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Presenting a Validated Mid-Semester Evaluation of College Teaching to Improve Online Teaching

Formative feedback from students can help college instructors improve their online teaching practices – especially instructors who are new to online teaching. Prior research indicates that mid-semester formative evaluations of college teaching are a promising, low-cost solution to providing online instructors with in-the-moment feedback. However, existing instruments suffer from issues of validity and bias, and […]

Download Report:CREATING SEAMLESS CREDIT TRANSFER: A parallel higher ed system to support America through and beyond the recession

In an era of increasing data interoperability in almost every sector of life, the idea that today’s students can’t seamlessly transfer credits from one institution to another seems preposterous. Yet higher education’s broken credit transfer system has plagued students and stumped policymakers for decades—to this day, first-time students who transfer lose 43% of their credits […]

New tool gauges online learning programs’ effectiveness

A new program will help higher-ed institutions evaluate how effective their online learning programs are–a measure growing especially important as the global coronavirus outbreak has forced campuses to shut down physical operations. eCampus News

EDUCAUSE COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: Grading and Proctoring

With the massive and abrupt move to remote teaching and learning, higher education institutions need to address course grading and exam proctoring to maintain educational continuity. EDUCAUSE Review

Evaluating Teaching During the Pandemic

Some colleges are changing how they collect and consider student ratings of instructors, citing the COVID-19-driven move online. Might that undermine a widely criticized (and used) tool? Inside Higher Ed

Technology-Based Peer Review Learning Activities Among Graduate Students: An Examination of Two Tools

Peer review learning activities have been deemed an effective way to improve writing quality among graduate students. However, there was a paucity of extant literature that examined technology-based peer review learning activities. To address this gap, the present study investigated how technology tool usage affected the instructional design of peer review learning activities. A qualitative […]

Research-based learning in education studies: Design inquiry using group e-Portfolios based on blogs

Research-based learning (RBL) is an approach that aims to engage students in research activities within their study discipline. Since this method puts the focus on the learner, Web 2.0 tools are considered to provide good support in enhancing collaboration processes, which are necessary in conducting research in real-life situations. The link between RBL and the […]

‘Technology is fundamentally changing our world – it’s time to make Education 4.0 a reality’

Personalised learning and data-driven innovation hold the key to transforming our higher education sector, says Jisc CEO Paul Feldman Education Technology

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Bologna Digital 2020: White Paper on Digitalisation in the European Higher Education Area 1.1 Why this White Paper? Europe needs new visions for contemporary higher education in the digital age. Digitalisation is not only an additional challenge, but also an effective means to address key challenges for higher education in the 21st century. This paper […]

Doctoral Students’ Learning Success in Online-Based Leadership Programs: Intersection with Technological and Relational Factors

This study examines how technological and relational factors independently and interactively predict the perceived learning success of doctoral students enrolled in online-based leadership programs offered in the United States. The 73-item Online Learning Success Scale (OLSS) was constructed, based on existing instruments, and administered online to collect self-reported data on three primary variables: student learning […]

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