tornatore - EvoLLLution. Student engagement, and the creation of a student experience that replicates what learners are seeing from other major service providers, is the Holy Grail for higher education leaders today. Achieving this end requires investment in systems and development of strategies specifically designed to create the experience students expect, but sometimes even this isn’t enough. More...
What students spend on textbooks and how it affects open textbooks
By . First thanks to Phil Hill for correcting what I and many other have been saying: that students are spending more than $1,000 a year on textbooks. It turns out that what students are actually spending is around $530 – $640 (all figures in this post are in U.S. dollars and refer to U.S. post-secondary education.) Furthermore, student spending on textbooks has actually declined (slightly) over the last few years (probably as a result of increasing tuition fees – something has to give). More...
LMS Market Updates, Dec 2015
By Phil Hill. Today Campus Technology reported that Stanford is moving to adopt Canvas as their campus-wide LMS. Previously Stanford was a founding member of Sakai, with its implementation called CourseWork. More...
Plus Ca Change: About that ed tech adoption curve
By Phil Hill. Over the past few years I have increased my usage of the technology adoption curve – originating from Everett Rogers and extended by Geoffrey Moore – to explain some of the tension faced by ed tech support organizations. In a nutshell, a bigger determination of adoption patterns of pedagogical and technology-enabled changes in education is from social change issues rather than the innovation (whether purely pedagogical or tech-based) itself. More...
Exclusive: University of Phoenix moving from homegrown platform to Blackboard Learn Ultra
By Phil Hill. The University of Phoenix has a history of using its scale to develop and rely on homegrown platforms, including the adaptive learning platform branded as “Classroom”. I wrote about this investment in 2013. More...