By Carl Straumsheim. Colleges that use Jenzabar's software will soon be able to ensure that all students have access to their textbooks on the first day of class. Read more...
26 juin 2016
26 juin 2016
Choosing Principles Over Publication
By Carl Straumsheim. Psychology instructor withdraws book chapter after refusing to add language that he asserts a publisher demanded but he deemed too flattering to the textbook industry. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Where Libraries Go From Here
By Carl Straumsheim. New book explores how academic libraries can shape their services to better serve higher education -- and what librarians should do to make it happen. Read more...
26 juin 2016
An 'Opportunity for Improvement'
By Carl Straumsheim. At faculty development institutes, time away from teaching means time to rethink how to teach. By keeping the sessions small, many institutions hope to recruit a core group of faculty members enthusiastic about online education. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Another Isis Changes Its Name
By Carl Straumsheim. The University of Oxford's technology transfer office is changing its name, partly for branding reasons, but also because "Isis Innovation" brings up unfortunate associations with the Islamic State, the terror organization controlling much of Iraq and Syria. Read more...
26 juin 2016
'Open Source' Employee Training
By Carl Straumsheim. As more companies expand tuition assistance benefits, Amazon says its model -- which focuses on "high-demand" fields -- is the one they should follow. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Launch of MOOCs-for-Refugees Program
By Carl Straumsheim. The U.S. Department of State and massive open online course provider Coursera are partnering to launch Coursera for Refugees, a program to offer career training to displaced people around the world. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Scaling Up OER
By Carl Straumsheim. New initiatives at university systems show the maturation of efforts to increase the use of open educational resources. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Why Do Scientific Researchers Read Blogs?
By Carl Straumsheim. Scientific researchers -- at least the ones reading the blogs runs by the open-access publisher PLOS -- turn to blogs for expert commentary and in-depth analyses of research papers, suggesting an opportunity for publishers to more frequently engage readers who turn to their peer-reviewed journals for scholarly articles. Read more...
26 juin 2016
Learning to Adapt
By Carl Straumsheim. Major study of adaptive learning finds inconclusive results about its ability to improve outcomes and lower costs, but use at two-year colleges and in remedial courses shows potential. Read more...
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