Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The University of Washington’s Information School‘s 2015-16 undergraduate cohort in informatics is not only the school’s largest yet with 210 students, it also includes more women students than ever before — about 40 percent. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Thanks to the enormous number of online courses which teach programming today, anyone can gain the right computer skills to execute the next big idea. Programming needn’t always be reams of boring text. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. You might imagine the brain to be divided into specific areas responsible for processing different senses. But researchers have now shown how we can ’supercharge’ our minds and break down its barriers so it becomes more flexible. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. If you couldn’t be in Austin or see everything on display, here’s what caught our attention. There was no shortage of ed tech to take in at SXSWedu 2016. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Colorado State University-Global Campus launched a new program this month for aspiring computer scientists that falls somewhere between non-accredited coding bootcamps and traditional programs. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Colleges and universities have long relied on SAT and ACT scores in admissions decisions, to the detriment of low-income students, Latinos, African-Americans, and women, and some point to e-portfolios as the solution. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The Linux Foundation and edX are offering free training for open source cloud and container technology, such as OpenStack, Docker and Kubernetes. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Forget about hunting down just the right educational games for your students. Let them use the ones they already love — Minecraft, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty — and then untangle how those can be fit into the learning goals you have for them. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Institutions must understand the unique characteristics and motivations of adjunct faculty teaching online to more effectively support a diverse faculty population. More...