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“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” — Benjamin Franklin, 1738 Giving administrator rights to computer end users was once a common practice, but it has all but disappeared in corporate America. As companies embrace the least-privilege model of information security, most […]
The Digital Production Group of Stanford University Libraries has launched a pilot project to produce digital 3D models of bones and other artifacts for use in research and instruction. Campus Technology
College students may be able to save as much as 70 percent off their textbooks through a new rental program from McGraw-Hill Education. Starting this spring, the company is offering rentals on more than 250 of its copyright 2019 titles, plus all future titles, through its e-commerce channel on the company website as well as […]
New app seeks to shake up student ratings of instruction by promoting open-ended feedback in the moment, throughout the semester, so that the feedback becomes more constructive than punitive. Inside Higher Ed
New software aims to help instructors understand students better, but raises privacy and practicality concerns. Inside Higher Ed
Trends in eLearning: Tracking the Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges Thirteen years ago, the Instructional Technology Council’s (ITC) board of directors created this survey instrument so as to produce data of use to eLearning practitioners. The survey targeted the ITC membership of predominantly two-year institutions. After all, from the inception of online learning, the […]
Nine out of 10 start-ups fail, but when they do, founders and private investors — not the state — typically foot the bill. That is among the reasons why this month’s closure of the University of Texas System’s Institute for Transformational Learning is drawing significant attention in Texas and elsewhere. Inside Higher Ed
Syracuse University College of Law has won approval from the American Bar Association’s accreditation division to offer a J.D. program in which roughly two-thirds of the course work will be completed online — although about half of the credits completed at a distance will be conducted live, in real time, school officials note. The ABA […]
This report presents the results of a MOOC survey amongst Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with a focus on Europe (97% of responses out of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)). The majority of the responding HEIs are mainly publicly financed (82%) and have an on campus education provision (71%). The survey shows that the majority […]
Participation in online communities is an increasing need for future language teachers and their professional development. Through such participation, they can experience and develop an awareness of the behaviors required to facilitate their future learners’ participation in online learning. This article investigates participation, interaction patterns, and social presence (SP) levels of pre-service English as a […]