Faculty & staff updates

Jeff Selingo predicts major changes to the institutional model of higher education to better align with lifelong learning needs.  

• Lifetime learning is the new model for higher education

Institutional administrations endeavor to assure standards on online offerings as well as student support; major organizations now provide an infographic of advice.

• Online students need more...

Students want information fast, especially on financial aid, and are often on a tight schedule to choose their institution. A related issue is that they are generally behind in instructors’...

Ten tips are provided for online classes, illustrating stiffness of recent conference calls; tips include preparing students and achieving relevance.

• Synchronous online classes: 10 tips for...

Discussion around online learning myths and digital credentials in the landscape of distance education.

• Debunked: 8 online learning myths that need to disappear

Advanced Google search techniques and interesting topics in cloud computing and gamification are presented.   

• Rock your searches with the "site:" operator
• Cloud computing takes off as top new...

Policy changes are occurring in international law related to technology protection measures.

• Web accessibility and technology protection measures: Harmonizing the rights of persons with cognitive...

For our inaugural news digest, we are bringing Virtually Inspired to your attention, an amazing collection of ways that teaching and learning are enhanced by technology, including an example of live...

The inaugural issue of the Changing Landscape of Online Education (Chloe) survey is now available, covering topics such as trends in online enrollment, measuring quality and outcomes, and models of...

In 2013-2014, a Mizzou research team formed with representatives from Mizzou Online, the Social Science Statistics Center, the MU Assessment Resource Center and the MU Department of Statistics to...