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Scenes From Innovations 2019
The conference on community college transformation features discussions of bringing about systemic change, the promise of open education and the right and wrong ways to get faculty buy-in.
Today's Context Demands Use of OER
Replying to a recent blog post, Jonathan Poritz argues that lowering students' costs by using open educational resources isn't just a nicety in an era when many students are hungry and textbook "quality" is exaggerated.
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How Higher Ed Can Change Faster
Colleges and universities are adopting various structures to drive internal innovation and experimentation -- some focused on transformation and others on iteration, Allison Dulin Salisbury and Terah Crews write.
Hundreds of Colleges to Get Adaptive Learning Aid
More than 200 institutions seeking support on active learning initiatives will have help over the next four years from a...
Unique Memorial for Beloved Online Professor
The death of a professor who was passionate about online learning prompted colleagues, students and friends to pay tribute to him through the medium he championed.
New Twist in Federal Funding for OER
UPDATED: Education Department apparently disregards congressional instructions for spending 2019 money, dividing $5 million between Arizona State University and Chippewa Valley Technical College.
Next on College Completion Agenda: Equity
Community colleges are realizing that addressing racial and income equity are the missing pieces to improving completion rates. And Achieving the Dream wants to help them eliminate that inequity.
Online Students Multitask More (Not in a Good Way)
Study finds that even those who are inclined to stray do so less in face-to-face classes -- presumably because instructors and peers are watching. What are the implications for online learning? And is all multitasking bad?