21st Century Teaching & Learning Resources


Boston College Athletics Beefs Up Live Broadcasts

Boston College athletic department upgraded its control room with a new video control center.

Giving Classroom Polling a Second Chance

A Pennsylvania college gives classroom polling a second shot after an earlier, failed attempt to equip teachers with an alternate assessment tool.

The Rosetta Stone of Student Success Data

This week, WCET announced that the Predictive Analytics Reporting Framework (PAR) project data definitions are now to be offered under Creative Commons licensing. CT asked Russ Little, who serves as project director for the student success plan at Sinclair Community College what this means not only for PAR member institutions like his, but for other community colleges and the higher education community in general.

Arkansas Universities Expand Online Degree Programs

The University of Arkansas System has partnered with a global online learning company to expand the degree offerings of its institutions.

Bretford Intros New Line of Library Furniture

Bretford's new line, featuring movable furnishing with built-in power access, is designed to foster interaction and collaboration.

Canada College Builds Wing of Flexible Classrooms

Sheridan College's new classrooms, with flexible classroom design, aims to foster a collaborative learning environment

Epson To Ship Portable, Interactive Short-Throw Projector This Month

This month Epson will roll out a new model in its BrightLink line of interactive projectors. The new LCD-based BrightLink 436Wi will be the first portable unit in the lineup, weighing less than 10 pounds.

6 Technologies That Will Impact Higher Ed

Wearable gadgets, gamification, and learning analytics are three of six technologies that will have a major impact on strategic technology planning in higher education in the next five years, according to the latest NMC Horizon Report released by the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative.

Adapt Courseware Adds Social Tools for Community-Based Learning

Adapt Courseware is augmenting its adaptive online curriculum courseware with new social learning tools designed to promote online interaction and collaboration.

Helping Faculty Leverage Social Media

Mobile and social apps can address a range of instructional challenges, if faculty can be persuaded to adopt them.