Online Learning Update

September 30, 2018

How to use social media to engage Gen Z in class and beyond

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:09 am

BY SANDRA FYFE, eCampus News

Colleges need to have a savvy social-media presence to attract and hold Generation Z’s attention as well as to address their academic, personal, and career needs. To reach students, colleges must develop effective digital tactics both inside and outside the classroom. And to reach Gen Z where they live, you need to use their favorite platforms—Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat, says Nicole Kraft, who teaches journalism at Ohio State University, which ranks sixth in BestColleges.com’s Stars of Social Media Colleges 2018. According to Kraft, professors need to teach students how to use platforms properly before giving assignments.

How to use social media to engage Gen Z in class and beyond

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Perspectives on the Future of the Profession: Looking Forward, Then and Now

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

by Paige Francis, P.B. Garrett, Cindy Mitchell, Sharon Pitt and Theresa Rowe, EDUCAUSE Review

IT professionals are engaged in more than could even have been imagined two decades ago. Yet the issues discussed then continue to resonate today and offer insight into the future of the profession. Nearly twenty years ago, a panel of technology leaders selected by EDUCAUSE Review answered questions about the future of the higher education IT field.1 Much has changed since. IT professionals are engaged in more than could even have been imagined two decades ago. Yet the issues discussed then continue to resonate today and offer insight into the future of the profession. Below we offer our thoughts on, and answers to, these same questions.

https://er.educause.edu/articles/2018/8/perspectives-on-the-future-of-the-profession-looking-forward-then-and-now

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Massive open online courses have got a second wind

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:02 am

By Malini Goyal, ET

When I started my college, I had two choices: rant about India’s education system or do something about it. I chose the latter,” says Sanyam Bhutani, 21, a BTech student at SRM College, Chennai.  He chose Udacity — a massive open online course (MOOC) platform that allows users to study courses offered by some prestigious global universities, sitting in their bedrooms — to get ahead of the rest. Bhutani, who is in his final year of college, was soon able to equip himself with adequate skills to float a startup called neuroascent.ml, which pitches for global projects in machine learning and computer vision.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/massive-open-online-courses-have-got-a-second-wind/articleshow/65914966.cms

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September 29, 2018

The top 5 myths about online learning

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:08 am

by WXYZ

Sept. 15 marked National Online Learning Day and Dr. Jill Langen of Baker College Online stopped by to debunk a few myths about cyber learning in higher education. Here are the top 5 myths about online learning, according to Baker College Online:

https://www.wxyz.com/news/these-are-the-top-5-myths-about-online-learning

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Organizations Struggling to Keep Pace with SDN, Networking Trends

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By David Ramel, Campus Technology
Organizations are hard put to keep pace with new developments in the networking industry, according to a new report. “Between multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and software-defined networking (SDN), there were about 15 years where the networking world was pretty static,” said Avi Freedman, co-founder and CEO of network analytics firm Kentik, which conducted the survey. “Right now we’re in a world moving as fast as the ISP world did back in the 90s. Every few weeks there’s something new.” The firm polled 531 networking pros during the recent Cisco Live 2018 conference to determine current networking trends and how organizations are addressing industry challenges.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/09/12/organizations-hard-put-to-keep-pace-with-sdn.aspx

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Bringing Primary Source Materials to Life with AR

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:03 am

by Meg Loyd, Campus Technology

In several Augmented Archives programs, students use augmented reality (AR) to create museum exhibits of the college’s most precious and historic archival materials — utilizing the technology to encourage high levels of patron interaction with primary source materials that otherwise require restricted physical access. The AR exhibits are created for the public and the many types of users who may be interested in interacting with these materials digitally. Archivists and instructional technologists work with students in different contexts, and at different points in the progress through their academic careers at Washington College, to move the overall initiative forward.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/09/18/bringing-primary-source-materials-to-life-with-ar.aspx

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September 28, 2018

The evolution of learning environments

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

Dante Mills, IUS Horizon

The learning experience in traditional classes and online classes tends to differ due to various educational approaches used.. But how drastic is this difference? Naturally, with anything, there are pros and cons. We asked IUS students their opinions about taking classes online or on campus. “During summer, I would prefer online classes, because I get to spend my summer not trapped in classrooms, but I would prefer on-campus classes during fall and spring semesters,” Kiko Dixon, junior, said. IUS alumnus Brodie Hillegas had a different opinion.  “I would prefer to take classes on campus,” Hillegas said. “When you take classes online it takes more willpower.”

