Building for a Generation We'll Never See: Technology Change Is Not Deja Vu

Our institutional missions can be extended into the future and supported by the same vision and community values that originated them. But technology change, often spurred on by external markets, may come in waves of extreme and dramatic change.

Study: Young People Like Technology But Fewer Want IT Careers

New research conducted by CompTIA finds people between 13 and 24 are overwhelmingly comfortable with technology, but a much lower percentage are interested in careers in information technology.

Internet of Things Devices To Increase 30 Percent in 2016

The number of "things" connected to the Internet will grow 30 percent from this year to next, according to market research firm Gartner, to reach a total of 6.4 billion, a total that will balloon to 20.8 billion by 2020.

Northern Virginia Community College Shares OER Degree Programs

Through a partnership with open courseware provider Lumen Learning, Northern Virginia Community College's Extended Learning Institute is publishing 24 online college courses designed with 100 percent open educational resources.

Major Study Finds OER Students Do Just as Well — or Better

In the largest study of its kind, a group of researchers has examined the use of open educational resources (OER) and found that students who used OER in their undergraduate courses performed as well or better than those assigned commercial textbooks.

Brown U Computer Science Undergrads Create Digital Museum Exhibits

Undergraduate computer science students at Brown University have created two interactive digital museum experiences for a traveling exhibition, The Nobel Prize — Ideas Changing the World, about the history of the Nobel Prize.

$800K Study To Test Digital Learning Effectiveness

A National Science Foundation grant will allow researchers at North Carolina State University to study how digital learning programs can best benefit students.

Florida International U College of Business Sees Explosive Growth in Video

Over the past few years, faculty at Florida International University's College of Business have created more than 2,500 videos, amounting to 5,000-plus hours of content, using lecture capture technology from Sonic Foundry.

RIT to Launch Virtual/Augmented Reality Lab

In January, Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity plans to launch a new virtual/augmented reality lab dedicated to "enhancing the content of virtual/augmented reality platforms in order to provide users with top-notch experiences."

Survey: Not Enough Training, Instructional Support for Online Adjunct Faculty

Colleges and universities are increasingly relying on adjuncts and part-time faculty members to teach their online courses. A quarter of schools have increased the use of online adjunct instructors by five percent or more; 31 percent have increased their use by up to five percent. Yet often, these instructors don't receive training on how to teach online; the schools lack formal policies for faculty expectations; and faculty are expected to create their own online courses with or without institutional help.

Campus Technology 2016

The 16th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)

2016 NMC Summer Conference

SEDUG 2015 (Southeast EDucation Users Group)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo

Association for College and University Technology Advancement (ACUTA) 2016 Winter Seminar

Association of American Colleges & Universities Annual Meeting (AAC&U 2016)

SANS Security East 2016

TDWI 2016

ELI Annual Meeting 2016

eLearning 2016

EDexpo 2016

ACUTA Annual Conference & Exhibition 2016