Sunday, July 31, 2022
The Different Types of Potential Learners and What They Want - Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Degree vs. Experience: How important are degrees to employers? - Preston Wickersham, Remote (UK)
However, our research shows the gap between salaries offered to people with and without degrees is in many cases marginal, and there are a surprising number of roles where those without degrees can actually earn just as much (or even more) than those with bachelor's degrees. The table linked below shows the average salary available for candidates in 20 high-paying roles with varying levels of education, ranked from highest to lowest in terms of average salary across all degree levels.
https://remote.com/blog/degree-vs-experience-how-important-are-degrees
Friday, July 29, 2022
4 Clues to Help You Identify Someone With Real Emotional Intelligence - MARCEL SCHWANTES, INC
Thursday, July 28, 2022
We must invest in Black colleges’ digital future -Yolanda Watson Spiva and Dhanfu E. Elston, Higher Ed Dive
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Ransomware attacks surge in education sector - Matt Kapko, Higher Ed Dive
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Enabling the Digital-First Campus - Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology
Leveraged strategically, technology can streamline university services and processes and ultimately help advance the institutional mission. Here, higher education leaders share how they pursue digital efficiencies, optimize operations and foster a culture of continuous improvement. In the long term, moving toward a digital-first mindset requires a strategic approach to change management and paying attention to both efficiency and effectiveness in project outcomes.
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2022/06/24/enabling-the-digital-first-campus.aspx
Monday, July 25, 2022
Top 5 Cybersecurity Threats Facing Higher Education - Ashley Lukehart, Fierce Education
Because colleges and universities store such massive amounts of data, they are often a target of hackers and other cyber criminals. Cyber attack statistics reflect this. In fact, there were 1,851 data breaches in educational institutions between 2005 and 2021. Additionally, many universities have outdated or poorly constructed cybersecurity systems, which makes them even more vulnerable. With so many cybersecurity threats looming, institutions of higher learning will need to take steps to prevent them.
https://www.fierceeducation.com/technology/top-5-cybersecurity-threats-facing-higher-education
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Gap Between Online and In-Person Learning Narrows - Susan D'Agostino, Inside HIgher Ed
Since the start of the pandemic, law school faculty members have gained proficiency in online teaching best practices and students have gained appreciation for hybrid and online learning options. Face-to-face student perceptions mostly held steady in 2022, when again approximately three-quarters (78 percent) rated their programs as “excellent” or “good.” But their hybrid and online counterparts made significant gains in 2022; 73 percent of hybrid students and 72 percent of those who were mostly or completely online held those same favorable opinions of their programs.
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Seven ways to cultivate learning communities among university teaching staff - Adrian Man Ho Lam, Times Higher Education
Friday, July 22, 2022
Microcredentials: A new category of education is rising - Alejandro Caballero, Sean Gallagher, Hanne Shapiro and Holly Zanville; University World News
A globally accepted definition doesn’t exist yet for these smaller learning units but microcredentials – also often referred to as alternative or non-degree credentials – are emerging as a term to describe education that falls between courses and degrees. Microcredentials include certificates, digital badges, licences and apprenticeships, the latter equating to full qualifications in Europe.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220705223949571
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Transforming Adult Students into Scholars - Rebecca Koenig, EdSurge
The course is called Transformations. It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. It’s designed for students new to the University of Virginia—but not entirely new to higher education. They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. Each of them has already earned at least 45 college credits—equal to about three semesters—and desires to complete a degree. Yet many of the students want more than that, too. They have goals for their careers, their families, their communities. They want to read and write and think.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-07-07-transforming-adult-students-into-scholars
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
With Stressed-Out Students in Challenging Times, Faculty Must Embrace Caring Practices - Robert Ubell, EdSurge
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
What Is Mobile Learning and How Can It Make Courses More Flexible? - Alexander Huls, EdTech
Monday, July 18, 2022
The new labor market: No bachelor’s required? - Lawrence Lanahan, Hechinger Report
Thanks to a tight labor market, more good jobs are opening up to workers who lack a bachelor’s degree. A month after Maryland’s announcement, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis directed government agencies in his state to embrace hiring workers for skills, not degrees. Private sector employers have been rolling back B.A. requirements too. While the pandemic labor shortage has prompted more employers to welcome applications from workers without degrees, workforce advocates have been pushing back for years against a surge of so-called degree inflation triggered by the Great Recession.