The evolution of learning environments

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U. of Pennsylvania Says It Will Be First Ivy to Offer Online Bachelor’s Degree

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

By Beth McMurtrie, Chronicle of Higher Ed
The U. of Pennsylvania’s new bachelor’s-degree program, aimed at nontraditional students, illustrates the growing credibility and popularity of online education. Starting next fall, the University of Pennsylvania will offer what it says is the first online bachelor’s degree at an Ivy League college, an illustration of the growing credibility and popularity of online education. Designed for adult learners, the program will confer a bachelor of applied arts and sciences, and will enroll students through the School of Arts and Sciences’ College of Liberal and Professional Studies, which serves working adults and other nontraditional students.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/U-of-Pennsylvania-Says-It/244558

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Licence to learn, with online courses

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:03 am

by B S Balaji, Deccan Herald

As Malcolm Knowles, the American adult educator, had pointed out motivation is key to adult learning or andragogy. In fact, the fundamental assumptions of andragogy form an important basis for MOOC. In traditional schooling, most of the students little or no freedom and flexibility to learn outside the curriculum prescribed by the respective boards. Although many parents insist that their wards learn more than what is taught in the classroom, it is not the norm.

https://www.deccanherald.com/supplements/dh-education/licence-learn-online-courses-693461.html

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September 27, 2018

Google Curriculum, College Credit

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:11 am

by Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed

Tech giant gets hands-on with its new online IT certificate, as a growing number of community colleges and Northeastern University create credit pathways with the curriculum. Google made its first substantial foray into postsecondary education in January, with the creation of a new online certificate program aimed at people who are interested in working in entry-level IT support roles. “It’s a whole new marketplace, and it’s driven by the employers and the students,” said Ray Schroeder, associate vice chancellor for online learning at the University of Illinois at Springfield. “These companies for the most part don’t want to get into education. They’re going to do it because it needs to be done.”

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/09/26/growing-number-colleges-partner-google-offer-credit-its-new-it

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Penn to offer Ivy League’s first online bachelor’s degree

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

By James Paterson, Education Dive
The University of Pennsylvania will become the first Ivy League college to offer an online bachelor’s degree with the launch of an interdisciplinary program next fall aimed at working adults and other nontraditional learners. Offered through the School of Arts and Sciences’ College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS), the applied arts and sciences degree encompasses general education courses and interdisciplinary concentrations as well as two on-campus experiences. The program will take a different approach to instruction than traditional residential courses by using the unique properties of e-learning, officials said. An advisory board of management executives is working with LPS to advise on workforce trends and skills needs.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/penn-to-offer-ivy-leagues-first-online-bachelors-degree/532805/

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As students return to college, a basic question persists: What are they learning?

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:02 am

by John Marcus, Hechinger Report

“When you look at college mission statements, they’re loaded with grand pronouncements about the skills and habits of mind they’re going to inspire in their students,” said Alexander McCormick, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Yet “even as they teach their students to back up their claims with evidence, they don’t have much evidence to back up those claims.”  “What students are supposed to be doing or learning diverges wildly,” said Nate Johnson, founder and principal consultant of the firm Postsecondary Analytics, who follows this. “You have students majoring in everything from philosophy to heating and air-conditioning repair to accounting. Even if you had measurable assessments in all those different areas, adding them up to say students made X amount of progress isn’t the same as what you can say about 9-year-olds or 10-year-olds hitting certain benchmarks in reading.”

As students return to college, a basic question persists: What are they learning?

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September 26, 2018

New learning opportunities for displaced persons

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

by MIT Open Learning
This week, the MIT Refugee Action Hub (ReACT) announced that it is now accepting applications for the second offering of the Certificate Program in Computer and Data Science. The one-year course of study is designed for refugees and other displaced people around the world, and offers them the opportunity to earn a certificate in a rigorous, yet accessible program that allows young adults to reactivate their potential and restart careers. The inaugural group of students will be completing their studies in January 2019. The blended program will continue to offer a core online curriculum of the edX catalogue along with an immersive set of in-person workshops and classes offered by MIT faculty and staff. These offerings include an entrepreneurship program, led by the MIT Bootcamps and a MakerLab run by the Little Devices Lab. Admir Masic, faculty lead and the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, founded ReACT in 2017 with a mission to provide blended learning opportunities to refugees around the world.

http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-react-expands-learning-opportunities-refugees-displaced-populations-0921

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Furor Over Blended and Active Learning

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

by Mark Lieberman, Inside Higher Ed
Business students at the University of Central Florida agitate for alternatives to a model that heavily shifts their learning time to outside the classroom. Students in the University of Central Florida’s College of Business this week have gotten more than 1,800 signatures on a petition criticizing the college’s recent shift to a blended and active learning classroom model that some students describe as onerous and not conducive to learning. The business college, meanwhile, is standing behind its changes, arguing they’re sound and well intentioned from a pedagogical perspective, and more well liked by students than the petition suggests.

