Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Online learning holds the future of higher education. Many university and college students find themselves with other obligations which include family and job commitments beyond that of getting a degree. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A 2015 report from a research consortium at Harvard University and MIT provides new data on the MOOC project that the two universities jointly launched in 2012. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The University of California, Irvine (UCI) Extension is offering two new online courses designed to help teachers develop their skills in cognitive and student-centered learning. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Miller (2011) defined student engagement as “students’ willingness to actively participate in the learning process and to persist despite obstacles and challenges. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. This paper provides a literature review aiming to discuss the need for fostering creativity and digital inclusion among women students in developing contexts by addressing the second order digital divide in online skills. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The Apple Watch is being banned in universities and standardized testing centers worldwide to prevent cheating. The Apple Watch, along with other wearable technology, is forcing a number of universities and colleges to institute bans on the technology to curb potential cheating on exams and tests. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Every Virginia student enrolling in high school this fall must take a course online, or part of a course, in order to fulfill state-mandated requirements for graduation. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. More than a third of all malware events in 2014 occurred within the education sector, according to NTT Com Security’s 2015 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR). More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Students and teachers in some University of Georgia introductory biology courses experimented with using a free digital textbook instead of expensive paper texts in fall 2013 courses, and liked it. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Usually, the higher-ed industry has a reputation as being one of the slowest adopters of new technology. But when it comes to open source software (OSS), campus IT departments are ahead of other industry and consumer tech adoption curves, says Scott Wilson, service manager of OSS Watch at the University of Oxford. More...