Digital Learning in ‘Inside Higher Ed’ This Week

Inside Higher Ed published numerous articles in the last week that touched on digital learning issues.

Among them:

• Instructors who want to flip their classrooms are being trained using outdated techniques, says a new for-profit organization called the Flipped Learning Global Initiative. The group has established the Global Standards Project to define a common framework for flipped learning training and practice.
• Strayer University, one of the remaining major for-profit college chains, is expanding its campus footprint after several years of shrinkage and stabilization. The campuses will enroll some students in person, but they are also aimed at the university's online students: 10 percent of its online students live at least 25 miles away from a physical campus, and this group underperforms academically compared to the 90 percent of Strayer students who live near a campus.
• Small independent colleges are embracing a varied set of strategies aimed at ensuring their long-term financial viability, and they include curricular reforms involving online degree programs. The report highlights the work of Webster University, where at least 9,500 students take at least one online course.