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In August 2018, the world’s first national learning analytics service was launched in the UK. The service is offered by Jisc, provider of networking and IT services for UK education and research, and is available to all universities and colleges across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. By pooling resources for this service, institutions enjoy […]
Citizen science is the use of scientific methods by the general public to ask and answer questions and solve problems. In community citizen science, groups of volunteers exert a high degree of control over research, working with professional scientists during the research process and performing research on their own. This important, yet understudied, model often […]
To bolster expanding online IT certificate program, Google plans to add career resources for students and to expand its community college partnerships and pathways to four-year degrees. Inside Higher Ed
Notre Dame de Namur University has taken several stabs at expanding the reach of its online master’s program in public administration. It worked with Deltak (an online program management provider now part of Wiley Education Services) to create the online version of its in-person program in 2012, and then brought management of the program in-house […]
Academics are increasingly encouraged to use social media in their professional lives. Social networking sites are one type of tool within this; the ability to connect with others through this medium may offer benefits in terms of reaching novel audiences, enhancing research impact, discovering collaborators, and drawing on a wider network of expertise and knowledge. […]
Through a partnership, education leaders could reach a more agreed-upon shared vision of digital credentials A partnership between two groups aims to advance new interoperability and transparency standards for digital credentials and institutional data systems. eCampus News
Just as they have in face-to-face courses, parents will likely play an important role in lowering online student attrition rates, but more research is needed that identifies ways parents can engage in their students’ online learning. In this research we surveyed and interviewed 12 online teachers and 12 on-site facilitators regarding their experiences and perceptions […]
Despite the importance of interpersonal contact to students’ sense of community, little is known about how online students form relationships outside of class. Drawing on interviews with 20 students from one online doctoral program, I explore the ways in which distance learners create community outside of class. In the case study I explore how students […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State World Campus will soon have for the first time in its 21-year existence a student-elected government to represent the voices of its thousands of online learners. A president, vice president and other executive board members and committee chair members will take office as part of the World Campus Student Government Association in Penn State’s fall 2019 semester. They were the […]
Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. Firms adopt new ways of production, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke more attention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in making predictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report analyzes these changes and what governments can do about them. […]
