Learning Environments
Tech, Tools & Learning Strategies for 21st Century Education 11/29/2017

Spotlight


  • Building a Three-Dimensional Record of Student Learning

    Forward-looking universities are expanding the traditional student transcript into a more complete digital representation of learning inside and outside the classroom.

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  • Creating a Space for Digital Media Innovation

    Rochester Institute of Technology's MAGIC Spell Studios explores the intersection of digital media, film, games and entrepreneurship. The facility breaks down silos between traditional fields such as arts, engineering and computing, and provides a commercial studio for all students, faculty and staff.

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  • Making an Impact with Data

    The key to student success is an institutional culture steeped in data, from faculty and administrators all the way down to the students themselves.

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Research


  • Online and Adult Learners More Satisfied with College Experience than Traditional Students

    According to a new national survey, online and adult students are generally more satisfied with their overall college experience than traditional on-campus students.

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  • Campuses See Value of Digital Learning, but Lack a Plan

    In a recent survey, most chief academic officers (CAOs) at 359 two- and four-year institutions (86 percent) agreed that digital content and learning can improve the student experience. Eighty-seven percent of CAOs said digital learning resources "make learning more efficient and effective for students"; and 74 percent agreed that digital content would provide a richer and more personalized learning experience over print resources.

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  • Most Public Universities Pursuing Rich Students at Expense of Poor Ones

    Nearly two-thirds of selective public institutions are enrolling fewer low-income students than they did in the late 1990s. At more than half of those universities (54 percent) the increase in affluent students came at the direct expense of low-income ones. That's what's revealed in the latest New America project to examine student mobility.

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