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A New Way to Motivate Faculty Adoption of OER
To drive professors’ embrace of open educational resources, college leaders should offer incentives -- a share of the financial savings -- to academic departments, teaching centers and libraries, Chuck Staben suggests.
Digital Learning in ‘Inside Higher Ed’ This Week
The following developments drew coverage in Inside Higher Ed this week: A new survey about the challenges facing community college...
High-Impact Practices for Student Success
"High-Impact Practices for Student Success" is a new compilation of topical and timely articles from Inside Higher Ed. A free...
California's Online Community College Chooses Its Leader
Heather Hiles, an entrepreneur and Gates Foundation alum, will lead the new institution, launching this fall with competency-based certificate programs for the state's adults.
Trial and Error: Flipping the Flipped-Classroom Model
Instructors want their 750-student anatomy course to be more personal and engaging. Experiments include facilitating active learning in an online context.
Alternative Credentials as Institutional ‘Imperative’
Report from international group focused on open education asserts that institutions that don't embrace digital certifications will be increasingly irrelevant.
Amazon Plots Cloud Computing Program With New York Colleges
LaGuardia Community College, the City University of New York System and the State University of New York System will this...
Helping Students Develop Competencies, Teachers Hone Their Own
In competency-based formats, instructors adjust to interacting regularly with students, directing students toward clear learning outcomes and other departures from their traditional practices.