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How Google Glass Can Help Students Make Better Music
There’s little room left to wonder if Google Glass will change higher education. It already has. Several of the earliest Google Glass explorers have been academic faculty eager to apply the new...
View ArticleUnified Communications: Worth the Cost?
In January 2007, when Western Technical College relocated its main campus in northeast El Paso, Texas, to a new spot 25 miles to the southeast, it ran into a host of technical problems trying to...
View Article10 Elements of Next-Generation Higher Education
“10 Elements of Next-Generation Higher Education” by Tom Vander Ark was originally published on Getting Smart. Next-generation higher education systems will share ten elements: States replacing...
View Article3 Innovative Universities of 2013
With the strong trends toward massive open online courses, accelerated learning programs, device-driven instruction, and other new ideas in the edu-sphere, it’s no wonder that brick-and-mortar colleges...
View ArticleCollege Completion Rates: They May Be Better Than You Think
One thing I learned as a peer advisor in college is that many students transfer each year. The bulk of my time was spent helping students understand which of their classes would transfer into my degree...
View ArticleInspire Creativity and Better Work Habits with Mind Mapping
The methods we use to take notes and organize our thoughts can have a surprisingly strong influence on the way we think. While pen and paper were the go-to tools for organizing and recording ideas for...
View ArticleThe Promise of EdTech: Customization, Motivation, & Equalization
“The Promise of EdTech: Customization, Motivation, & Equalization” by Tom Vander Ark was originally published on Getting Smart. The premise of Getting Smart is that new tools and new schools are...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening in Ed Tech Today
Here are five articles in ed tech you won’t want to miss today! 1. Accessing the Flipped Classroom’s Impact on Learning As the flipped classroom model of learning is becoming increasingly more popular,...
View ArticleWhat the New SAT Means for Higher Education
Standardized testing will probably always be controversial. Nonetheless, it will probably always be enough of a convenient shorthand for gauging student knowledge and ability to have a place in our...
View Article5 Tools for Catching Academic Plagiarism
Technology often plays double roles. With an issue like plagiarism, it is both the culprit that has served to make the problem worse over the years, and one of the most efficient solutions to spotting...
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