Executive View
CT asks Ray Uzwyshyn, the director of digital and collection services for the Texas State University library, about research data repositories — a technology that is just coming into its own. He offers both a current view of the technology and insight into its impact. More
Worth Noting
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is working with instructional design experts from the State University of New York to help people in higher education hone their skills in instructional design for online courses. MoreA startup accelerator from New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and StartEd Companies is concluding a three-month mentorship program with nine Ed Tech startups in New York City. The startups each received $170,000 in funding to further develop their tech solutions "focused on improving education and learning." More- More
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) yesterday released three additional scorecards to help faculty and administrators evaluate digital course offerings. More than 400 higher ed institutions use OLC's Quality Scorecard Suite to assess their online and blended learning programs and initiate planning efforts. MoreZoom, a video conferencing and collaboration platform, has been added to the list of service providers for Internet2's Net+ initiative. MoreMore than half of respondents (55.3 percent) in a recent survey cited lack of general awareness as the top reason they are not captioning all videos at their institution. And at 48.9 percent of respondents' institutions, a captioning budget simply doesn't exist. MoreOver the next five years, four community colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) will each receive $6 million in grants from the United States Department of Education, in an effort to support Latino students pursuing STEM careers. MoreThe e-learning market is predicted to experience significant global growth over the next five years, largely driven by advances in technology, evolving business needs and a number of emerging learning and development trends, according to Docebo's newly released research report, "E-Learning Market Trends and Forecast 2017-2021." MoreA study from Stanford Graduate School of Education researchers found that most middle, high school and college students have trouble discerning news articles from advertisements online. More
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