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Students’ Perspectives on the Impact of Blackboard Collaborate on Open University Australia (OUA) Online Learning

Blackboard Collaborate (BC), a synchronous, multimodal platform, has been incorporated into Open University Australia (OUA) students’ online learning experiences. This study sought to investigate the perspectives of 134 interdisciplinary OUA students via an online survey and follow-up interviews. Findings revealed students’ positive perceptions about BC as an engaging, real-time medium for feedback exchange, knowledge sharing, […]

Augmented Reality in Higher Education: An Evaluation Program in Initial Teacher Training

One of the emerging technologies that have sparked greater interest in pedagogical contexts is augmented reality. This paper aims to assess the impact, practices and attitudes that are generated from augmented reality in the initial training of future teachers, and the presence of these practices in a university training context. The study was carried out […]

Online Education Trends Report 2020

This year, our fourth year of reporting original data, includes participation from 398 school administrators and 1,500 students (prospective students, current students, and online program alumni). Findings are presented in five categories: online learner demographics, the online learning experience, online program marketing and recruitment, online program design and development, and online student satisfaction. Best Colleges

EDUCAUSE COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: The Technology Workforce

Upheavals in work location and environment during the COVID-19 pandemic are challenging the higher education technology workforce. EDUCAUSE Review

How Teaching Changed in the (Forced) Shift to Remote Learning

New survey documents how professors view this spring’s mass move to virtual courses. Key findings: most used new teaching methods, half lowered their expectations for the volume of student work — and a third for its quality. Inside Higher Ed

Distance Learning: Let’s not Reinvent the Wheel

Amidst the sea of chaos brought on by COVID-19, while most schools are having to hoist new sails in uncharted waters, a handful of others have been able to more or less stay the course. Before the pandemic began, approximately 375,000 of America’s 56 million K–12 students already attended school online full-time. The schools serving […]

Not for coronavirus, Utah Valley U. launches online-degrees website

Utah Valley University launched a new website this week to help students understand and enroll in online courses. edscoop

CT [Campus Technology] Launches Virtual Summit on Distance Learning

Campus closures have led education institutions everywhere to scramble to move instruction to an online format. On May 5, the Campus Technology Distance Learning Summit will provide insight, ideas and information for education IT decision-makers grappling with the need for continuity of teaching and learning in these unprecedented times. Campus Technology

The ‘Zoombombing’ Saga Is Just Beginning — And The Heroic Open Source Video Conferencing Alternatives

Zoom found itself as the instant savior, and immediately after, the villain, in our new working and learning arrangements. If found itself pray of the short-lived optimism of the markets —achieving a $35 billion capitalization, on paper as valuable as Xiaomi, Activision or Nissan— after becoming synonymous with virtual classrooms and meetings. Numerous concerns and […]

For Educators, Being ‘Always-On’ During COVID-19 Can Lead to Burnout

Chrissy Romano Arrabito teaches second grade at an elementary school in Hackensack, N.J., a community that has been devastated by COVID-19 in recent weeks. The school is located just a few miles outside New York City, the epicenter of the crisis in the U.S., in Bergen County, where nearly 11,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed. […]

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