Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Two new courses from Microsoft, one on XAML, the other on jQuery, start next week on edX. Other of the edX/Microsoft courses are now self-paced so you can begin them whenever you want. Microsoft partnered with edX earlier this year to run MOOCs taught by Microsoft trainers and taking advantage of the edX delivery platform. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Beginning in January, students who take select courses in Harvard Business School’s online digital education initiative, also known as HBX, will receive college credit for them. Students who receive the HBX Certificate of Readiness (CORe) after passing three business fundamentals courses — business analytics, economics for managers and financial accounting — will receive eight undergraduate credits from the Harvard Extension School. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Using an app he created, in classes he has configured around mobile technology, Ronald Yaros is preparing his students for a future that will revolve around their technological skills. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Jane LeClair, chief operating officer at the National Cybersecurity Institute at Excelsior College in Washington, DC, recently stressed the need for higher education to step up its game around IT security. And she urged colleges and universities that haven’t already done so to embrace the role of the chief information security officer, or CISO. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Despite the stereotype that university students are beer-guzzling spendthrifts, the reality is that most students today have to take on one or two part-time jobs just to make ends meet. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Are MOOCs (massive open online courses) the next big thing in higher education, or merely a distraction that won’t change the current system? Is the MOOC revolution only just starting to change how people learn, or has it already failed? It all depends on who you ask. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Shortly after the “Big Three” MOOC providers launched in 2012, nearly everyone focused on user numbers as a sign of their scale and reach. For anyone still keeping tabs on the numbers race, Udacity, Coursera and edX recently shared new figures. EdX shared it hit the 5 million student mark in August. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. What does the future of higher education look like? According to Moses Motha, Teaching and Learning Manager at Rosebank College, a brand of The Independent Institute of Education: “The future of higher education is intricately intertwined with the use of technology and online learning.” More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Danville Community College student Jessica Newman is taking 18 credit hours this fall, with a tuition price tag of about $2,500. When Newman looked for the books for her five classes at the DCC bookstore, she said the cost was just over $1,000. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. This fall, Lincoln Public Schools is rolling out a revamped elementary computer curriculum that emphasizes computer science — and coding — principles. More...