Florida Atlantic University’s Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-SENSE) is adopting Telit’s deviceWISE IoT Platform in an effort to aid the university’s research projects and technology solutions for the Internet of Things. More...
AIR partners with UVA-backed education accelerator
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) will partner with the Jefferson Education Accelerator (JEA) under an agreement making it a preferred research and evaluation outlet for the newly-launched education technology venture. More...
Pearson hosts third student coding contest
Coding contest challenges and rewards students who develop innovative learning applications that help to improve student achievement. More...
An educator’s guide to trying maker ed learning
By . These were just some of the main takeaways in a recent edWeb webinar, “Re-inventing the Wheel: A Fresh Look at Maker Ed.” More...
Why flipping the core is not sacrilege in higher education
By Paige Francis. As a proud recipient of an arts and sciences undergraduate degree, I fondly look back on the cattle call that was course selection for my first semester of college. It was common knowledge that you wanted to knock out as many core classes as possible right out of the gate. More...
College’s cloud app revitalizes student advising
By Andrew Barbour. Recognizing that paper-based processes were crippling its student-advising program, a Florida college has developed a cloud-based app to enhance student-faculty communication. More...
Hold the phone: A better technology for communication
By Brian Ferguson. As legacy phone systems reach their end-of-life stage, colleges and universities across the country continue to make the switch to VoIP. However, while the driving force for VoIP adoption is often based on the need to get rid of an old system, additional incentives for adopting VoIP include cost savings, better communication, and added security measures. More...
Insider / Outsider MOOC Divide
By Joshua Kim. There are two MOOC narratives. An insider MOOC narrative. And an outsider MOOC narrative. Read more...
A Stalled Digital Book Revolution?
By Joshua Kim. The 9/22 NYTimes story The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead is getting some attention in higher ed circles. Read more...
Saying Less In Meetings
By Joshua Kim. One of my goals for this year is to talk less. Lean back. Listen more. Be quieter in meetings. Read more...