https://hechingerreport.org/the-new-labor-market-no-bachelors-required
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Public colleges’ operating revenue rose 3.1% in 2021 despite lower net tuition - Rick Seltzer, Higher Ed Dive
But revenue from students fell because of changes tied to the pandemic, according to the report, which was released last week. Enrollment declines, lower auxiliary revenue and increased financial aid contributed to the drop. Moody’s projects public colleges’ operating performance will slip back down to levels seen in recent history — or weaken because of inflation.
Saturday, July 16, 2022
“Some College, No Degree”: Engaging Former Students - University Business
Friday, July 15, 2022
Does Zero Trust Mean Starting from Scratch on Cybersecurity? - Teri Takai, Government Tech
First, zero trust is not a set of technology tools that are strung together to solve all cybersecurity woes. Rather, it is a framework for protecting your data from a broad range of cyber attacks. It is as much about people, process, policies and procedures as it is about technology, which means it is not just a CIO or CISO issue. Rather it cuts across your complete business strategy and plans. Remember, cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. The good news is that you likely have started to build toward zero-trust strategies with many of the actions you have already taken. You don’t need to start from scratch or completely redo your plans to be on the road to zero trust. The challenge is mapping what you have already accomplished to the zero-trust framework, and taking a risk-based approach to determining what you need to do next to strengthen defenses.
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Strategies to Support Online Adjunct Faculty - Annie Galvin Teich, Fierce Education
Dr. Abby McGuire, from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), and Dr. Van L. Davis, from the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET), shared the results of their recent survey to understand the practices that impact online adjunct faculty, equity, and access. The most effective practices by online adjuncts included:
Clearly designed, well-organized course
Established connections between the instructor and students
Provided timely feedback for student work
Made connections between the content and the world
Created student opportunities for active learning
Communicated via email in a timely manner
Being available and approachable for students
https://www.fierceeducation.com/leadership/strategies-support-online-adjunct-faculty
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
The Failing Links in Higher Ed - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
Higher education is suffering from the failure of a couple of essential linkages, resulting in mega-declines in enrollments—down three million over the past decade. I think of higher education as a long chain of processes, services and functionalities that are broadly designed to improve society as a whole. These include such links in the chain as teaching and facilitating the learning for the workforce, assessing and ensuring skills and knowledge, enabling continuing professional development for advancing careers, and assisting with the maturing of teenagers into responsible and engaged citizens. There are many more links in the long chain, but none more important to the success of the overall endeavor than ones linking to bringing students into college and the link of preparing them for careers in the workforce. These two links at the opposite ends of the long higher end chain are critical to the system as we know it, yet they are failing.
https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/failing-links-higher-ed
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
What, Exactly, Is the Metaverse Standards Forum Creating? - Eric Ravenscraft, Wired
What do Microsoft, Epic Games, Adobe, Nvidia, and Ikea all have in common? According to nonprofit standards organization the Khronos Group, it's the metaverse. Despite there being no clear definition of what “the metaverse” even means, these companies and more are cooperating to make it interoperable. So what are they actually doing? If you've never heard of the Khronos Group, that's almost by design. The nonprofit and its 150-plus member companies manage and develop open standards that exist under a lot of technology you use today,
https://www.wired.com/story/metaverse-standards-forum-explained/
Monday, July 11, 2022
SCOTUS Roe v. Wade decision shaking up college application process - Kristen Sze, ABC7
Sunday, July 10, 2022
This is the future of assessing soft skills and experience -Dave McCool, eCampus News
To be competitive in the workplace, you need more than a degree. As students and job seekers look to highlight their soft skills and life experience, educators and employers still struggle to evaluate these sought-after qualifications. A new type of assessment could help. Immersive simulations are an innovative approach to evaluation. These types of assessments allow people to apply what they’ve learned rather than simply recalling answers. Through simulations, students can show their knowledge and abilities. When compared to past methods of assessment like multiple-choice tests, group projects, writing a paper, or role-play exercises, immersive simulations are a more authentic assessment of complex skills.
