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Getting the most out of course evaluations

Student course evaluations—we all do them, but how do we use the data? What percent of students complete the surveys? What value do faculty and administrators derive from them? Are they inherently biased? How can we get more out of this often onerous process?

Infographic: Which technology ecosystem will shape the digital future of higher ed?

Four of the biggest technology companies—Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Apple—are competing to provide the dominant “ecosystem” for higher education, housing all the data across...

UB op-ed: How patient simulators enhance medical education

The latest in patient-simulation technology allows medical students to look at the human body in ways they haven’t been able to before. Still, some...

AI and the holy grail of education

Personalized learning has long been a “holy grail” in education. Ideally, we would love to be able to work with each student to achieve...

Colleges need to realize the dark side of digital media

Every day in homes and schools across the world, people get excited about what they can do with new digital devices. On social media...

Stackable, flexible and connected options for college students

Most students attend college to earn a degree—a respected credential that informs the world and the workplace that they have specific knowledge and skills,...

The State of Credentialing report by the Lumina Foundation

The Lumina Foundation has been pursuing the goal of recognizing and accepting for-credit microcredentials and learning experiences for several years, through their Connecting Credentials effort...

Automating credentials recognition and exchange with Blockchain

The evolving state of credentialing will make room for the emergence of new players, who can hold badges or service blockchains between students, campuses...

Teaching with glass

Aaron Sams, Jon Bergmann and a handful of other educators first began sharing their experiences creating educational videos about a decade ago. Some other...

IoT takes control of colleges

The internet of things—known in acronym-speak as IoT—seems to be popping up everywhere. Everything is getting connected. Thermostats, fitness bands, voice-controlled assistants, remotely controlled webcams,...

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