Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In this marketplace, various reports suggest that students studying online at public and non-profit colleges give an average of about half of their tuition to for-profit companies known as online program managers (OPMs)—companies that design, run, and market the virtual programs for colleges. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Few would argue that higher education has long been an industry in need of some fresh thinking. Which is why, in 2012, Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, both former computer science professors at Stanford University, decided to launch Coursera. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Why take classes as an adult student? Many adults already have a full-time job and don’t know if going to school for more education is the right fit for them. Does it work to fit classes around work? We talked with a few schools about the pros and cons of nontraditional coursework for both undergraduate adults and graduate learners. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Technavio’s latest report on the global online language learning market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020. Technavio defines an emerging trend as a factor that has the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to its growth or decline. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Foreign college students cheat more than their domestic peers, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Looking at data from 14 large U.S. public universities, WSJ found five reports of alleged cheating for every 100 international students, compared with one per 100 domestic students. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Recently, I received this message from a college professor in response to a blog post I wrote: “I truly believe in the benefits of online learning; but only for those who really want to learn. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Online education company Udacity plans to branch out of its core technology market to meet growing demand for digitally-skilled workers in areas such as banking and the car industry, its co-founder told Reuters as the company launched in Germany. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Writing for the Harvard Business Review in 2003, Nicholas Carr sparked a firestorm when he proclaimed: “IT is best seen as the latest in a series of broadly adopted technologies that have reshaped industry over the past two centuries — from the steam engine and the railroad … to the electric generator and the internal combustion engine.” Thirteen years later, it’s time to revisit Carr’s argument. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. TechSmith has updated its inexpensive screen, video and audio capture tool, Snagit. Version 13 for Windows and version 4 for Mac add personalization capabilities, a panoramic feature for capturing images that go beyond a single display, new tools in the editor and the ability to create animated GIF files. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. When massive open online courses—better known as MOOCs—first came on the educational scene, nobody knew whether they would be the next big thing in learning or just another quirky acronym. MOOCs are Web-based classes that are available to all, and they’re often free. More...
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