Techno-News Blog. A six-year project at the University of Houston will develop, mentor and retain 30 STEM teacher-leaders in high-need school districts. More...
How my university is disrupting higher education
Techno-News Blog. Disruption in higher education needs to happen everywhere, from admissions processes to business practices to the way we teach and assess. If higher education is a ship, it has struck an iceberg. It’s taking on water rapidly, and while the situation is urgent, many people on board simply refuse to acknowledge what’s happening. The lifeboats in this metaphor? Disruption. More...
Data analytics can improve the college experience
Techno-News Blog. Data analytics is opening more doors regarding the college experience than ever before. While many experts are touting its benefits for the student population, the truth is that these numbers can improve the experience all around. The statistics are beneficial for everyone ranging from educators to administrators. More...
A deep dive into college data: The state of higher ed marketing analytics 2018
Techno-News Blog. Why is digital marketing—so easily measurable—not measured in higher education at the level it is in other industries? Since this project was conducted around an assessment—and not a mere survey—of the gap between best and current practices, the study participants all received a final grade computed on a 100-point scale to illustrate the distance completed on the road to digital marketing analytics, the HEDMAR score. More...
High-tech active learning spaces transform teaching
Techno-News Blog. It’s been more than a decade since a small group of professors at Dawson College started to experiment with active learning. Today, those early initiatives have evolved into a movement that’s transforming the way teachers teach and students learn. More...
Online courses benefit Chinese children in poor areas
Techno-News Blog. A news report by China.org.cn on China’s live streaming industry transforming the classes in poor areas: There are only three students at Lumacha Primary School in a remote, mountainous area of northwest China’s Gansu province. More...
Berkeley offers its fastest-growing course – data science – online, for free
Techno-News Blog. The fastest-growing course in UC Berkeley’s history — Foundations of Data Science — is being offered free online this spring for the first time through the campus’s online education hub, edX. Data science is becoming important to more and more people because the world is increasingly data-driven — and not just science and tech but the humanities, business and government. More...
This U of A Indigenous history course is the most popular course in Canada
Techno-News Blog. A course created one year ago by the University of Alberta was the most popular online course in Canada in 2017, and is already making inroads into how Canadians understand the history of Indigenous people. With almost 20,000 people enrolled, the free online 12-module course called Indigenous Canada teaches those from an Indigenous perspective. More...
How can serious games enhance your training delivery?
Techno-News Blog. ‘Serious games’ is one of the widely-used buzz phrases in 2018 digital learning resources, but what exactly does it mean for you and your learners? Many buzzwords and new concepts disappear almost as quickly as they arrive, but are serious games different. More...
Best Practices for Rollout of a Digital Device
Techno-News Blog. When a school district decides to implement more edtech in their curriculum, it comes with a major hurdle everyone must face. How can you roll out all of these digital devices at once with the greatest success rates? This is one of the key issues at the heart of edtech programs in their early stages. More...