Archive for the ‘Innovation’ Category

Download Report: Ambitious Mashups: Reflections on a Decade of Cyberlearning Research

Ambitious Mashups: Reflections on a Decade of Cyberlearning Research This report reflects on progress from over eight years of research projects in the cyberlearning community. The community involved computer scientists and learning scientists who received NSF awards to investigate the design of more equitable learning experiences with emerging technology—focusing on developing the learning theories and […]

5 ways to make online education more effective

Online education programs are here to stay—here are strategies to make these programs more impactful and valuable for educators and students eCampus News

Download White Paper: Re-Inventing the Classroom Experience: 7 Attributes of a Hybrid Learning Environment

In order for teachers to plan and students to thrive, schools need an instructional model that works as well at home as it does in school. In March 2020, when schools closed, it became evident that teachers and students who were implementing my student-focused instructional framework — ​The Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom​ — were able to […]

Interface University and Other Scenarios for the AI Economy

As artificial intelligence moves us to a world without work, what does that mean for higher education institutions and their mission in the new economy? EDUCAUSE Review

Digital Transformation: It’s Time

Digital transformation can help higher education meet three unavoidable challenges ahead: mounting financial pressures, changes in the college experience, and ongoing uncertainty. It’s time to think differently. EDUCAUSE Review

A New Pedagogy is Emerging… and Online Learning is a Key Contributing Factor

One and a half billon students around the world, according to UNESCO, were engaged in remote learning at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Some students were able to access the Internet to do so, but not all. The majority of students around the world, who have access to smartphones, are able […]

Enhancing the Administration of an Early Intervention Educational Programme Through Technology; Exploring Usage, Acceptance and Attitudes

The study aimed to investigate information technology use, attitudes and acceptance before and after the introduction of technology-based work practices in a community-based educational initiative. A convenience sample of Home Visitors was recruited, and a composite survey was used to collect data on participant use, attitudes and acceptance of technology prior to and following the […]

A Grand Strategy for Grand Challenges: A New Approach through Digital Transformation

Today’s Grand Challenges in higher education need to be met with a new approach: a Grand Strategy that utilizes the cultural, workforce, and technological shifts of digital transformation. EDUCAUSE Review  

Download Report: Learning at a Distance Guidance From Michigan Department of Education

This is a work in progress, a largely teacher-written efort to help address the immediate needs of staf who must address the immediate needs of children – at a distance – during a pandemic. This document seeks to help ALL districts improve learning at a distance: those with lots, some, and little technology. It is […]

Download Report:CREATING SEAMLESS CREDIT TRANSFER: A parallel higher ed system to support America through and beyond the recession

In an era of increasing data interoperability in almost every sector of life, the idea that today’s students can’t seamlessly transfer credits from one institution to another seems preposterous. Yet higher education’s broken credit transfer system has plagued students and stumped policymakers for decades—to this day, first-time students who transfer lose 43% of their credits […]