Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. New York University has launched a series of instructional videos on social media to pilot content delivery to students at its Shanghai campus, attracting hundreds of thousands of views in just days. More...
Raytheon introduces online classes to prepare US residents for extreme weather
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Raytheon has launched a suite of weather preparedness training modules to help teach the general public and school-aged children how to keep themselves safe before, during and after significant weather events. More...
Why e-learning is better than face-to-face
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Many people continue to see e-learning as a poor alternative to face-to-face learning. This is often based on poor experiences with uninspiring e-learning courses that simply plonk a slide presentation or PDF onto a web page, with little thought for engagement or interaction. More...
Codecademy, the free online coding school, raises another $30M led by Naspers
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Codecademy, an online coding school with 16 million registered users, has built out its footprint without charging its students a penny to use it. More...
Flipping the classroom requires patience, time management
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Flipping a classroom requires small-scale goals in changing coursework and reevaluating learning outcomes. More...
Juggling work and university study in 2016 couldn’t be easier
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. There was a time when juggling studies with work, social life, and a family was just not possible. More...
Competency-Based Education and Predictive Analytics: Learning from Transfers
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The competency-based program at Texas A&M University–Commerce has begun to analyze enrollment data to better understand their transfer student population and make predictions regarding future students. More...
Online ‘university of anywhere’ opens to refugees
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. An online university is offering 500 refugees from Syria’s civil war free places on its degree courses. More...
Early Days for Drone Use in Higher Education
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Unmanned aircraft systems offer numerous possibilities in the academic environment, from creating programs aimed at UAS design and construction to finding ways to use them in traditional research across academic disciplines. More...
Want to learn to code? These 5 apps make it easy
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Some say coding is the new literacy, which makes it pretty important for kids to start learning young — and for adults to learn the basics of coding if they want to be a part of our increasingly digital world. More...