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Summer Special Offers
Jul 16, 2020
Colleges are offering free online summer courses in an effort to keep students engaged and on track to graduate. Will it work?
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Recent Articles

A Discounted ‘Gap Year’ Online
Is Zoom Safe for Chinese Students?
Reserved: Internet Parking
The Digital Courseware Accessibility Problem
Dec 02, 2019
High-tech instructional materials are gaining popularity with instructors, but they can be problematic for students with disabilities. Colleges and publishers say there’s no easy fix.
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Recent Articles

The Next College (and Boot Camp) Alternative
Alternative Textbook Providers on the Rise
Sticking With the Same LMS

Surveys

Professors' Slow, Steady Acceptance of Online Learning: A Survey

Oct. 30, 2019 -- Inside Higher Ed's 2019 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology, conducted in association with Gallup, can be downloaded here, free.

Inside Higher Ed regularly surveys key higher ed professionals on a range of topics.

On Thursday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. Eastern, Inside Higher Ed will present a free webcast to discuss the results of the survey. Register for the webcast here.

The Inside Higher Ed Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology was made possible in part with support from Sonic Foundry, Course Hero and Portfolium.

Booklets

The New Accessibility: Students With Disabilities and Access to Technology

"The New Accessibility: Students With Disabilities and Access to Technology" is Inside Higher Ed's latest compilation of incisive and practical articles.

You may download a copy of the print-on-demand booklet here, free.

And Inside Higher Ed's editors will conduct a free webcast on the themes of the booklet on Thursday, April 23, at 2 p.m. Eastern. We invite you to sign up here.

This booklet was made possible in part by advertising support from D2L.

Blogs

Learning Innovation
The Digital Pedagogy Lab and the P3-EDU Conference
August 5, 2020 - 3:00am

A comparison of two events, and two communities, within the digital learning ecosystem.

Learning Innovation
7 Answers to 7 Questions About Online Education From a Japanese Media Company
August 5, 2020 - 9:00pm

How would you answer these questions about the future of digital learning?

Higher Ed Gamma
The Unwritten Rules of Getting Ahead
August 3, 2020 - 1:33pm

How lower-wage workers move up.

Archive

EdX introduces support fee for free online courses
June 14, 2018

In its quest to find a sustainable business model, online course provider edX will test charging users for access to previously free content. Observers say the move was inevitable.

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Research universities quietly collaborate with Facebook. What are they working on?
May 21, 2018

A growing number of academics are working with the social media platform to build new products, but few want to talk about it.

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Are growing boot camps like Trilogy a reputational risk?
May 17, 2018

Trilogy Education Services runs coding boot camps for a growing number of universities. The partnerships are lucrative for the institutions, but are they worth the reputational risk?

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Universities work to offer complete Wi-Fi coverage on campus
April 17, 2018

Students expect wireless internet access everywhere on campus, and colleges and universities pay millions to provide it.

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Accreditor backs Purdue University Global as more for-profits seek to convert or sell
March 7, 2018

Accreditor's backing of the Purdue-Kaplan deal paves the way for a new, unusual public university, while giving a boost to other for-profit conversions, partnerships and acquisitions.

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Pulse podcast features interview about Starfish with Howard Bell of Hobsons
March 2, 2018

This month's episode of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Howard Bell of Hobsons about Starfish Enterprise Success Platform, the company's student success platform.

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Educause plans to buy assets of bankrupt New Media Consortium
February 6, 2018

The consortium, which recently declared bankruptcy, may have found a white knight to continue the work of its Horizon Project.

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Pulse podcast explores upcoming technology conference, USciences eLearning 3.0
January 26, 2018

In this month's episode of The Pulse podcast, Rodney B. Murray discusses USciences eLearning 3.0, the conference that his institution, the University of the Sciences, is holding March 7.

Murray, host of The Pulse, explores the conference's 16-year history and the highlights of this year's agenda, including a keynote from Bryan Alexander and a panel on the future of higher education.

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New partnership between WeWork and 2U aims at lifelong learners
January 23, 2018

WeWork and 2U are working to create a “global campus” for adults studying for job-friendly credentials online, expanding their competitive footprint.

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Rhode Island hopes putting artificial intelligence lab in library will expand AI's reach
January 17, 2018

University of Rhode Island plans to use its library to broaden the reach of artificial intelligence.

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The risks of treating 'academic innovation' as a discipline (opinion)
May 16, 2018

Calls to create a discipline around the term risk reinforcing existing problems with how it is used -- and misused -- in higher education, Rolin Moe writes.

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Veteran online instructors share tips on improving their practices
April 11, 2018

Online instructors offer wisdom they've gathered -- what to do and what not to do -- from years of experience teaching in the modality.

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Small private college partners with Pearson to go national with online program
April 11, 2018

Maryville University has bold plans for expansion online, with Pearson's help, but experts warn that the small private university could struggle to stand out.

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States pursue methods to reduce burden on students for online programs
April 4, 2018

Debate over the actual cost and value of online education continues to polarize participants. Meanwhile, state legislatures are looking for ways to cut costs for students.

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Pulse podcast features Bryan Alexander's keynote on higher ed 'beyond millennials'
March 30, 2018

This month's episode of the Pulse podcast presents audio and video of Bryan Alexander's keynote speech at the USciences eLearning 3.0 conference last month.

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Machine learning holds promise for higher ed, but only if used the right way (opinion)
March 21, 2018

These new technologies have much to offer colleges and their students, but if we are not careful how we incorporate them, the risks may outweigh the gains, Vincent Del Casino Jr. writes.

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Analysis shows Georgia Tech’s online master's in computer science expanded access
March 20, 2018

Analysis of Georgia Tech’s MOOC-inspired online master's in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale. But will other colleges follow?

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Faculty analysis criticizes online education at George Washington University
October 18, 2017

George Washington professors review digital offerings and find lack of oversight, unclear course requirements and large student-faculty ratios.

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Trial and Error: University of Arizona's digital asset management
May 31, 2017

The biggest challenge in the University of Arizona's efforts to consolidate its digital assets was getting organized. 

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Easing conflicts between instructional designers and the faculty
May 3, 2017

They spend extended amounts of time together developing online courses. Sometimes, their relationship is filled with tension. Here are ways colleges and universities address and alleviate issues and promote collaboration. 

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