Educause selects O'Brien as president and CEO

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities senior vice chancellor starts his new role June 1.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 20, 2015

Ed tech and free community college: The week's most read education news

Get caught up on President Obama's Tennessee Promise-like proposal, Google's new Classroom mobile app, and more right here!

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 16, 2015

ASU to host demo of new gen ed science achievement network

The Inspark Science Network is a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded initiative by ASU's Center for Education Through Exploration (ETX) and Australian adaptive learning company Smart Sparrow.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 16, 2015

MIT's new adult learning tools use children, seniors, mobile devices

The programs are aimed at improving literacy and earning power for adults learning English, as well as English speakers with reading and writing difficulties.

By Keith Button • Jan. 16, 2015

Philanthropist proposes MOOCs as a 'free' freshman year

A professional investor is donating $1 million toward free online courses that would help students prepare for College Board tests, allowing them to enter as sophomores.

By Keith Button • Jan. 16, 2015

What you need to know about Educause's latest research [Infographic]

Staffing issues and a widening tech adoption gap are just two of the issues higher ed institutions must contend with in 2015.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 15, 2015

Lynda.com funding round rakes in $186M

The company is expected to make more acquisitions, with coding education startups among the likely candidates.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 14, 2015

Educause identifies top 10 IT issues for 2015

Higher ed's largest technology association says colleges and universities must act if they are to address a widening adoption gap.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 14, 2015

Nanodegrees may be for-profits' future

While traditional for-profit college degree programs are suffering, smaller, cheaper, skill-specific bootcamps and nanodegree programs associated with potential employers are gaining popularity.

By Keith Button • Jan. 14, 2015

Student Digital Privacy Act would hit college students, indirectly

President Obama's proposed legislation is aimed at primary and secondary school students, but it would still have an impact at the college level.

By Keith Button • Jan. 14, 2015

Code education startup Thinkful raises $4.25M

The Series A round brings the Peter Thiel-backed startup's total funding to $5.25 million.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 13, 2015

Coursera signs agreement with China's Hujiang

The deal will give the MOOC provider access to millions of new students.

By Keith Button • Jan. 13, 2015

Georgia State digital copyright suit could go to Supreme Court

A potential showdown has been set up by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the circuit that covers Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, which said it won’t rehear the e-reserves case.

By Keith Button • Jan. 12, 2015

Poetry classes show MOOCs can have a personal touch

Popular online poetry classes from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard are personalizing MOOCs through local discussion groups.

By Keith Button • Jan. 9, 2015

UTEP VP: Institutions should think strategically about online programming

We caught up with UT-El Paso Vice Provost Michael Smith to discuss the university's new online partnership with Pearson and what it means for the institution.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 8, 2015

Has online higher ed stopped growing?

Despite the widespread belief that online higher ed enrollment was continually growing, recent figures seem to show numbers coming to a standstill.

By Keith Button • Jan. 8, 2015

Splitting professorial duties in flipped classrooms raises questions

Problems arise when a flipped classroom features a video lecturer and a separate in-classroom teacher.

By Keith Button • Jan. 8, 2015

Brandman to offer online badges in competency-based programs

The university will reportedly be the first to offer digital badges to validate the skill sets of students in competency-based education programs.

By Keith Button • Jan. 8, 2015

Personalized learning comes to EdCast with Cerego partnership

The two ed tech companies announced they would join forces on Tuesday at CES' Transforming EDU conferencing.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 7, 2015

What do higher ed CIOs predict for campus tech in 2015?

Four CIOs shared their opinions on data security and the cloud, new classroom tech, and the trends and promising tech that could shake up campuses this year.

By Roger Riddell • Jan. 6, 2015

Study: When online, large classes don't hurt outcomes

A new study from Stanford shows that student outcomes for online classes, and online sections of classes, aren't hurt when enrollments increase.

By Keith Button • Jan. 5, 2015

Universities offering MOOCs doubled in 2014

The number of massive open online courses continued to grow in 2014, and the number of universities offering them doubled.

By Keith Button • Dec. 30, 2014

Lynn U claims free iPads are boosting education

Among the institutions iPad accomplishments: 24 digital textbooks created by faculty members, most of which are free to students.

By Keith Button • Dec. 23, 2014

Emerging tech and collaboration: The week's most read education news

Fall behind? Get caught up on ACE's new online course credit project and more right here!

By Roger Riddell • Dec. 19, 2014

7 ways higher ed institutions are increasingly joining forces

Several factors have driven recent collaborative efforts between colleges and universities.

By Keith Button • Dec. 18, 2014