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Education IT Influencers to Follow in 2022

Keep these higher education IT leaders, bloggers, podcasters and social media personalities on your radar. by Amy Macintosh Adam Antor is Florida Southern College’s director of esports and chair of the National Association of Collegiate Esports Competition Council. His streaming talk show, Collegiate Esports Talk, can be found on...

MOOCs see Exponential Growth During COVID-19 Pandemic

by Chris Impey Massive open online classes, or MOOCs, have seen a surge in enrollments since March. Enrollment at Coursera – an online platform that offers MOOCs, has skyrocketed and.

In the College Classroom, Why Print is Better Than Digital

As researchers in learning and text comprehension, our recent work has focused on the differences between reading print and digital media. While new forms of classroom technology like digital textbooks.

EdTech: Engaging Students, Increasing Productivity, and Impacting Success

by Greg Rivera, Senior Digital Educator We can’t deny that technology is here to stay. However, that is definitely not a bad thing! In fact, using educational technology can help engage students, improve retention, and help students succeed. There are several educational technologies, including free or...

Great Apps to Create Meaningful Connections Inside (and Outside) the Classroom

by Shawn Orr I love technology! I guess if I’m being completely honest, what I really love is the engagement, excitement, and interactivity that technology brings to my college classroom..

For Faculty: A Closer Look at the Yik Yak App

by Virginia Postrel Yik Yak is a social-media app that in just two years has become an everyday part of the American college experience. If you’ve heard of it, chances.

Study of 3.1 Million Tweets Reveals Top Five Reasons Why College Students Skip Classes

Class120, a technology designed to help improve student success in higher education, teamed up with the social media analysis company Crimson Hexagon to find out why college students skip class. “Early on in the process of creating Class120, I remember reading a quote from a...

More Faculty Using Social Media in the Classroom

by Jonathan Dame A month before they walked into her classroom last fall, Krista Jackman told her freshmen writing students to join Twitter. Their assignment: get to know each other. “My.

San Jose State MOOC Experiment Suggests MOOC Pushers May Be Selling Snake Oil

by Michael Hiltzik Let it not be said that San Jose State University hasn’t taught the world a valuable lesson in the promises and pitfalls of the fancy new craze.

Adjunct Launches Profology—A Social Network for Higher Education

Bob Ertischek’s experience as an adjunct faculty member at area colleges gave him the idea for Profology, a social network for people working in higher education. It’s a place for college instructors to share information, regardless of where they’re located. And students aren’t allowed. Ertischek, 49,...