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4 Reasons Slack Will Change How You Teach
The digital communication platform gives students more ways to interact with instructors and one another and can breathe life into the online classroom, Kathleen Kole de Peralta and Sarah Robey write.
An Alternative (Online) Path to 'Free' College
A range of alternative providers have in recent years sought to significantly lower the price of college-level course work by...
OER for Online Instructors to Read
Some online instructors use open educational resources to help students connect to the learning material. Now those instructors can turn...
No Streaming During Class
Purdue pilot program restricts access to sites such as Netflix and Hulu in specific lecture halls.
Will Trying New Teaching Techniques Tank My Evaluations?
Many professors fear that students will punish them for classroom experimentation. A new study suggests otherwise.
Digital Learning in 'Inside Higher Ed' This Week
Among the topics: mixed results with academic early-alert systems; Purdue Global kills faculty confidentiality clause; fight over eligibility for veterans' education benefits in California; classroom tech tools.
Trial and Error: It's All a Game
In-person games can be translated to the online format, one medical university found -- but that process takes time and ingenuity.
Universities and Museums: Partners in Online
Arizona State is the latest institution to team up with a museum to bolster its online portfolio. Representatives on both sides of such partnerships discuss the benefits and pitfalls.