Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In this Q&A podcast, I speak with Ethan Edwards, who facilitates ATD’s E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate and Advanced E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Do you want to hone your existing skills or pick up some new one? But, do you have time to do so? Are you willing to go back to school to learn those skills. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Understanding the goal of how to best help students is one of several points to consider in developing an institutional mobile app. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. But after a brief conversation with Mary Ellen Deutsch, the time-crunched second year student, talk soon shifts to family, a house on Chicago’s North Shore and the pressures of the job as an HR executive. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Delft University of Technology has signed up its one millionth student for its online lectures or Massive Open Online Course programme. The university launched its first courses, on solar energy and water treatment, in September 2013. It now offers 36 different MOOCs, ranging from ‘leadership for engineers’ to aerospace. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. More than 900 students from Indian Prairie District 204, Naperville District 203 and Wheaton Warrenville District 200 are participating in the first session of an online learning consortium known as eLo, or Expanding Learning Opportunities. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. New research into the demographics of online college students found 50 percent of them would probably not choose to attend classes on a physical campus. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The report found that online college education has expanded access to students who previously might not have attended; this was primarily due to issues around time and finances. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Facebook is pledging $15 million over the next five years to Code.org to enable the nonprofit to expand access to computer science education, in an effort to improve diversity in the technology industry. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. There are some questions you need to ask yourself before you decide if learning to code online is right for you (it probably is! But I might be biased…), and more importantly, what kind of online class is going to be the most likely to lead to success. More...