Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. As Stanford University students watched Professor John Taylor present his “Principles of Economics 1V” study course during the 2014 summer session, they weren’t just learning the basics of global economics. They were making history. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. You know this feeling. You came across e-learning and jumped on the bandwagon with a big promise to yourself to finish a full year of coursework. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In “What Really Keeps Women Out of Tech,” Eileen Pollack writes: Technology companies know they have a gender and diversity problem in their work force, and they are finally taking steps to try to fix it. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Apple TV is introducing online learning as an embedded element of its product for the first time, adding television to Coursera’s platform flexibility. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. As one of the biggest, most successful tech companies, Google can hire pretty much anyone it wants. Accordingly, the company tends to favor Ph.D.s from Stanford and MIT. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Campus Technology released its 2015 salary survey this week, showing job satisfaction helps combat the relatively low pay in campus IT departments. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The massive disruption of the education industry is well underway, but the biggest tremors are yet to come—disruptions so dramatic that many universities will cease to exist in the next few years. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. North of Los Angeles, not far from the city of Ventura, the brand new Rancho Campana High School sits on a California campus fit for the set of a teen movie, where spacious, airy classrooms open — via retractable glass-paneled garage doors — onto sun soaked courtyards and outdoor learning spaces with sweeping views of the neighboring Camarillo Hills. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. There is a proliferation of devices in the marketplace. When it comes to ownership, young adults ages 18 to 29 are more likely to own a mobile phone or smartphone than a desktop or laptop, pointing to how mobile is becoming an all-purpose device that users are increasingly relying on. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Produced by Su-Kam Intelligent Education Systems (SKIES), named after co-founders Julius Su and Victor Kam, the app enables students to construct an interconnected web of knowledge around a topic as the professor is teaching — turning a traditional lecture format into a shared, interactive learning experience. More...