McGraw-Hill Education today at SXSWedu launched the new mobile-first version of McGraw-Hill Connect®, the company’s learning platform for students and instructors in the higher education market. More...
16 mars 2015
16 mars 2015
Can high smartphone use cause low GPAs?
By Rick Armon. College students should take a break from their smartphones if they want to improve their grades, a new study says. More...
16 mars 2015
Can Technology Get More Students Through College?
By Sophie Quinton. Officials at Virginia's largest community college are turning to data analytics in the hopes of boosting graduation rates. More...
15 mars 2015
Beyond the Laptop Debate
By Michael Friedman. In a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Dr. Carol Holstead reported on her experiences banning laptops in her journalism course: “Although I am an engaging lecturer, I could not compete with Facebook and YouTube, and I was tired of trying.” More...
15 mars 2015
Uber, Badging and Higher Ed
By Joshua Kim. What will happen to legacy higher education providers when the ownership society ceases to exist? We are in the midst of a reordering of our material world, a shift away from owning to renting, buying to consuming. How will this shift impact higher education. Read more...
15 mars 2015
HBO Now, Multi-Bundling, and Higher Ed
By Joshua Kim. So I’m not that impressed with the Apple Watch (maybe I’ll be wrong), but I am excited about HBO Now. Paying $15 a month to get access to Game of Thrones season 5 seems like a relatively good bargain. Being able to watch Silicon Valley season 2 is a bonus. We are a cord-cutting household (no cable or satellite TV), so we are a prime target for HBO Now (along with Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime and Netflix). Read more...
15 mars 2015
The Apple Watch and the End of Hardware
By Joshua Kim. Can you come up with a scenario in which you would want to buy an Apple Watch? For the Apple Watch to do anything useful it needs to be paired with an iPhone. This means that the Apple Watch will spend its life within a few feet of an iPhone. Is there anything that you need to do on your wrist that you don’t want to do on your phone? Why would you want to read or send messages, or hail an Uber ride, on the tiny screen of the Watch when your phone is as close as your pocket. Read more...
15 mars 2015
An EdTech Perspective on Sweet Briar
By Joshua Kim. We are all Monday morning quarterbacking the Sweet Briar story. All of us have firm ideas about what we would have done differently in Sweet Briar’s academics, admissions, marketing, finances, or any other part of the school responsible for keeping the lights on. Read more...
15 mars 2015
Weekend Reading: Blasted Daylight Savings Edition
By Erin E. Templeton. Welcome to the weekend, ProfHackers! I don’t know about the rest of you, but it seems to me like every year, adjusting to Daylight Savings is more difficult. But we’ve made it through the week, and some of us are enjoying Spring Break or have started to count down the days. Read more...15 mars 2015
What Might an Apple Watch for Higher Education Look Like?
By Casey Fabris. An Apple Watch that’s tailored to meet the needs of academics could be the next big thing in higher education. Someday. More...
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