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A Web-based course evaluation service developed specifically for colleges and universities has added a text analytics option that enables users to cull insight from free-form student feedback. EvaluationKIT, from a company of the same name, has introduced EvaluationKIT Text Analytics, which takes write-in responses to survey questions and summarizes them for reports. Results include a […]
What are the new rules that will accompany future new models in higher education? Three essays address this question by exploring state higher education policy, accreditation for non-institutional education, and the disaggregation of the current higher education model. EDUCAUSE Full Article
If we are to support students and faculty as connected learners and instructors, we must rethink our approach to academic technology architecture. At the foundation and core of that architecture is information technology, in its role as the strategic enabler of connected learning. EDUCAUSE Full Article
The death of the learning management system has been routinely predicted over the last few years, but if a new market forecast is to be believed, commercial vendors have little to fear. The industry will continue to expand over the next five years, though most of the growth will come from outside the higher education […]
Farhad Saba, Ph. D. Founder and Editor, Distance-Educator.com Distance education has been a way of learning for countless individuals for more than a hundred years (Moore & Kearsley, 2012). It is a general concept which has roots in adult education embracing independent study, self-directed learning, as well as non-traditional and open and flexible education. In […]
The University of Oklahoma has launched its own online interactive learning community called Janux. Campus Technology Full Article
The sixth most widely used website in the world is not run anything like the others in the top 10. It is not operated by a sophisticated corporation but by a leaderless collection of volunteers who generally work under pseudonyms and habitually bicker with each other. It rarely tries new things in the hope of […]
Calls for more integrated computer science education have increased in recent years as studies show that computer science degrees lead to high-paying jobs that help boost the economy. eSchool News Full Article
As ed tech companies and universities search for the most effective way to teach students online, some have found the term “course” no longer captures what it means to pursue an education. Enter the “learning experience” — a term being used to describe a module of higher education not anchored to a specific place or […]
Dr. Saba: Mr. Marino, please tell me about your professional and educational background? Mr. Marino: I find it interesting how the education and experience of my life has lead me to the launch point for a cutting edge venture. My undergraduate degree is in biology but a few years out of college I obtained a […]