Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Stackup is a web application and smart browser extension that currently works with Google Chrome that can be used to track users’ engagement on any given website. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Understanding the number of credits required for completing your online degree gives you a goal and end date to work toward. Before beginning classes, explore your access to student resources, like digital libraries and online tutoring. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. As students in the US receive their SAT test results, the university preparation association, the College Board and online learning platform, the Khan Academy are celebrating an unparalleled online learning uptake by the nation’s students. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Elder care is about to become much more empathetic. Embodied Labs has come up with a new virtual reality program called “We Are Alfred,” which allows young medical students to feel what it’s like to be an elderly individual experiencing audio and visual problems. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Talent development marks the intersection between knowledge, which has long ruled higher education, and skills, which help students use their degree to get a new job — and colleges that want to rise to the top of a competitive pool have to excel at developing both. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Worldwide tablet shipments are expected to decline for the second straight year in 2016, dropping 9.6 percent compared to 2015 volumes, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. While you should not leave your kids alone with devices for hours at a stretch, neither is it correct to assume that all technology use will “fry their brains” as some well-meaning parents seem to believe. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In this marketplace, various reports suggest that students studying online at public and non-profit colleges give an average of about half of their tuition to for-profit companies known as online program managers (OPMs)—companies that design, run, and market the virtual programs for colleges. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Few would argue that higher education has long been an industry in need of some fresh thinking. Which is why, in 2012, Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, both former computer science professors at Stanford University, decided to launch Coursera. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Why take classes as an adult student? Many adults already have a full-time job and don’t know if going to school for more education is the right fit for them. Does it work to fit classes around work? We talked with a few schools about the pros and cons of nontraditional coursework for both undergraduate adults and graduate learners. More...