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Creating smarter classrooms will equip students with the knowledge, skills, and capabilities required for the future.

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There is growing demand for specific success skills, which are associated with higher earnings, adaptability, and career progression.

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The great tech fightback in schools is well underway, but Holly Korbey finds that technology’s true impact on education is more nuanced

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Campus Technology sits down with David Weil, Vice President and Chief Information and Analytics Officer, Information Technology & Analytics, at Ithaca College, who will be delivering talks on both AI and data and analytics at the upcoming Tech Tactics in Education Conference, to be held Nov. 7–9 in Orlando, FL.

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The emergence of eLearning has revolutionized the way people acquire knowledge and skills, offering numerous benefits that have made it an indispensable tool in modern education.

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The convergence of research, theory, and actual classroom practice emphasizes that relevance is not merely a pedagogical buzzword; it’s a foundational principle that breathes life into learning. As teachers, we are bestowed with the incredible opportunity to shape minds and ignite passions. By intentionally connecting learning to the lives, cultures, and interests of our students, we create a classroom environment that resonates, inspires, and endures.

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College and university educators can streamline communication, reduce workload, and improve efficiency by using social annotation tools. These tools can also positively impact how students perceive their learning.

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Higher education institutions across the country are embracing new technologies to better equip their students with essential digital literacy skills. Potential employers expect graduates to have tech skills and higher education institutions often assume that students come into college already knowing the technology. The caveat is that even though today’s students are digital natives, this does not necessarily indicate that they are career tech ready. As today’s digital landscape continues to evolve, colleges and universities must rise to the challenge and accelerate their technology implementations to meet the current needs of students and faculty. 

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The impact microcredentials have on students, workforce and industry can no longer but denied, but meeting everyone’s needs requires thoughtful, intentional and collaborative development and implementation.

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Hybrid assessment efforts are needed to help institutions identify—and act on—different outcomes for online versus residential students

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At some point in our academic careers, most of us have found ourselves stuck in the back of an overcrowded lecture hall. Too far from the presenter to see or hear much of anything, it wasn't long before we lost interest, started on other work, or took a nap. Anyone sitting in those first few rows may have been enlightened and inspired, but for the rest of us, the class was less than productive. Higher education has set out to change that.

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Rapid eLearning is extremely crucial for modern learning. Its ability to deliver training quickly, cost-effectively, and with flexibility has made it a popular choice for businesses around the globe. Check out why it's the need of the hour.

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In many classrooms, students demonstrate an enviable tech savviness as they easily navigate new applications with grace and little fear. Need your computer hooked up to the projector? There is a good chance at least one student can do it for you. Need help getting the WiFi booster to work properly? Ask a student.

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Microcredentials are evolving to help different student groups in higher education demonstrate expertise and capabilities.

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The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has released its annual list of the top hurdles, accelerators, and technology enablers impacting schools and districts this year.

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"Learning experience design (LXD) builds upon instructional design by incorporating user experience design, user-centered design, and design thinking. While instructional design focuses on creating instruction that meet specific learning objectives, LXD takes a more holistic approach by considering learners' needs, goals, and motivations to create engaging e-courses. Despite e-learning's growing popularity, many online courses employ outdated approaches and technologies that fail to engage modern learners. Using a cognitive apprenticeship approach and Conceição and Howles’ (2021) Integrated Framework for Designing the Online Learning Experience, this design case chronicles the redesign of an online course whereby faculty and students experience LXD through LXD."

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Let's discuss the strategies that educators are adopting to address the scalability challenge and provide personalized learning experiences.

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In spite of efforts to suppress online student enrollments at community colleges, we must be reminded that ultimately students drive the mix of modalities that are offered. For instance, a collateral casualty of the historic growth of online enrollment has been the decline of evening classes/programs at most community colleges.

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In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies. By immersing students in dynamic activities, stimulating discussions, and collaborative endeavors, educators can transcend the limitations of the digital realm and revolutionize online teaching.

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As digital transformation sweeps the nation’s K-12 schools, teachers gain in-person and virtual professional development opportunities.

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Moving microcredentials further in higher education requires bringing all stakeholders on board, communicating and collaborating to meet everyone’s needs.

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Learning is happening all of the time, everywhere. People test and share ideas, navigate complex relationships, and communicate with multiple audiences throughout their lives. Even my 10-month-old baby, who is experimenting with walking while vocally dodging her older sister, demonstrates new skills daily. But the way that we formally recognize learning remains limited and inaccessible. Currently, the signals used by educators, education institutions, and employers to determine an individual’s skills focus more on knowledge recall in a dominant cultural context rather than the application of learning in a culturally relevant context. What if we had a way to recognize the many different skills, competencies, and ways of knowing that people develop throughout their lives?

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Universities may be contributing to faculty experiencing technology fatigue and burnout.

As the growing popularity of online and hybrid environments become more popular, and the often redundant number of digital tools increases, tech fatigue is on the rise. Faculty members are generally positive about using technology in their teaching. However, many are dissatisfied with how their institutions are implementing the technology. In addition, there are concerns about EdTech’s anticipated future impact on student instruction. These are the findings from a survey recently published by the College Innovation Network (CIN), a grant-funded initiative spearheaded by WGU Labs.     

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While eLearning provides a more in-depth and comprehensive learning experience, microlearning offers flexibility, targeted knowledge acquisition, and better engagement for learners with short attention spans. This blog compares the two and helps you understand when to choose what, and why.

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Digital transformation and digitally-enhanced education are consistently trending in higher education. Technologies that once belonged exclusively to the science fiction realm have now become tools utilized by colleges and universities to assist hybrid and remote learning. Through holographic technology, lecturers can today give a masterclass in a university lecture hall across the globe without leaving their location.

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