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To measure how many people are visiting a space in real time, BlueZoo's BlueFox Count uses sensors to continuously count probes from mobile phones.
01/08/2021
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A recent effort by the Community College League of California has resulted in a three-year agreement to cover the renewal costs of a shared library services platform.
01/07/2021
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According to a new report by Class Central, a company that tracks massive open online courses, of all learners who have registered for MOOCs throughout their history, a third did so last year.
01/05/2021
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If you’re looking for software and services to augment online and blended instruction this year, start here.
01/05/2021
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Education technology may have come into its own during the pandemic. But will it remain front and center forever? Here, education and industry leaders alike offer their views on higher ed's future.
01/04/2021
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College enrollments have fallen by 2.5 percent overall for fall 2020, almost twice the size of the fall 2019 decline. The latest and final reporting by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center for the semester stated that higher education lost about 560,200 students over the previous year.
12/18/2020
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In a recent survey, 70 percent of global IT leaders reported that more than half of their companies' employees are working remotely due to the pandemic. That's roughly triple the share of staffers working remotely before the COVID-19 shutdown, according to a report from Infoblox and Zogby Analytics.
12/18/2020
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When Boston University launched its hybrid learning initiative this fall, it also created a Classroom Moderator program: an army of student workers deployed in the classroom to help ensure that hybrid learning could run smoothly. In this episode of the Campus Technology Insider podcast, Ernie Perez, director of educational technology for BU Digital Learning and Innovation, and Jill Beckman, executive director of Client Services, talk about how they rolled out the classroom moderator service and made it a success.
12/17/2020
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When Boston University launched its hybrid learning initiative this fall, it also created a Classroom Moderator program: essentially an army of student workers deployed in the classroom to help ensure that hybrid learning could run smoothly. In this episode of the Campus Technology Insider podcast, Executive Editor Rhea Kelly talks with Ernie Perez, director of educational technology for BU Digital Learning and Innovation, and Jill Beckman, Executive Director of Client Services, about how they rolled out the classroom moderator service and made it a success.
12/17/2020
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The shift to online learning in response to COVID-19 has revealed pedagogical benefits that will carry on into the future.
12/16/2020
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The reopening of campuses post-pandemic won't necessarily spell the end to online learning, according to a recent survey from Top Hat.
12/15/2020
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A look back at the most-read stories of the year in higher education IT.
12/15/2020
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A new "rapid expert consultation" on COVID-19 testing from the National Academies explores strategies to help college leaders prepare for the spring 2021 semester.
12/14/2020
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The National Academies has issued a new "rapid expert consultation" that provides strategies for encouraging students to behave in ways that will help stem the spread of COVID infections on college campuses.
12/14/2020
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Due to changes in education wrought by COVID-19, the number of 2020 high school graduates who went to college immediately this fall dropped by nearly 22 percent, compared to 2019 graduates.
12/14/2020
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Moody's has given a negative outlook to community colleges for 2021, matching the negative outlook it had already issued for four-year public and private universities.
12/14/2020
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As a seasoned higher education professional and consultant, Ellen Wagner has served on both sides of the higher education IT consultancy desk. We asked her to join us for a conversation about the role of consultants in higher education today.
12/14/2020
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The University of Arizona has announced that starting in the spring it will require weekly testing for COVID-19 among students living in dorms or attending in-person classes. If they refuse or forget, they'll lose access to the campus WiFi network.
12/10/2020