Three research universities provided students with Amazon’s Echo Dot devices in pilot programs last year. Here’s what they learned. Source: … More
Category: higher education
Nearly half of U.S. colleges are using OpenStax textbooks this year
By Emily Tate AUGUST 2, 2018 Nearly half of U.S. colleges are using OpenStax textbooks this year. The Rice University-based … More
OER is at a tipping point. Here’s how to keep it moving in the right direction.
At Lansing Community College in Michigan, OER has been transformative. The college’s librarian describes what it will take to make … More
Educators struggle to find solid research on edtech
[I need to post a blog about the swift rise of online learning and how those within the discipline in … More
A Futurist Predicts the Death of Higher Education – The Atlantic
A futurist says the industry may have nowhere to go but down. What does the slide look like? Source: A … More
Doubling Down On Learners
By Rod Berger Forbes Contributor As the education world continues its discussions about transformation and how it can meet the … More
The Age of Disruption: Navigating, Innovating and Excelling
Does Your College Have a Cavern? 7 Learning Spaces Beyond the Classroom – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Landscapes for LearningBy Dan Berrett May 06, 2018 PREMIUMColleges are dedicated to the transmission of knowledge, but this activity doesn’t … More
Big Ideas: How technology and humanities intersect
Cornell Chronicle By Linda B. Glaser | March 17, 2016 Technology has changed all aspects of our lives, even ancient … More
How a 21st-Century Learning Environment Helps Students Master Tough Subjects – The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://players.brightcove.net/1399133683/EJFwFukdx_default/index.html?videoId=5783733050001 In Austin Community College’s ACCelerator, which opened in 2014 in a former shopping mall, instructors work with small groups … More
