Top 10 IT Issues, 2019: The Student Genome Project
The EDUCAUSE 2019 Top 10 IT Issues are focused on organizing, standardizing, and safeguarding data so that we can utilize it to address our most pressing priority: student success. EDUCAUSE Review
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Building the digital future of education
The use of technology to improve the standard of and access to education has become ubiquitous across the sector. Although universities and educational institutions have moved away from a reliance on physical textbook and resource, they shouldn’t stop at going paperless. It’s essential that they are ambitious and keep their fingers on the pulse when […]
Small Liberal Arts Colleges Are Sharing Online Courses
When Nathan Schertz, a 21-year old student at Eureka College, hit some relationship troubles last year that distracted him from his studies, his grades slipped. And he found himself needing to make up credits fast to stay on track academically. So the college offered him the chance to retake one of the course subjects online […]
8 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2019
What technologies and trends will have the biggest impact on higher education in the coming year? We asked four university IT leaders to weigh in on the top issues in ed tech and share what they’re seeing both on the horizon and in their own institutions. Here’s what they told us. Campus Technology
Survey: Online, Blended Dominate Today’s Learning Environments
In a recent survey, nearly nine in 10 faculty members (87 percent) at colleges and universities across the country said they are using either fully online or a mix of online and face-to-face instruction in their courses. That leaves just 13 percent who are still teaching exclusively face-to-face. Campus Technology
Looking Beyond Institutional Boundaries: Examining Adults’ Experience of Choosing Online as Part of Their Post-Secondary Studies
This research focused beyond the student, course, program, or institution by examining the conceptions of adults at the moment in time that they evaluated their choice to engage in furthering their post-secondary education by examining the possibilities provided through online learning. To capture their experience, not as students but as members of society, a practice […]
Barriers, incentives, and benefits of the open educational resources (OER) movement: An exploration into instructor perspectives
Open educational resource (OER) barriers, incentives, and benefits are at the forefront of educator and institution interests as global use of OER evolves. Research into OER use, perceptions, costs, and outcomes is becoming more prevalent; however, it is still in its infancy. Understanding barriers to full adoption, administration, and acceptance of OER is paramount to […]
50 Colleges Hit With ADA Lawsuits
Jason Camacho, a blind resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., is suing 50 colleges over the accessibility of their websites. The 50 lawsuits, filed in November, say the colleges are in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act, as their websites are not accessible to people with disabilities. Camacho uses a screen reader and said he experienced […]
Cengage Unlimited Subscriptions to be Available at Amazon Beginning January 1
Subscription service offers unlimited access to more than 22,000 eBooks, online homework access codes and study guides at an affordable price BOSTON—December 10, 2018—Cengage today announced that its new subscription service, Cengage Unlimited, will be available for purchase through Amazon beginning January 1, 2019. The agreement expands the company’s existing collaboration with Amazon for course […]
University of Florida Works to Ensure Websites are Accessible
An online course doesn’t provide proper captioning during a video lecture. A department website features flashing and moving elements than cannot be easily turned off. A downloaded scholarship document is unable to be filled out with a hands-free, assisted computer device Center for Digital Education
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