Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. About 75 percent of faculty are part-time or adjuncts nationwide. Adjunct faculty members instructing online courses often don’t receive enough training, according to a recent study. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. While the success of blended learning programs is debatable, incorporating technology more actively into any subject helps students learn basic tech skills they will need later in life. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The next wave of experimentation for edX involves creating those for-credit pathway programs. EdX announced three in the last six months, including two just in the last four weeks: Global Freshman Academy: A complete freshman year offered on edX by Arizona State University which had a soft launch this year. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. For good economic and pedagogical reasons, by and large computers have been used in K-12 classrooms as supplemental, not as essential, elements of the curriculum. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In the contemporary digital era, the learning environment is not merely restricted to the classroom setting. The myriads of resources available on the internet allow students to access a vast domain of knowledge, which, if used properly can turn them into creative thinkers. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. For the first time in recent history, a majority of the schoolchildren attending the nation’s public schools come from low income families. The latest data collected from the states by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), evidence that 51 percent of the students across he nation’s public schools were low income in 2013. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Udemy, an online learning service, has come under criticism for selling pirated courses. The controversy began this week, when security specialist Troy Hunt discovered that one of his courses on ethical hacking was available on Udemy under another author’s name. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. John Broida, a longtime University of Southern Maine psychology professor, died of pancreatic cancer last year. After the startling diagnosis last summer, Broida rushed to complete an online Psych 101 course he was developing. Two months later – just days after the course began – he died. Broida was a farsighted adopter of online teaching, broadcasting his lectures live to remote locations as early as 1988. More...