By Carl Straumsheim. Education company Cengage Learning on Tuesday announced it had acquired WebAssign, a homework platform provider that spun off from North Carolina State University. Read more...
Penn State Explores AI in Teaching
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Faculty members at Pennsylvania State University are exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to provide immersive opportunities for student teachers. More...
Ransomware Meets its Match with Machine Learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Cyber criminals are generating millions of dollars in revenue by targeting organizations with dated cybersecurity infrastructures. More...
The Future Of Educational Technology: How Edtech Is Still Ignoring Its Biggest Market
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Educational technology is booming. Technology is helping to redefine how we learn, obtain skills, and get credentialed. That value proposition has captured public attention and attracted record amounts of venture capital funding. More...
How technology strategy can generate billions for higher ed
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Higher education commands nearly $70 billion in funded research, but many institutions do not take advantage of technological advancement which could generate billions by cutting delays in experiments and savings on personnel. More...
Wi-Fi speeds could triple and range double thanks to MIT breakthrough
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Researchers at MIT claim to have created a network-boosting technology that could triple the speed of Wi-Fi and double its range. More...
3 Key Steps for Digital Transformation Initiatives
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Digital transformation has the potential to revolutionize citizen services, but efforts to bring about that change are “often hindered by top-down hierarchies, cultural legacies and the lack of a compelling vision,” according to information from Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company. More...
How technology can make student onboarding faster and safer
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. EdTech Magazine offers a view into the benefits of automatic digital onboarding, the process of establishing email and single-sign on access for students, faculty and staff that can make IT development faster, easier and more secure for campus stakeholders. More...
How to Revamp Your Learning Spaces on the Cheap
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Often, the learning spaces that get the most attention are the big, flashy projects, complete with all the bells and whistles associated with cutting-edge technology-enhanced classrooms. More...
A VR program designed for education comes to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A new virtual reality program, designed in part for educators, is giving a whole new meaning to the virtual classroom. More...