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• College Wasn’t Designed Around Student Success. Here’s How to Fix It - Bridget Burns, EdSurge
  Half of the students who walk through the doors of a college or university leave without a degree. Half. Most of those students are bright and energetic, highly capable students—they may even be extra motivated to succeed because of the hurdles they’ve had to overcome just to get into college. But they lack resources. That’s just […]
• Amazon's cloud is looking at building a corporate training service - Jordan Novet, CNBC
  Amazon already has online training programs for partners to train their employees on how to use AWS offerings. This would be a broader general-purpose service that companies could use to manage all kinds of corporate training and elearning programs. Amazon explored the learning-management field and concluded that none of the available tools were just right […]
• With FCC approval, all systems are go for Starlink global internet - Mark Austin, Digital Trends
  Not satisfied with merely ferrying cargo to and from the International Space Station (and putting a red Tesla into orbit around Mars), SpaceX now wants to provide high-speed internet to everyone in the world. SpaceX CEO and flamethrower enthusiast Elon Musk envisions Starlink as a network of thousands of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) that […]
• Are campus innovation centers serving all students? - Jarrett Carter, Education Dive
  Carnegie Mellon, Brown, Connecticut and Iowa State universities, among others, have invested millions of dollars in creating campus innovations centers. Their goal is to attract nontraditional business students to campus for entrepreneurial development, and to create a pipeline of corporate partnership to the campuses, according to a recent article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.  Between […]
• Donald Trump Doesn't Understand Community Colleges - ALIA WONG, the Atlantic
  During a speech on Thursday, President Trump revealed a striking ignorance of one of the pillars of his country’s educational system. In the course of promoting his infrastructure plan, he, a bit perplexingly, dismissed the country’s community colleges, suggesting he doesn’t know what purpose they serve. “We do not know what a ‘community college’ means,” […]
• GW should institute mid-semester course evaluations to help current students - OPINIONS By GW Hatchet Editorial Board
  Currently, the University administers online evaluations at the end of each semester, while some departments elect to do their own paper evaluations. There are a few select professors who do offer individual mid-semester course evaluations, but this is far from the norm. GW should implement mid-semester course evaluations in addition to the ones given to […]
• Roving robot lets UCI student attend classes virtually while on bed rest - PRISCELLA VEGA, Los Angeles Times
  The robot is self-balancing, with six- to eight-hour battery life. It sells for about $3,000. Members of UCI's class of 2016 used their senior class gift to buy four telepresence robots for the university. Law and political science professor Rick Hasen described the experience with the Double 2 as unusual, but said it helped instill camaraderie […]
• University of Akron to lift the curtain on new esports program at forum in April - Joey Morona, cleveland.com
  University of Akron to lift the curtain on new esports program at forum in April - Joey Morona, cleveland.com  The University of Akron will unveil more details about its new esports program at a forum next month. The purpose of the event is "to discuss how the esports varsity teams and club will function, and how […]
• How Can I Facilitate Online Discussions? - Torria Davis, Visual Design for Online Learning via Tomorrow's Professor
  Providing opportunities for asynchronous and synchronous communication between learners in the course is an important part of creating a sense of presence and building a learning community in an online course. Learning to work with others across time and distance is a new skill for many taking online courses. Although learners may use social media […]
• Women in EdTech: Find Out Who Is Bridging the Gender Gap in Overall Workforce & Tech Roles - Cate Etherington, eLearning Inside
  By and large, the gender gap in edtech reflects the gender gap in tech. In order words, with few exceptions, women represent less than half the workforce and occupy under 20% of tech roles. On a more promising note, however, most of the edtech companies we reached emphasized that they are aware of the problem […]
• Saudi cybersecurity academy and US firm Coursera sign strategic partnership - Arab News
  The Saudi Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Programming Academy signed a memorandum of understanding with Coursera Inc., the world’s largest provider of interactive distance training and academic programs. Coursera is a venture-backed, education-focused technology company founded by Stanford professors in California. The Saudi Press Agency reported the agreement was co-signed on behalf of the academy by the Adviser […]
• Wiley Debuts Assessment-as-a-Service Tool - Joshua Bolkan, Campus Technology
  John Wiley and Sons has launched Wiley Assessment Service, a new tool the company describes as an "assessment-as-a-service" offering. The new tool is part of the company's WileyPlus, an online teaching and learning platform that offers a range of tools, including automated grading for practice, homework, quizzes and tests, course creation tools, tools for tracking learning […]
• Asynchronous Discussions, Group Projects Still Dominate in Online Courses - Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology
  Asynchronous discussions and group projects are the most important techniques currently used for online learning, according to a new survey of online education leaders from Quality Matters and Eduventures Research. When asked which online learning methods were most important at their institutions, respondents pointed to those two activities first, followed by problem-based learning, quizzes and research projects. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/03/30/asynchronous-discussions-group-projects-still-dominate-in-online-courses.aspx
• What “The Right to Disconnect” Could Mean for Online Training - Cait Etherington, eLearning Inside
  Last week, New York City Councilor Rafael Espinal proposed a law that would make it illegal for employers to expect employees to log-on to their work email accounts outside official work hours. If Espinal’s The Right to Disconnect bill passes, New York City will become the first North American jurisdiction but not the first jurisdiction […]
• What does the average online college student look like? - Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate
  Demanding work schedules and inflexible routines make returning to college more difficult with every passing year. It should come as no surprise that online degree programs are surging in popularity. After all, they offer a high degree of customization and a flexible schedule that doesn’t interfere with your daily responsibilities. The online classroom is the […]
• Online fee sits in surplus accounts - Logan Garrett, UT Echo
  For every online class at UTC, students are charged a $56 online support fee per credit hour, but it may surprise students and faculty alike with how this money is actually spent. Considering UTC offered 332 online courses in the Spring semester alone, this fee has generated a substantial amount of money for online courses; however, […]
• Weigh if a Part-Time MBA Program Is the Right Fit - Mariya Greeley, US News
  There's growing interest among prospective MBA students to study while working. While enrollment for full-time MBAs decreased significantly in the U.S. between 2005 and 2016, enrollment at part-time programs has risen nearly 20 percent, according to a survey of about 350 accredited business schools from AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Dan […]
• Active Duty Military Taking Distance Courses Qualify for Reduced Rate - DRG News
  Active duty service members enrolled in distance courses offered by all six public universities in South Dakota will soon qualify for a reduced tuition rate. As approved this week by the South Dakota Board of Regents, the new rate is effective beginning in the summer 2018 term. The new tuition rate is $250 per credit hour, […]
• This U of A Indigenous history course is the most popular course in Canada Launched one year ago, the free online program has already had more than 20,000 people enrolled Kyle Muzyka · CBC News
  A course created one year ago by the University of Alberta was the most popular online course in Canada in 2017, and is already making inroads into how Canadians understand the history of Indigenous people. With almost 20,000 people enrolled, the free online 12-module course called Indigenous Canada teaches those from an Indigenous perspective. "A lot of Indigenous experiences in […]
• A Troubled Accreditor's Long-Term Outlook - Andrew Kreighbaum, Inside Higher Ed
  ACICS, a flashpoint for debate over accountability of the for-profit sector, has another chance at federal recognition. But some higher ed observers see tough odds for its long-term survival. A national accreditor at the center of the collapse of two for-profit college chains got another lease on life after a court ruling kicked back to […]