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Preparing for 'Era of Data Ubiquity'
Researchers convene to discuss how the deluge of data collected about students can be used to benefit higher education without compromising privacy.
Learning to Adapt
Major study of adaptive learning finds inconclusive results about its ability to improve outcomes and lower costs, but use at two-year colleges and in remedial courses shows potential.
Scaling Up OER
New initiatives at university systems show the maturation of efforts to increase the use of open educational resources.
Opinion
The Quest for Great Instructional Designers
Although instructional designers are, in many ways, the linchpin of higher education's digital transformation, they are hard to find, writes Paxton Riter.
Choosing Principles Over Publication
Psychology instructor withdraws book chapter after refusing to add language that he asserts a publisher demanded but he deemed too flattering to the textbook industry.
Final Push for State Authorization Rule
Education Department will push to finalize rule on state approval of online programs before the end of the year.
The Guesswork of Going Online
Companies spend millions of dollars so colleges can offer their programs online. 2U says data can tell the company if the investment will be worth it.
Opinion
Developing a Flexible Degree
Creating a new competency-based degree program isn't easy, writes Cathy Sandeen, who shares lessons she learned from helping to develop the UW Flexible Option.