By . Last week, the University of Toronto’s Truth and Reconciliation Steering Committee released its final report, which sets out the institution’s response to the TRC’s Calls to Action. This seems like a good time to update my previous coverage on this. More...
Understanding Learning Science and Its Value to Educators
By Michael Feldstein. In a world where we are constantly barraged with product claims about “learning science,” most educators have very little sense of what that really means and how it is relevant to what they do. More...
Scaling Educational Access
By Michael Feldstein. There’s an interesting piece in EdSurge about the potential access to education challenge that CUNY will face if Governor Cuomo makes good on his proposal to make college tuition free. More...
Vert Capital and Scriba Corp: Institutions losing course data in company’s death throes
By Phil Hill. After last year’s disastrous outage at UC Davis due to Scriba Corp’s change of data center for the Sakai LMS (branded as SmartSite at UC Davis), it turns out that there is more damage to be done as the company slowly disappears. More...
Ellucian Stops Support for Brainstorm, its CBE platform
By Phil Hill. In a surprise move, Ellucian has decided to end support for Brainstorm, the competency-based education (CBE) platform it acquired from Helix Education two years ago. All Brainstorm customers are being notified of the end-of-life and aggressive measures are being used to help these customers quickly migrate to alternative platforms. More...
Improved NAU Student Success in Subsequent Courses After Math Emporium
By Phil Hill. Last week I published three e-Literate TV episodes on Northern Arizona University and their suite of initiatives aimed at helping first-year (and often first-generation) students. More...
New national adult learner coalition created to advance student success
Four major associations recently joined together as a cohesive voice to advocate for adult students and the institutions that serve them. With support from Lumina Foundation, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), President’s Forum, and University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) are pleased to announce the National Adult Learner Coalition. More...
Colleges and Universities can now have personalized student enrollment, aid process
CampusLogic, announced the acquisition of Cegment’s Net Price Calculator (NPC) and Award Letter business. More...
First national academic 3D printing conference launches
Registration is now open for the first national academic 3D printing conference, Construct3D 2017, which will bring together leaders and educators in the digital fabrication discipline of 3D printing for a comprehensive overview of this rapidly expanding area of research and development. More...
Tough questions we wished we’d asked about digital signage
By Jessie Budd. University marketing expert details the lessons learned from managing digital signage installations. More...