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As more institutions consider offering MOOCs for credit, often the MOOCs provided by third-party platforms, researchers say it’s imperative to gauge instructional and design effectiveness…but how, and with what quality standards? eCampus News
Most college-bound high school students are concerned about the quality of online education, but many say they are open to the idea of taking some of their courses online, a new study shows. Inside Higher Ed
Key Takeaways When Indiana University adopted a policy for cyber risk mitigation responsibilities, it represented a first step toward understanding and better managing the cybersecurity risk profile of the entire university. Known as IT Policy 28, or IT-28 for short, the policy states that IT services should operate from secure facilities (university data centers) and, when practicable, use central IT shared services, […]
What kind of educational experiences change lives? As an answer to that question, George Kuh’s monograph on high-impact practices has been enormously influential throughout higher education. EDUCAUSE Review
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Blackboard Inc., the world’s leading education technology company, today announced a partnership with Skytap to provide cloud-based, on-demand virtual training labs via the company’s flagship learning management system (LMS), Blackboard Learn™. The integration, known as Virtual Training Labs powered by Skytap, enables education professionals to reach more learners through […]
Many learning management systems (LMS) used in higher education provide customizable rubrics that aid in the process of grading and providing feedback for many forms of assessments commonly used by educators today. Rapid Grade is a grading and feedback feature built into a non-commercialized LMS developed by a large, public, Midwestern university in the United […]
This article describes how the use of blogs to facilitate student research projects in a university art criticism class proved beneficial to both students and instructors. The results of surveys administered to students during the semester and at the conclusion of the course demonstrate positive learning outcomes as a result of modifications to an existing […]
And says it has the users to prove it On the advice of my new writing instructor, I’m penning this story with a focus on clarity, eliminating what he calls “fuzzy thinking.” Time
This study investigated interactive effects of navigation and offline comprehension skill on digital reading performance. As indicators of navigation relevant page selection and irrelevant page selection were considered. In 533 Spanish high school students aged 11-17 positive effects of offline comprehension skill and relevant page selection on digital reading performance were found, while irrelevant page […]
On the one hand, a growing amount of research discusses support for improving online collaborative learning quality, and many indicators are focused to assess its success. On the other hand, thinkLets for designing reputable and valuable collaborative processes have been developed for more than ten years. However, few studies try to apply thinkLets to online […]