A Community College Goes National
Rio Salado College’s national division targets “education deserts” around the country. Can that strategy work? Inside Higher Ed
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Using Storytelling to Forge Unbreakable Bonds Between Teachers and Students
Kristin Leong is the definition of a multi-faceted educator. She’s held a variety of roles in which she “educated” her audiences—from her stint as a middle school humanities teacher, to her days as Town Hall Seattle’s Community Programs Curator and Residency Program Lead, to her work as the founder of a storytelling project that aims […]
Political Science Career Resources for Students
According to a 2018 survey conducted by the APSA, political science departments who saw an upturn in undergraduate enrollment correlated 40% of the increase to heightened student interest in politics. Given the growing popularity of this discipline, the Social Sciences team at AffordableCollegesOnline.org created a series of guides on Political Science degrees to give students […]
North Carolina State University to Study 5G and Drones
The college will be the new home of a National Science Foundation-funded center to study the implementation of advance wireless infrastructure and drones. The center will receive funding from NSF and an industry consortium. Center for Digital Education
Download Report: Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Applications, Promise and Perils, and Ethical Questions
What are the benefits and challenges of using artificial intelligence to promote student success, improve retention, streamline enrollment, and better manage resources in higher education? EDUCAUSE
World Campus students find research, publication opportunities as undergraduates
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Rachel Foster and Shannon Ryan collaborated for months on a research project about sexual violence and the #MeToo movement — but the two Penn State World Campus undergraduates didn’t meet in person until they presented their findings together at an academic conference. Penn State World Campus
Rethinking the rationale of open and distance education: a case of the UK Open University
The purpose of this paper is to describe how the introduction of new technologies has affected student support at the United Kingdom Open University (UKOU) particularly focusing on face-to-face tutorials and online tutorials, what this impact implies for open universities and in what direction the innovations toward the sustainability of open universities should proceed. Asian […]
Download Report: Future of the Classroom
This report is part of a series on the evolution of K-12 education, mapping out current and emerging trends in classroom education. In collaboration with our research partner, Canvas8, we conducted a global analysis spanning: ● Fourteen expert interviews with global and country-specific thought leaders in education ● Academic literature review focusing on the last […]
The Future of Education: Transforming higher education with integrated competency-based education
The future of education and paradigm shifts in eLearning are a hot topic of conversation for many educational institutions, in particular higher education. The purpose of this article to highlight one university’s new approach to transforming global higher education and eLearning with competency-based education, link this new and innovative approach to research, and provide implications […]
Open Education and Learning Design: Open Pedagogy in Praxis
Beyond providing alternatives to traditional learning resources, there exists a gap in the literature in understanding how openness is impacting teaching and learning in higher education. This paper explores the ways in which educators describe how open education is impacting their pedagogical designs. Using a phenomenological approach with self-identifying open education practitioners, we explore how […]