Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. On Thursday, September 15, the online learning community and its supporters will celebrate the inaugural National Online Learning Day. More...
Digital Tattoo project aims to increase awareness of online privacy issues
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. As technology advances, the world has become a more convenient and far less secretive place. Services like Facebook, Google and Instagram have created and replaced avenues of communication in a way that allows everyone to share more information with more people. More...
Penn prof brings back controversial ‘Wasting Time on the Internet’ course
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The class, inspired by the radical legacy of the Situationist movement, debuted in 2014 after Goldsmith announced his experimental intentions in a piece for The New Yorker. More...
Teaching and Learning Theories
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. There are many different theories regarding the way people learn. This section will very briefly explore some of them (in alphabetical order), which you might like to research further and try out with your own learners. More...
Getting Real About Today’s College Students
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. What are some of the most common misconceptions about today’s college students? Here are just a few: The typical college student is 18-24 years old and enrolls right out of high school. In fact, 40 percent of today’s college students are 25 or older. More...
Economist suggests Ed Dept credentialing as college cost cure
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Economist Carlo Salerno writes in the Huffington Post that allowing the U.S. Department of Education to grant degrees based upon the number of courses completed, regardless of transfers or the number of institutions, is a way to generate more value and decrease costs for students. More...
Mars free-for-all: Monash course equips students for life on red planet
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Want to study how to live on Mars? This course will take just 12 hours of your time. And it’s free. More...
Nonprofit receives nearly $1M to fund online Native language classes
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. An Alaska foundation is hoping to revitalize five Athabascan languages through online education with help from a $900,000 grant. More...
How to succeed as an online student
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. School alone can be overwhelming but as an online student it can be even more challenging because we do not always have the motivation that other students might have in a traditional classroom. More...
LaGuardia Community College: Where Business and Tech Education Meet
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. LaGuardia’s program, known as TechIMPACT, will partner with tech education companies including General Assembly, Udacity and The Software Guild to provide accelerated tech training for more than 300 low-income young adults over the next three years. More...