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Webcast: New Directions in Online Education
Inside Higher Ed editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman discuss the topics from the "New Directions in Online Education" booklet...
Opinion
Where Analytics Go Wrong
Jeff Aird says until higher ed uses analytics in a self-aware and brutally honest way, it can’t fix the growing problems with student success and retention.
Can MOOCs Have Positive Impact on Higher Ed?
In Monday's Academic Minute in Inside Higher Ed, the College of William & Mary's Stephanie Blackmon discussed whether massive open...
Webcast: New Directions in Online Education
Inside Higher Ed editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman discuss the topics from the "New Directions in Online Education" booklet...
Keeping it Civil Online
Professors teaching online courses offer effective strategies for pre-empting offensive remarks -- and what to do when discussions go awry.
How Good Is Your Gaydar? How Good Is Your Science?
New paper on artificial intelligence that can (mostly) correctly pick self-identified gays and lesbians based on photos has been called nearly everything -- from bad science to an important “wake-up call.”
The Next Yik Yak?
Islands app gains traction as it expands base of colleges. Its founder says he learned from the controversial (and defunct) Yik Yak, but the new app gives users ability to post anonymously -- a trait many believe was at the root of why Yik Yak caused so many problems on campuses.
The Accreditation Race
Arkansas’s new public online university chooses national accreditor over its regional agency, raising questions about pace, prestige and the state of quality assurance.