If effectively harnessed, the massive amount of information born out of the analytics revolution can allow institutions to better understand student needs; enhance the quality of teaching, learning, and advising; drive down costs; and predict and avoid risks. More...
Why Lifelong Learning is the Key to Entrepreneurial Success
How can we make learning our default mode? According to Holmes, it’s not about amassing random knowledge or memorizing copious amounts of information. It’s about turning what we absorb into strategic action. More...
Dawn of 5G: Empowering VR, AR and Much More
The enormous learning potential of virtual and augmented reality will be enabled through the wide-scale rollout of 5G. In many ways, widespread deployment of 5G will enable online learning to leapfrog the traditional classroom in providing meaningful, realistic and impactful engagements for learners at a distance. More...
New data shows earning power of college graduates
Individuals with bachelor’s degrees will earn $400,000 more in their lifetimes than those with just a high school diploma, according to a new report from the College Board. More...
The Top 5 Tech Trends That Will Disrupt Education In 2020
Artificial intelligence will continue to fill gaps in learning and teaching and help personalize and streamline education. Extended reality, including virtual, augmented, and mixed realities, helps create different learning opportunities that can engage students even further. More...
Why Edtech Needs More Researchers, Not More Companies
Edtech companies, or companies who seek to deliver learning via digital platforms and assets, are springing up quickly all over the United States. More...
LSBF re-imagines distance learning through VR
London School of Business and Finance has announced it is offering all of its online postgraduate students a new way to gain public speaking skills via virtual reality headsets. So far, hundreds of headsets have been sent to students all around the world, including Germany, Nigeria, India and the United Arab Emirates. More...
Spotting Mobile Learning Opportunities
It’s almost like a reflex, wanting to keep cell phones and tablets out of the hands of students and employees. These devices are a distraction, some argue, a distraction that takes the focus away from true learning or accomplishments. More...
Google launches online coding course to train workers for tech jobs
As the tech industry continues to change the employment landscape for American workers, Google says it wants to prepare them for jobs in the industry. More...
Moody’s: Slow Student Loan Repayment Driving High Balances, Bringing Social, Credit Implications
Slow repayments have become the most important contributor to rising student loan balances, Moody’s Investors Service. In the past, rising tuition and climbing college enrollments were the largest contributors to increasing student loan balances, according to the ratings agency. More...