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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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A Machine Can Now Do College-Level Math
Online Leaders: Fully In-person Students Will Be Outliers
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Leveling the Playing Field for Social Capital
Awareness of Open Educational Resources Grows, but Adoption Doesn't
Mar 18, 2021
As COVID-19 forced professors to embrace digital texts, they were likelier to know about -- but not to use -- free, openly licensed materials. Progress was greatest at colleges that promoted OER, especially minority-serving ones.

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The HyFlex Option for Instruction if Campuses Open This Fall
An Argument for ‘Remote’ Rather Than ‘Online’ Instruction
How Teaching Changed in the (Forced) Shift to Remote Learning

Opinion

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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Surveys

Professors' Slow, Steady Acceptance of Online Learning: A Survey

Oct. 30, 2019 -- Inside Higher Ed's 2019 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology, conducted in association with Gallup, can be downloaded here, free.

Inside Higher Ed regularly surveys key higher ed professionals on a range of topics.

On Thursday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. Eastern, Inside Higher Ed will present a free webcast to discuss the results of the survey. Register for the webcast here.

The Inside Higher Ed Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology was made possible in part with support from Sonic Foundry, Course Hero and Portfolium.

Booklets

Providing Flexible Learning Models in Higher Education

"Providing Flexible Learning Models in Higher Education" is a new free compilation of articles and essays from Inside Higher Ed. You may download the print-on-demand booklet here.

On Wednesday, September 7, at 2 p.m. Eastern, Inside Higher Ed editors will lead a free webcast to discuss the themes of this collection. Click here to register.

This booklet was made possible in part by the support of D2L.

Archive

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.
A machine can now do college-level math
August 16, 2022
An MIT team’s artificial intelligence, which can solve and explain problems in seconds, could help professors create content and assist with tutoring students. But some see subpar explanations and new ways for students to cheat.
Online learning leaders think fully in-person will be a rarity
August 9, 2022
Chief online officers believe most students' academic paths will feature prominent online components by 2025, a new survey finds. Other campus leaders see bigger role for in-person learning.
How colleges can level the playing field for social capital
August 5, 2022
Can technology help equalize students’ access to relationships that provide support, information and opportunity?
Law school gaps between online and in-person learning narrow
July 13, 2022
Since the start of the pandemic, law school faculty members have gained proficiency in online teaching best practices and students have gained appreciation for hybrid and online learning options.
Amazon to invest in community college baccalaureate programs
January 4, 2022
The company is giving $3 million to kick-start a computer science bachelor’s degree program at community and technical colleges throughout Washington State.
Online learning leaders want to prioritize flexibility post-pandemic
June 8, 2021
A report exploring the impact of the pandemic on the future of online learning suggests many campus leaders want to offer increased flexibility in teaching modality to students. How they will achieve this goal remains to be seen.
How can ed tech help students of color?
May 18, 2021
New report recommends investigating structures impeding success among students of color before throwing money at problems -- and also says more research and research funding are needed.
New University of Maryland Global Campus president takes over as online universities are at a pivotal moment
February 15, 2021
New University of Maryland Global Campus president answers questions, sharing his vision for meeting students where they are and expanding the online university's national footprint.
Colleges move summer classes online; some consider tuition reductions, technology fee waivers
April 10, 2020
Colleges announce shifts to their summer sessions and consider tuition discounts or fee waivers in some cases.

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Pandemic didn't speed adoption of open educational resources, but outlook is promising
March 18, 2021

As COVID-19 forced professors to embrace digital texts, they were likelier to know about -- but not to use -- free, openly licensed materials. Progress was greatest at colleges that promoted OER, especially minority-serving ones.

One option for delivering instruction if campuses open this fall: HyFlex
May 13, 2020

The HyFlex course model is getting buzz as one way colleges could educate students if their campuses are open but physical distancing remains. A panel of experts discusses the pros and cons.

Why remote instruction may be better than online for high-touch residential colleges
April 29, 2020

Might high-touch, residential colleges be better off tweaking the synchronous instruction they've done this spring rather than making a bigger shift if campuses are still closed to students in the fall? One campus official makes that case.

How professors changed their teaching in this spring's shift to remote learning
April 22, 2020

New survey documents how professors view this spring's mass move to virtual courses. Key findings: most used new teaching methods, half lowered their expectations for the volume of student work -- and a third for its quality.

Most teaching is going remote. Will that help or hurt online learning?
March 18, 2020

Because of COVID-19, most professors and students suddenly find themselves forced to use technology as they teach and learn. A panel of experts explores whether that will help or hurt attitudes about online education.

Course Hero, once vilified by the faculty, courts professors as its footprint and valuation grow
February 19, 2020

The company's website for sharing course materials is popular with students but a decade ago raised faculty hackles over copyright and enabling cheating. Has its outreach to professors changed the narrative?

Why 2019 was a pivotal year for the degree
January 15, 2020

The traditional university credential faces growing competition and criticism, but postsecondary institutions around the world are responding with new designs and delivery models, Jeff Maggioncalda writes.

'Inside Digital Learning' is becoming 'Transforming Teaching and Learning'
January 15, 2020

"Inside Digital Learning" is morphing into something new, exploring the ways colleges and professors are changing how and what they teach and students learn -- with or without technology.

Publisher shares frank feedback it received on digital courseware
January 13, 2020

Macmillan Learning took the unusual step of sharing early faculty feedback on a product not yet ready for prime time. Could the publisher’s openness differentiate it from competitors?

EdX introduces MicroBachelors programs, a first step toward online bachelor's
January 9, 2020

With the launch of MicroBachelors, MOOC platform edX lays the groundwork for a fully online undergraduate degree taught by multiple universities.

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