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While online education offerings continue to grow in the higher education marketplace, issues of student achievement and course rigor remain challenges to the underlying instructional model and alignment with institutional missions. Pedagogically, instructors and course designers can mitigate these issues by leveraging technology to further enhance students’ cognition and knowledge retention within the online domain. […]
The concept of ‘flipping the classroom’ is relatively recent, although elements of it have been around for many years. It is generally accepted that the ‘flipped classroom model’ consists of replacing direct instruction, or lectures, with video-clips to be watched at home, and the use of face-to-face class time for engaging students in active learning […]
This paper explores the influence of the concept of interdisciplinarity on the work of educational technologists and others involved in technology-enhanced learning (TEL) research. There is a growing recognition of the need for interdisciplinarity in solving complex research problems in many areas of science. Technology-enhanced learning is a relatively young area of research adopting a […]
After a two-year reboot of a 40-year portfolio tradition, Manhattanville College has moved from a required, one-size-fits-all undergraduate portfolio to a series of developmentally-scaffolded ePortfolio courses. This new approach allows students to reflect upon and integrate their learning at the first-year, sophomore, junior, and senior levels, as well as around Study Abroad, Internship, and Service […]
Reflecting the continuing change in higher education student experiences in light of the electronic age it is crucial to examine whether digital feedback provision approaches are seen as helpful in promoting self-regulated learning. In the present study students (N = 99) completed a survey examining preferences and gathering initial qualitative data. A sub-set (N = […]
Higher education should bring up the multifaceted development of human resources by promoting the knowledge-enabled population that will bring socio-economic mobility, peace and progress in society. Thus, the educational providers must undertake the duty to impart need-based higher education that makes people educated with a progressive, rational, analytical, and skilful mind. Hence, there is an […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. (August 15, 2018) – Two research studies published in the first half of 2018 show significant learning gains for college students who used McGraw-Hill Education’s ALEKS adaptive learning technology in math and chemistry. The studies looked at the effects of ALEKS on nearly 12,000 students at two public institutions: West Virginia University […]
Faculty leaders are sounding the alarm about what they call a highly restrictive employee agreement at Purdue University Global — one that requires academics to potentially waive their rights to course materials they create. Inside Higher Ed
At first look, “Athena,” the latest release of Moodle Partner eCreators’ custom Moodle experience “Learnbook”, hits all the right notes. But only diving deeper into pages, menus and customization options reveals how a clean and seamless layout is just the tip of the iceberg in the thorough attention to detail put in by the Melbourne-based […]
SALT LAKE CITY, July 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Canvas by Instructure (NYSE: INST), the open online learning management system (LMS) that makes teaching and learning easier, announced several new tools and enhancements today at its annual edtech conference, InstructureCon. These new capabilities are designed to support education at scale, enhance the student experience, and further inform […]