https://www.ecampusnews.com/2022/07/01/this-is-the-future-of-assessing-soft-skills-and-experience/
Saturday, July 9, 2022
Online learning: a collaborative approach - Peter McGuire, Irish Times
What defines a high-quality online learning experience? We look at how student expectations are met. “Over the last two years, TU Dublin has developed expertise and knowledge of what works: guides have been created for lecturing staff to help them build pedagogically sound online courses, incorporating multi-media and plenty of continuous professional development opportunities (both synchronous, asynchronous, and on-demand) are provided to support them in their efforts,” Harvey and Boylan said. “In addition, an effort has encouraged a shift towards more authentic learning and assessment methods that will help prepare students for the world of work. These include more collaborative activities that support engagement with industry and the application of theory to practice.”
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2022/06/28/online-learning-a-collaborative-approach/
Friday, July 8, 2022
Pandemic Boost for Digital Course Materials - Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed
Thursday, July 7, 2022
3 reasons microcredentials are poised to go mainstream - Rusty Greiff, eCampus News
Two in five working-age adults have completed a non-degree credential and more than 80 percent of executives, supervisors, and HR professionals now say that alternative credentials bring value to the workplace. At a time of significant disruption in the economy, institutions, employers, and workers are all finding they must embrace a philosophy of continuous lifelong learning. It’s a shift enabled by the proliferation of short-term microcredentials. Over the past decade, the number of such offerings has sharply risen. There now exist at least 1 million different credentials, spanning apprenticeships, certificates, digital badges, industry-recognized certifications, and licenses.
https://www.ecampusnews.com/2022/06/27/3-reasons-microcredentials-are-poised-to-go-mainstream/
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
A world of disruption awaits: Are all universities ready? - Gary Bolles and Alejandro Caballero, University World News
The pandemic has accelerated the unbundling of higher education and opened up innovative approaches for universities and technology providers to find new, more effective ways to reach learners. Institutions that can break apart the traditional four-year bundled college experience – in which one fee pays for everything from coursework to housing, libraries and sports – and rethink a customised approach will thrive in the new paradigm. For over a decade, traditional institutions in the United States and other developed higher education markets have faced declining enrolment and rapidly increasing costs. These shifts began to call into question the long-term viability of status quo business models, such as charging premiums for four-year degrees and depending on alumni fundraising.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220614100738763
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
How two institutions tackle microcredentials - Laura Ascione, eCampus News
Microcredentials are bite-sized educational courses with a more specific focus. They could take months or weeks to complete. Because of their convenience, microcredentials appeal to employees looking for a highly personalized, flexible, and cost-effective way to further their education. Here’s how two institutions are leveraging their microcredential programs to help students with different goals, personal responsibilities, and professional obligations further their education.
https://www.ecampusnews.com/2022/06/20/how-two-institutions-tackle-microcredentials/
Monday, July 4, 2022
Here’s a closer look at which stopped-out students are reenrolling in college - Lilah Burke, Higher Ed Dive
A whopping 39 million adults under 65 have left college without completing a credential. But in the 2020-21 academic year, just 2.4% reenrolled in class. That’s according to a recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Released early last month, it showed the number of stopped-out students grew by 1.9 million, or 5.3%, since the last time numbers were calculated in December 2018.
Sunday, July 3, 2022
Full-time faculty wages fell 5% after inflation, AAUP says - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive
Saturday, July 2, 2022
Purdue Backs Off Income-Share Agreements - Josh Moody, Inside Higher Ed
Friday, July 1, 2022
10 Benefits of continuous education for career advancement - Hospitality Net
Continuous education is the answer to a society that is constantly changing. To remain professionally agile, we should constantly be looking to learn and gain new skills. Improving yourself, staying current and moving up in your profession or switching sectors is what comes from investing in your education. All this is possible with a lifelong learning attitude which helps to boost morale, professional engagement, ambition and a sense of self-worth.