Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In our blog post of Oct. 6, 2014 we panned blended learning, and now, in what follows, we are about to say blended learning is the greatest thing since sliced bread. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. When designing audiovisual systems in higher education facilities, accessibility standards are often overlooked. Here are the latest ADA Standards to keep in mind for any classroom AV project. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. To help colleges and universities connect with online learners, several Canadian provinces have developed portals to centralize online courses. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. What if you could earn a technology-centric credential at a similar level to a postgraduate for less than $1,000? And what if earning that high-level credential took about six to nine months. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Udacity has opened a new Nanodegree in Machine Learning. At advanced level it prepares you to apply predictive models to massive data sets in fields like education, finance, healthcare or robotics. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. To win the war for top IT talent, college and university leaders need a strategy for coming out ahead in one key battle: the paucity of women earning degrees in technology and pursuing related careers. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Technology affects everything. It helps us communicate, travel, cook, clean, and shop more efficiently. In education, the emergence of online classes has introduced a plethora of opportunities to prospective students. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. An important aspect of an online course is grading assignments and providing feedback. This is especially true in an asynchronous course where there is no real-time interaction between the instructors and students. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. This fourth annual report on national college completion rates offers a look at the six-year outcomes for students who began postsecondary education in fall 2009, the cohort that entered college as the Great Recession was ending. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Udacity has partnered with Google to bring another Nanodegree program to the fold: Senior Web Developer. The program builds on the Front End Web Developer Nanodegree curriculum, much like Udacity’s duo of iOS Developer degree programs do. More...