Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Studying on the fly will present some challenges, but it can be done. Lara Martini, who is Microsoft’s director of commercial markets strategy for Latin America, finished her MBA last fall despite traveling more than half the time. More...
New qualitative research explores students’ MOOC concerns
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A new qualitative study asks traditional college students what they think about massive open online courses, finding a number of concerns that mirror those of administrators. More...
These 10 trends are shaping the future of education
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. It’s an exciting time to be in education. The longstanding operating models for both higher ed and K-12 are both in a state of flux, and while demands for innovation probably won’t create an all-new landscape, the resulting product of ongoing changes is likely to be unrecognizable compared to that of the last several decades. More...
Report: How Millennials Use Mobile Devices at College
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A new study on the mobile device habits of college students shows they’re leaving their desktops behind and venturing out into an increasingly mobile landscape — one in which higher ed infrastructure will have to evolve to accommodate. More...
UMUC to eliminate textbooks
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The University of Maryland University College plans to eliminate textbooks this fall to save students money by using resources online. More...
E-Texts and the Future of the College Bookstore
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The acceptance and adoption of digital content in the classroom has been a slow, but, progressing evolution. Until all of the components of a successful conversion were available to higher education, adoption had been limited and digital content experiences less than desirable. More...
Engineers Seek Flexible Benefits from Virtual Classroom
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Looking at the global application of Online Distance Learning (ODL), according to a 2014 report from the International Council for Open and Distance Education, in 2007 there were 150 million students worldwide engaged in distance learning, with a predicted 400 million students by 2030. More...
Can MOOCs Become Part of Best Practices in Online Learning?
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have captured the headlines in higher education in the past year. These new platforms were developed to enable both open access and large scale participation in online courses. More...
E-Advisement: Technology-Supported Advising Services
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Applying technology to the process of general academic advisement yields the more flexible, mobile approach called e-advisement, as explained in this case study. More...
Penn professors teach millions of students worldwide through Open Learning classes
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. While Penn professors teaching Open Learning classes have to dedicate a lot of their time and resources to millions of online learners, the opportunity to contribute to the future of education is incentive enough. More...