Tablets are just the beginning of Natural User Inerfaces (NUIs) in college and university settings; and any institution interested in remaining relevant in the next five years should start redesigning their learning spaces to better promote collaborative learning. These are just some of the revelations part of the New Media Consortium’s (NMC) and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) 2017 Higher Education Edition of the annual Horizon Report. More...
A resounding majority of chief academic officers (CAOs) (86 percent) said they believe digital learning tools and resources make learning more efficient and effective for students, according to a recent survey. More...
According to adaptive course solutions provider Knewton’s survey of users and clients, “college today only vaguely resembles what it looked like 20, 10, or even five years ago…serving a more diverse student population than ever before,” and the skills being taught are for jobs that never before existed. More...
As online learning continues to grow as an increasingly viable option for postsecondary and continuing education (at least 5.8 million US students are enrolled in at least one online course), especially as non-traditional students are becoming the norm, there still exists a universal unfamiliarity with online learning that has led to the proliferation of several myths or misconceptions about this popular mode of learning. More...
Students today—both traditional and non-traditional—have extremely high expectations of their universities when it comes to the digital environment and experience. These expectations are shaped by the experience crafted and delivered by other organizations, be they banks or online retailers. More...
A new 656-bed, five-story building offering Wi-Fi access and HD cable now stands near the center of Boise State’s campus in Idaho. More...
The news from Capitol Hill is disappointing: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act means Berea College faces increased financial stress from an excise tax on our endowment earnings. More...
A&G Realty Partners has closed the sale of Daniel Webster College’s 53-acre campus, formerly owned by ITT Educational Services, to a Hong Kong-based user for $11.6 million, the company announced. The transaction—approved October 25, 2017 by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Indianapolis—followed the closing in November of A&G’s successful sale of the college’s aviation-specific facilities to Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). More...
At a coffee shop near Texas State University, a handful of male students occupied couches between classes, with one noticeable absence in the room — women. More...
A Florida Atlantic University employee was arrested for pretending to be a student and receiving refunds for about $24,000 worth of fraudulent checks, university police said. More...
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