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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...
Elite Business Schools Are Betting On Virtual And Augmented Reality
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The world’s elite business schools are pouring resources into virtual and augmented reality, as they place bets on the next big innovation in online learning. 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...
Why It’s Time to Disrupt Higher Education by Separating Learning From Credentialing
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. This paper argues that the federal government should spur reform by promoting alternatives to traditional college diplomas that allow individuals to more effectively demonstrate educational mastery to prospective employers. More...
5 Higher-Ed Innovators Share Challenges, Ideas for the Future of Digital Learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In a Meetup hosted by EdSurge on Aug. 17, more than 100 people gathered to hear speakers present how their organizations are embracing the future of digital learning. More...
Startup Receives Federal Grant to Expand Minecraft Student Reach
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Minecraft just received another education boost. An ed tech startup that encourages students to build their own mods for the popular online virtual world game has received a second grant from the National Science Foundation that will enable it to continue development of its coding environment for novice programmers. More...
Taking Student Orientation Online
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. While the traditional orientation process at the University of Colorado Boulder was meant to bond new students to the institution from their first moments on campus, its structure often had just the opposite effect. More...
Online Learning Business Opportunity Ahead For Microsoft Partners
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Microsoft partners not only are interested in participating in the newly minted Microsoft Professional Degree program (MPD) announced in July and currently in pilot, they’re also excited about the business opportunity around online content. More...