The creation of ePortfolios as a capstone project for school counselors-in-training has many benefits for the students, instructors, and program. However, there can be tension due to misalignments in goals and lived experiences of the ePortfolio even when the students find ePortfolios useful. This paper explores this tension between instructor goals and student perceptions of […]
May 23, 2020 | Daily News, ePortfolio, Higher Education, Instructional Design
e-Learning systems nowadays become vital for many universities in developing countries. They are useful for increasing educational quality and providing students with high-quality learning resources. However, how to attract students to use e-learning systems and how to improve their learning outcomes through e-learning are still difficult questions. This paper presents a survey study with 357 […]
May 23, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Learners, Offline Learning
New technologies, especially those relying on artificial intelligence or data analytics, are exciting but also present ethical challenges that deserve our attention and action. Higher education can and must lead the way. EDUCAUSE Review
May 23, 2020 | Daily News, Governance, Higher Education, Management
During the rush to remote instruction this spring, faculty and staff at higher education institutions have done their best to help maintain academic continuity. While many in the higher education community have stressed that the emergency shift to finish the spring semester via remote instruction is not online learning, a “new normal” is beginning to […]
May 23, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Instructional Design
A professor’s in-depth survey of students before and after courses went virtual offers insights into how colleges can improve. The key elements: a thoughtful mix of flexibility and structure. Inside Higher Ed
May 23, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Learners, Online Learning
With hundreds of universities having canceled in-person instruction for the spring semester, and most of them continuing distance learning initiatives into the summer session, higher education technology leaders need to gather and leverage data to help maximize the services they’re providing from a distance, according to a new white paper from Splunk. edscoop
May 23, 2020 | Analytics, Daily News, Higher Education, Reports & White Papers
Top Hat is launching a version of its program that will assist faculty in embedding active learning into their remote classes. The recently announced Top Hat Basic will be available free to students and professors in time for the fall 2020 semester, the company said. Campus Technology
May 21, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Instructional Design, K-12, Video Conferencing
In response to Covid-19, we developed an environment to bring project-based work online in two very different courses: a middle school robotics course and a university product design studio. In the process, we’ve discovered new strategies to support collaboration, foster creativity, and make student thinking visible. This post includes learnings gleaned from both of these […]
May 18, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Instructional Design, K-12, Learning Management Systems
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. has announced it will open a research and development (R&D) office in Pittsburgh, joining Phoenix as the two locations selected by the company. Although a physical location hasn’t been determined yet, the company says it will seek to open its office near Carnegie Mellon University’s campus to capitalize on the university’s […]
May 18, 2020 | Daily News, Daily News, Higher Education, Video Conferencing, Video Technology
In this article, we propose a cross-pollination of two prominent lines of educational thought: open education (OE) and threshold concepts (TCs). Open education has gained an increased profile through the growing popularity of open educational resources (OER) and massive online open courses (MOOCs). Educators who create or make use of such resources, or employ related […]
May 16, 2020 | Daily News, Faculty, Faculty Development, Open Education, Open Educational Resources, Open Learning
