Distance and Online Learning
The demand for distance and online educational formats is rapidly growing, but this means more than simply changing the way education is delivered. With the growth of online learning, the entire student management infrastructure needs to evolve to ensure these students are being engaged properly.
Five Ways to Keep Students Engaged in their Online Classes
Kevin Toney | Public Relations Specialist, Utah State University OnlineOnline education has many benefits, but, as everything does, it also comes with its own set of challenges. Professors may struggle to find ways to keep their adult students engaged…
MOOCs and the Scaling of Postsecondary Education
Deborah Keyek-Franssen | Associate Vice President for Digital Education and Engagement, University of Colorado SystemMOOCs are currently living in an odd place in the postsecondary environment. When they first came on the scene, insiders and observers alike were excited about the potential for the…
Learning in the Internet of Everything Era
Charles Dull | Associate Dean of the IT Center of Excellence, Cuyahoga Community CollegeIt is quite possible that the only way higher education will once again meet the learning needs of a changing society is to have a drastic reduction in institutions and…
Square Pegs and Round Holes: Why Success in Online Education Requires a Specific Strategic Approach
Michael Moyes | Associate Dean of Admissions Strategy and Operations, Berklee College of MusicToday’s student demographic is vastly different than the learners colleges and universities were serving in the 90s and early 2000s. Mostly non-traditional learners—meaning they’re either adults, part-time, have taken a…
Seven Steps to Preparing for Online Education
Melissa Venable | Online Education Advisor, HigherEducation.comOnline academic programs are proving to be effective and demand for them is growing. Yet many established institutions have been slow to fully embrace online education. It takes time and money…
Online and Digital Education: Enhancing Access to Higher Education in the 21st Century
Vistasp Karbhari | President, The University of Texas at Arlington“We shall have done something to enable the farmer to raise two blades of grass instead of one; something for every owner of land; something for all who desire to…
Using Analytics to Drive Online Retention and Success
Philip DiSalvio | Dean of the College of Advancing and Professional Studies, University of Massachusetts BostonObservers and leaders across the higher education space have been saying for years that the status quo no longer works when it comes to institutional management and student success. While…