Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Faculty typically spend a lot of time teaching—over 20 hours of a 50-hour workweek in one study (Bentley and Kyvik 2012). Are we spending that time productively? Obviously, whether or not we feel productive depends on what we hope to accomplish as instructors. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. I recently finished teaching a free, eight-week online course on artificial intelligence and cognitive technologies. Over 7,000 students registered for the course. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Technology has disrupted almost all sectors, but it has stayed away from education, said Anant Agarwal, CEO, edX on the third day of NASSCOM 2016. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A new Textbook Liberation Fund offers grants for “faculty members or departments who want to transition their courses away from high-priced textbooks.” The $500,000 fund was launched today by Skyepack, the digital publishing platform for open educational resources (OER), with the goal of saving college students $1 billion. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Emily Long refuses to stay in her apartment all day, even though she won’t physically go to class until she is halfway through her bachelor’s degree at the University of Florida. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Faced with competition from not just from Verizon and Sprint, but also Google and Amazon, the telecommunications giant is working aggressively to make sure its employees catch up and get ahead of the changing technology of the times. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The Plymouth District Library joined thousands of educators, librarians and digital learning advocates around the country on Digital Learning Day, Feb. 17. From a grassroots effort in 2012, this day was designed to highlight the use and availability of electronic tools to enhance the public school learning experience in grades k-12. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Blogger and self-proclaimed “troublemaker” Audrey Watters discusses venture capital in education, learning analytics, artificial intelligence and more. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. MIT is collaborating with Boeing and NASA to develop a four-part online, certificate-based program: “Architecture and Systems Engineering: Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems”. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Penn State Law is tentatively scheduled to open the Intellectual Property Clinic in the fall of 2016. Students in the clinic will work with those in the Penn State Law Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic, which launched in the fall of 2015. More...