Techno-News Blog. It’s called personalized learning: What if each student had something like a private tutor, and more power over what and how they learned. More...
Beyond disruption: The future of higher education
Techno-News Blog. Universities are in the middle of a transformation that is challenging the status quo and is forcing higher-ed leaders to embrace change if they wish to remain relevant. More...
Providence High students embrace online learning days
Techno-News Blog. While the college preparatory services offered by Providence High School are generally geared toward the classroom, the co-educational Catholic school offered its students a different type of university feel recently. More...
More colleges are using the blockchain for student records
Techno-News Blog. ECPI University, a for-profit college based in Virginia, is among the latest colleges to offer verification of student degrees via blockchain, according to The Roanoke Times, which notes that Virginia Tech is “in the early stages” of considering a similar offering. More...
How Educators Can Raise Their Digital IQ
Techno-News Blog. Digital IQ is a relatively new term that signifies how well an organization is utilizing their technological resources. A school system might use a digital IQ to measure their proficiency with the tablets, laptops, and software used in the blended classroom. More...
Today’s Deep Learning “AI” Is Machine Learning Not Magic
Techno-News Blog. As powerful and capable as current deep learning systems are, they are still only rote pattern extractors. A computer vision system can take a pile of cat photographs and “learn” to recognize cats. More...
UM System wants 25,000 enrollment boost by 2023, says e-learning is key
Techno-News Blog. The University of Missouri System hopes for a 25,000-student enrollment surge over the next five years thanks to an online learning revamp it began planning this fall. That would put total enrollment at 100,000 students in 2023. More...
Who’s Taking Nondegree Courses — and Why?
Techno-News Blog. Most students enrolled in nondegree online programs already have degrees, and a minority actually want a credential, new data show. Alternative credentials pose an increasing threat to the supremacy of the traditional degree as the key that unlocks a career path. More...
Udemy and the Empire of Skills
Techno-News Blog. Earlier this year, we looked at the new upskilling approaches at two of the leading Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Coursera and Udacity. More...
EdX Studies the Viability of the MicroBachelors New Credential
Techno-News Blog. edX Inc. continues analyzing the viability of launching stackable, customizable MicroBachelors’ degrees, which could be priced at $10,000. More...