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Small Colleges Share Online Programs, Powered by a Company
Aug 25, 2022
Several colleges have increased enrollment and reaped financial gains from using Rize Education’s courses in high-demand fields, largely overcoming faculty concerns about loss of control.

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College in the Metaverse Is Here. Is Higher Ed Ready?
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Virtual Reality Boosts Students’ Empathy for Nature
Cyberextortion Threat Evolves
The Sharing Solution
Dec 12, 2019
Many universities and colleges are needlessly duplicating accessibility evaluations for learning tools. Why can’t they share them?

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Lecture Capture Reduces Attendance, but Students Value It
Scrutiny of a Financial Relationship
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Where Will Generative AI Lead?
March 29, 2023

Looking ahead to the not-too-distant future, we are likely to see more about biocomputers. Using brain and stem cells, researchers are hoping to vastly accelerate and expand performance.

AI Is Impacting Education, but the Best Is Yet to Come
March 15, 2023

Generative AI already creates lesson plans, grades assignments, advises students and answers learner questions. Can it competently take on class management and other associated administrative tasks?

The Emerging New Task and Partner for Higher Education
March 1, 2023

We have a new partner in higher education to assist with fulfilling our primary mission.

In the Coming Weeks, How to Respond to Generative AI
February 15, 2023

Many were taken by surprise by the emergence of highly sophisticated large language models. Notice was taken last year with OpenAI’s GPT-3.

Remaining Relevant in a Changing Higher Ed
February 1, 2023

How can you remain relevant as a higher education employee in 2023?

GPT in Higher Education
January 18, 2023

ChatGPT has caught our attention in higher education. What will it mean in 2023?

A Dozen Years of Decline
January 4, 2023

Higher education in its traditional form is shrinking.

Deconstructing ChatGPT on the Future of Continuing Education
December 14, 2022

The future has arrived in continuing education—however, many have yet to realize the arrival.

Time to Consider Your Social Media Options
November 28, 2022

As higher ed professionals, this is a good time to rethink our social platforms.

Universities Looking Beyond the Traditional For-Credit Semester Experiences
November 16, 2022

Survey shows nearly half said they chose their college on the basis of potential career prospects, but only 11 percent felt prepared to enter the workforce.

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Small colleges share online programs, powered by a company
August 25, 2022
Several colleges have increased enrollment and reaped financial gains from using Rize Education’s courses in high-demand fields, largely overcoming faculty concerns about loss of control.
College in the metaverse is here. Is higher ed ready?
August 3, 2022
Proponents say virtual reality boosts student engagement and achievement. Others worry it may prioritize corporate profits and violate student privacy. As 10 metaversities launch this fall, the details are being worked out in real time.
Virtual reality boosts students' empathy for nature
July 26, 2022
VR can complement undergraduate environmental education in meaningful ways—and even offer opportunities and insight that are inaccessible by other means.
Colleges face evolving cyber extortion threat
June 11, 2020
Cybercriminals successfully targeted three colleges and universities using ransom tactics new to higher ed. Experts say more institutions are likely to be affected.

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Diminishing duplication in evaluating accessibility of education technology
December 12, 2019

Many universities and colleges are needlessly duplicating accessibility evaluations for learning tools. Why can’t they share them?

The End of Note Taking?
August 7, 2019

Digital transcribing tools just might free students up to do more beneficial things with their time in class, write Perry Samson and Fred Singer.

Study: Lecture capture reduces attendance, but students value it
July 5, 2019

Study finds students are modestly less likely to come to class when lectures are recorded, but the videos bolster their learning.

Students call for investigation of Arizona State partnership with Cengage
April 26, 2019

When an Arizona State professor accused the university of an unethical partnership with Cengage, the university denied it received grants from the company. But there was a financial relationship that wasn't revealed at the time. Students seek more details.

Carnegie Mellon releases a treasure trove of learning science tools
April 3, 2019

Carnegie Mellon spent millions of dollars developing tools to help instructors improve their teaching. Now other institutions are invited to use them, too.

Professors share plans for implementing and assessing classroom technology projects
September 19, 2018

Professors share what they're doing differently in the classroom this fall -- and how they'll measure the success of their experiments.

Cornell students urge professors to hold off on laptop bans
March 1, 2017

At Cornell, student government wants professors in most courses to stay away from bans.

 

Ohio college invests in tech to enhance learning
February 22, 2017

The initiative, set to launch in fall 2017, will provide students and faculty and staff members with Apple devices to enhance their work in and out of the classroom -- while also trying to make sure people are sometimes off the grid.

Authors discuss new book on effective use of eportfolios
February 13, 2017

Authors discuss new book on how colleges and students can gain the most from an increasingly popular tool.

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