Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Sensory messaging devices, stress-reducing headpieces, biometric authentication bands and more — these cutting-edge wearables could soon be coming to your campus. More...
How to get students to stop using their cellphones in class
By Stefanie Botelho. Almost all college students have a cellphone. They use them an average of eight to 10 hours a day and check them an average of every 15 to 20 minutes while they're awake. More...
New app addresses campus sexual misconduct with gamification
By Stefanie Botelho. ATIXA, the Association of Title IX Administrators (www.atixa.org), in collaboration with leading education quiz-based training app company, Trivie (www.trivie.com), has announced a new app-based solution- U of Nine. U of Nine helps colleges and universities to educate students and employees about sexual violence, sexual harassment, intimate partner violence, alcohol abuse, and stalking. More...
Creating Flexibility to Improve Engagement: The Benefits of the Cloud
By Ven Meyerzon - EvoLLLution. Organizational flexibility and agility, facilitated by the use of cloud-hosted systems and tools, supports the development of the responsive programming critical to continuing education organizations and the institution by extension. More...
Using Technology to Improve Time-to-Market
By Rick Marks - EvoLLLution. Moving from pen-and-paper organizational systems to technological tools can significantly accelerate the approvals process and time-to-market for new courses and programs. More...
Cannot Have Shared Services Without Stakeholder Buy-In
By Kathleen Bienkowski - EvoLLLution. Higher education institutions are increasingly looking at shared services as a mechanism to reduce costs and improve efficiencies, but without sufficient buy-in from staff and faculty, the project could struggle to succeed. More...
Four Major Changes Critical for Post-Secondary Institutions’ Longevity
By Erin Knight - EvoLLLution. Non-traditional students are increasingly enrolling in higher education and, without some very significant changes to cater to this demographic, institutions could start to fall behind. More...
The Value of Service Oriented Architecture in Higher Education
By Russell Battista Jr - EvoLLLution. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an approach to building technology applications that aligns business and IT goals. This is accomplished by defining and building services that are business focused and can be reused and deployed across multiple software applications. More...
Sightings and Illusions: Looking Toward the Cloud
By Colleen Carmean - EvoLLLution. With all the conversation around whether to phase out legacy systems in favor of newer, cloud-hosted platforms, institutional leaders need to ensure they are balancing the expectations of their new student demographics against the needs of internal stakeholders and the pace of change. More...