How can we make sure we’re truly innovating at our institutions vs.playing “innovation theater”? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, a recent Harvard Business Review article provides us with some red flag signs to avoid when pursuing innovation at our institutions. One of the most common? Lots of new activities with very few operational changes. Beware […]

Does higher ed need to start experimenting in order to find its future faster? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, when considering working with Coursera on an online electrical engineering degree, the University of Colorado Boulder’s Provost and CFO both saw the opportunity as one to test the future of higher education. The takeaway? Isn’t this […]

Pace University takes a hyper-intentional approach to enrolling underrepresented students. Reported by Education Dive, Pace’s ranking as the top college in the country for upward economic mobility comes from their intentionality in doing so. Removing application and enrollment barriers such as student and family income. Building a pipeline through high school visits to underrepresented communities. […]

Higher ed presidents claim they’re not ready for the future of higher ed. Reported by Inside Higher Ed, an American Council on Education survey showed that on five market trends, including a growing competitive set and declining federal support, not more than 1 in 7 higher ed leaders felt “very confident” in their institution’s capacity […]

Will community colleges help solve the skills gap? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, Unmudl is a new platform offering noncredit courses from an initial cohort of five community college partners, meant to provide local employers with affordable and online ways to upskill their employees. For instance, an employer could customize an educational program path for […]

Do we need PhDs in Learning Innovation? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, with exciting new innovations in learning science research and the rapid growth of online learning, the conversation about these digital innovations seems to mostly be happening digitally. Where historically, such massive thought around similar systemic change has largely happened in peer-reviewed journals, conference […]

How will quantum computing change academic programs? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, quantum computing promises to give us answers to the world’s questions – the ability to instantly sort through vast worlds of data and come back with correlations could unlock so many discoveries across all knowledge sectors, including higher education. For instance, many current […]

Is there a disconnect between higher ed leadership and digital learning? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, a recent survey from the Campus Computing Project shows that only 40% of IT officials believe college leaders are “well informed” about digital learning and digital transformation. The takeaway? We’re unfortunately still in the early days of digital learning. […]

Boston College is embracing Learning Experience Design (LXD). Reported by EdSurge, Boston College’s Carroll School of Management takes a different approach when determining course modality. They avoid the binary choice of online vs. on-ground. Instead, their faculty are working to build flexible, accessible and customizable hybrid courses for digital natives. This means animated videos, synchronous […]

Are we entering a new golden age of teaching and learning? Reported by EdSurge, Matthew Rascoff from Duke University believes higher education has really turned the corner from early adoption with a lot of tech-driven pedagogical breakthroughs to the mainstream. That we know more about how students learn, and how we need to teach than […]