Faculty & staff updates

Is it beneficial to provide students with course content choices?

• Benefits of giving students choices

Suggested ways to engage students in their online classes.

• Top 5 strategies to increase...

Digital learning developments predicted to be of continued interest for the next five years.

• Predicting 2017's legacy

Proctoring progress

Online education is becoming increasing popular among University of Missouri students, who find that online classes help them proceed through their degree plans efficiently. Forty...

Improvements come from U.S. faculty selecting tech tools for better assessment.

• Unlocking the promise of digital assessment

A mid-Atlantic state continues its work on preventing plagiarism...

A cyberlearning center recognized 6 educational technology trends ranging from community mapping to new uses for touchscreen interfaces.

• 6 broad trends emerge for future of ed tech

Artificial Intelligence virtual assistants are in use at several universities, providing invaluable assistance to students and faculty.

• Artificial intelligence in education

Examples of lessons...

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General has recommended that Western Governors University return over $700 million dollars in federal financial aid, citing insufficient faculty...

The University of Pennsylvania introduces a new digital simulation platform, allowing experiential learning based on cases and lectures.

• Real world experiences in a game-like setting

The writer...

OER has contributed to retention and diminished costs in a community college, leading to a Z-degree.

• Savings and student success

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