• Educause Report Tackles Cybersecurity and Privacy in Higher Ed

    Security and privacy threats are at an all-time high on campus, according to a new report from Educause, brought about by a combination of factors: remote work and learning, the proliferation of videoconferencing and the complexities related to the pandemic. 03/09/2021

  • Johns Hopkins Now Compiling U.S. COVID Testing Data

    Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center now houses United States COVID-19 testing data — taking the reins from the COVID Tracking Project, which has compiled the data from publicly reported sources for the past year. 03/08/2021

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    Augmenting the Learning Dialogue Online

    How can we move the remote learning experience farther away from a training model and closer to a collaborative learning model in which students participate together in the co-creation or discovery of knowledge? We asked Gardner Campbell for some perspectives from his research and from his own classroom. 03/08/2021

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  • Owl Labs Intros New Features for Hybrid Learning

    Owl Labs has introduced a new suite of features for its Meeting Owl solution, designed to bring more immersive remote and hybrid capabilities to the flagship 360-degree camera, mic and speaker hardware product. 03/05/2021

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    Oakland University AR Center to Provide Workforce Training

    A new augmented reality center at Oakland University's School of Engineering and Computer Science will offer students hands-on experience in applying AR technology in the manufacturing field. 03/04/2021

  • Lincoln U Deploys WiFi 6 to Support Remote Learning

    Pennsylvania's Lincoln University has boosted wireless connectivity in all its campus spaces with a network rollout designed to meet the demands of both in-person and remote instruction. 03/04/2021

  • IBM Expands HBCU Quantum Center

    Membership in IBM's IBM-HBCU Quantum Center has nearly doubled since it launched last September. Created to advance quantum information science and provide STEM-based opportunities for traditionally underrepresented communities, the Center recently added 10 new historically Black colleges and universities to its roster. 03/03/2021

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    Now Is the Time to Better Support Adult Learners in Higher Education

    Institutions that invest in Prior Learning Assessment can boost degree completion rates, help prepare students for the workforce and narrow the educational equity gap. 03/03/2021

  • Open LMS to Go Fully Open Source by the End of 2021

    Open LMS has announced plans to release all of its Moodle modules and enhancements by the end of the year, as well as dedicate more resources toward developing features and code for the open source learning management system. 03/02/2021

  • Survey: Broadband Infrastructure Support Is Vital for MSIs

    Minority-serving institutions need broadband infrastructure support in order to access the data management and computing resources required to advance their STEM, health, social science and humanities education and research, according to a recent survey from the Minority Serving-Cyberinfrastructure Consortium and Internet2. 03/01/2021

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    BenQ Debuts Wireless Presentation System for Classrooms

    BenQ, maker of visual display and collaboration solutions, has introduced a new wireless presentation system designed for the education market. 03/01/2021

  • Report: Majority of Students Still Think Online Courses Should Cost Less

    In a recent survey from Barnes & Noble Education, the vast majority of college students (94 percent) said they think schools should charge less for online courses. In contrast, less than half of administrators and faculty (43 percent and 41 percent, respectively) believe the same. 02/26/2021

  • Campus Technology Insider Podcast

    Podcast: Ransomware, Zero Trust and the Impact of the Pandemic on Higher Ed IT Security

    One unintended impact of the pandemic in higher education is the strain that remote work and learning has put on IT security. In this episode of the podcast, we talk with Stephen Heath, chief information security officer for Intrinium, an IT and security consulting and managed services company, to learn more about the security challenges institutions are facing — as well as evolving threats like ransomware. 02/25/2021

  • Ransomware, Zero Trust and the Impact of the Pandemic on Higher Ed IT Security

    One unintended impact of the pandemic in higher education is the strain that remote work and learning has put on IT security. In this episode of the podcast, Executive Editor Rhea Kelly talks with Stephen Heath, chief information security officer for Intrinium, an IT and security consulting and managed services company, to learn more about the security challenges institutions are facing — as well as evolving threats like ransomware. 02/25/2021

  • Fall Student Experience Creating Online Converts

    When it comes to interactivity among classmates, nothing beats texting. Nearly a third of students (31 percent) in a recent survey chose that over any other interaction option in online learning, including interactive whiteboards (mentioned by 29 percent), breakout rooms (18 percent), live surveys and polls (14 percent) or gamification such as badges and contests (7 percent). That's according to a survey from customer experience company Sykes. 02/25/2021

  • Study Finds Use of Video Boosts Learning

    A meta-study has found that the use of pre-recorded video can lead to "small improvements" in learning and replacing existing content with videos can result in "strong" learning benefits. The work, published by the American Educational Research Association, was undertaken by a team of researchers from Australian Catholic University and the University of Queensland. 02/24/2021

  • What Students Would Give Up to Have In-Person College

    What would students give up if they could head back to college in person? Seven in 10 would relinquish their AirPods for a month if it meant a month back on campus, according to a poll undertaken by Grand Canyon University. 02/23/2021

  • Instructure to Leave Corporate LMS Market with Sale of Bridge

    Instructure is selling the corporate side of its learning management system business for $50 million. The buyer will be Learning Technologies Group plc, a UK company with multiple businesses that produce services and technologies for digital learning and talent management. 02/23/2021