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• FBI: Watch Out for 'Zoom-Bombings' on Online Video Meeting Apps - Michael Kan, PC Mag
  “The FBI has received multiple reports of conferences being disrupted by pornographic and/or hate images and threatening language,” the agency issued in a notice on Monday. The coronavirus pandemic has helped make the video conferencing service one of the most popular apps in the country. Unfortunately, that same popularity has also turned Zoom into a target […]
• E-learning creates challenges for deaf and hard of hearing students - Abbie Petersen, 1011Now
  And as classes start back up again online the Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing says it's important deaf students don't fall behind. "We want to make sure that the students all get the right opportunity because if they don't have the support and they fall behind, it's going to take a […]
• When the Tide Goes Out: Identifying and Supporting Struggling Students in Online Courses - Marie Revak, Faculty Focus
  Once an online course begins, students can quickly become overwhelmed to the point where they are treading water in an attempt to stay afloat. It is only when the first grades are posted that the tide goes out and students realize they are in danger. This is where instructors can easily identify the students who […]
• Higher-ed tech adoption is more stressful than you might realize- LAURA ASCIONE, eCampus News
  A survey of university professors released in mid-2019 reveals higher-ed tech adoption is one of their biggest sources of stress–a majority say they’ve experienced anxiety and both personal and professional tension. The survey points to the alarming notion that college and university faculty aren’t ready for technologically savvy students who have never known a world without […]
• Massive Operational and ERP Risks in the COVID-19 Crisis - Keith Fowlkes, Campus Technology
  IT operations might be the farthest thing from your mind during the coronavirus pandemic, but it's more important than ever to focus on equipment, systems, security and IT support. As you know, this is not business as usual. The developing risks and challenges are plentiful during these unsettling times. In thinking about how a shift from […]
• No online learning? With schools closed from coronavirus, these teachers air TV lessons - Erin Richards, USA TODAY
  As districts scramble to deliver distance learning for weeks of coronavirus school shutdowns, some are turning to television as a way to reach students who lack broadband internet or computers. While imperfect and less personalized than Zoom chats or online lessons, district-vetted television programming attempts to bridge the digital divide. Internet access or no, just about […]
• Coronavirus scrambles higher ed's state funding outlook - Daniel C. Vock, Education Dive
  Public colleges began budget season expecting modest increases, but the pandemic could dash those hopes. Heading into this year's legislative sessions, higher education experts and advocates expected lawmakers would continue to add modest increases to public college and university budgets. A few states, they thought, might even pass ambitious laws to make tuition free for more […]
• Presidents Fear Financial, and Human, Toll of Coronavirus - Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed
  College and university presidents are deeply worried that the coronavirus crisis could wreak havoc on their institutions' finances in the near term and, especially, beyond. But right now, they say they're most concerned about the toll the crisis could take on the mental health of their students and employees. Those are among the key findings […]
• Covid-19 courses most sought after: Coursera - Sonal Khetarpal, Business Today
  To access factual knowledge from the scientists and academics, consumers turn to online learning platform Coursera to understand all about Covid-19 from the universities themselves.  For example, Imperial College London has launched a course to ensure a common person understands the global pandemic and can deal with it. Since its launch on February 18, the course "Science […]
• WHEN SCHOOLS WERE STUNNED BY THE CORONAVIRUS, STUDENTS STEPPED IN TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER - MTV News
  Julie Uranis, Vice President for Online and Strategic Initiatives at UPCEA, told MTV News that there are no easy decisions when it comes to the continuity of operations at this scale, and institutions likely had to weigh campus risks alongside obligations to students, faculty, and staff. “With rapidly changing conditions, it puts college leaders in […]
• Announcing a National Emergency Library to Provide Digitized Books to Students and the Public - Internet Archive
  To address our unprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials, as of today, March 24, 2020, the Internet Archive will suspend waitlists for the 1.4 million (and growing) books in our lending library by creating a National Emergency Library to serve the nation’s displaced learners. This suspension will run through […]
• Udacity offers free tech training to laid-off workers due to the coronavirus pandemic - Susan Caminiti, CNBC
  Online learning platform Udacity is offering free tech training to workers laid off as a result of the pandemic. The hope is that while individuals wait to go back to work, they can get training in fields — such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing and data analysis — that are driving so much of […]
• There’s no returning to regular schooling as online learning goes mainstream - Alex Hicks, Marketwatch
  When in-person education resumes, online learning tools and methods will be far more entrenched, becoming an essential and highly valued part of schools’ offerings rather than a nice-to-have capability. As a glimmer of hope, educators and learners are likely to find that the online experience is vastly superior to what it was just a couple […]
• Why online learning is better than face-to-face learning - Study International
  With technology becoming so advanced – and a pandemic underway shuttering campuses everywhere – online learning is standing out as the better option in many important ways. Online learning used to primarily consist of a student going through reading modules, submitting assignments through e-mail, and/or watching pre-recorded lectures. Interactive features today allow for the social element that […]
• Five things you (maybe) didn't know about AI - Gina Neff, Google Blog
  While there’s plenty of information out there on artificial intelligence, it’s not always easy to distinguish fact from fiction or find explanations that are easy to understand. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Google to create The A to Z of AI. It’s a series of simple, bite-sized explainers to help anyone understand what AI […]
• Transitioning to Remote Work - Ana Borray, EDUCAUSE
  Ana Borray is Senior Director for Professional Learning and Development at EDUCAUSE. She is the editor of the Professional Development Commons blog for EDUCAUSE Review. I have been working remotely for several years, and I must say, it took me a while to get in the groove and start to like it. So I thought I […]
• VPNs Are a Valuable Tool in COVID-19 Times - Chandra Steele, PC Magazine
  VPNs are a major piece of internet infrastructure holding together the work-from-home workforce right now and providing a way for people to get vital news in countries with censorship. VPNs encrypt web traffic, keeping data safe and protecting privacy. You may have a corporate VPN that you connect to for work, or you can elect to […]
• How Technology Can Support Student Success during COVID-19 - Susan Grajek and D. Christopher Brooks, EDUCAUSE
  The focus of higher education's COVID-19 adaptations is on remote learning and working. Advising systems, degree progress tracking, and other technologies to support student success will be equally critical to help students complete courses and attain credentials.  A wide range of new applications and technologies to support student success are now available and may prove invaluable […]
• CHLOE Report Advice for Online Learning: Focus on Completing Course Reqs - Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology
  This year's report on The Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) comes as nearly every college and university in the land is taking its courses online in response to COVID-19. In an 11th-hour addition to the report, CHLOE researchers suggested that the immediate goal for any institution right now should be to have faculty communicate […]
• Juliette Levy, who has taught online for almost a decade, has some advice for professors and students - TESS EYRICH, UC Riverside
  What do you think this moment in time is revealing about the current state of online education in the U.S.? Most research campuses have been slowing trying to educate faculty about online tools and online instruction, but this is an entirely different medium — faculty have to change both how they teach and how they […]