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/09/21/blended-learning-model-university-central-florida-draws-business

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Professors find ways to prevent cheating for online classes

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:02 am

By: Natassia Henry, Daily Toreador

Many students may think professors are not aware of the various cheating tactics students try, but Lisa Low, assistant professor of practice in public relations at Texas Tech, said that could not be further from the truth. “Very few (professors) are not, not aware of the many ways to collude,” Low said. Professors are understanding when it comes to the lifestyles of students. Low said if students are in a jam, it is better for them to talk to their professor rather than cheat, because once a student cheats, the professors are obligated to report it. Once that is done, it is no longer in the hands of the professor.

http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/professors-find-ways-to-prevent-cheating-for-online-classes/article_74838ffa-bdc1-11e8-81c8-d72d20ca3dc0.html

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September 25, 2018

Virginia Beach schools using Virtual Learning Days in aftermath of Florence

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by 13 News Now
Virginia Beach City Public Schools is preparing to utilize three Virtual Learning Days to make up for three days-worth of missed classes due to Hurricane Florence. The school system canceled school for four days as residents prepared for the storm’s landfall. Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence has waived the fourth day for students by using time built into the school year.

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/education/virginia-beach-schools-using-virtual-learning-days-in-aftermath-of-florence/291-595556102

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President Speaks: Staying high-touch in a high-tech college world

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

By George Hagerty, Education Dive
George Hagerty is the president of Beacon College in Leesburg, Florida.  For many of us, our enthusiastic embrace of the latest technological conveniences has moved from “shiny-new-thing” novelty to indispensable daily companion: a sure harbinger of the growing role artificial intelligence will play in our lives.  It can be argued that few sectors have been more disrupted or transformed by technology than higher education — given our dual responsibilities as both transmitters and creators of knowledge. But when conversations on campus inevitably turn to the acquisition and application of new technology — deliberations further complicated by strategic purposes, cost implications and political overtones — we must safeguard against mistaking electronic-based systems as ends unto themselves, in favor of what they are: tools to benefit the delivery and quality of instruction and services.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/president-speaks-staying-high-touch-in-a-high-tech-college-world/532535/

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OpenStax Adds Business Textbook Series

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:02 am

By Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology
Nearly all of the courses for students earning an Associate of Arts degree in business will soon be covered by a free OpenStax textbook, thanks to a series of six new introductory business textbooks being produced by the Rice University-based publisher of open educational resources. The series includes texts for Introduction to Business, Business Ethics, Principles of Management, Entrepreneurship, Principles of Accounting and Organizational Behavior — all courses taught at most colleges and universities in the United States, according to a news announcement, and typically required courses for degres in business or related fields.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/09/18/openstax-adds-business-textbook-series.aspx

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September 24, 2018

Meeting the Needs of Multi-modal Learners

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

by ABILA, Forward Together

In the context of professional development benefits, 85 percent of members say they want their organization to provide continuing education opportunities. Members aren’t after just one learning method however, they want allthe options. Across the generations, members are craving variety and accessibility in learning formats. Your members are multimodal and are interested in an array of education mediums.  For associations, this can be a tall order to deliver. The first step to meeting this need is to reflect on the education you are already delivering and determine what additional learning formats may be beneficial to add. Here are some options to consider: 

http://blog.abila.com/meeting-needs-multimodal-learners-2/

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5 Tips for Success When Learning Online

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:02 am

by Ashford University

Learning in both a physical classroom and virtual online classroom have very similar recipes for success. However, taking classes within an online environment comes with many benefits as well as its own set of challenges. Linked below are 5 tips that will help you succeed while learning online at Ashford University.

https://www.ashford.edu/blog/online-learning/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-distance-learning-5-tips-for-success-when-learning-online

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WSU hopes to keep students honest online

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:01 am

by Scott Davis, Daily News

Assistant Vice President for WSU’s Global Campus Rebecca Van de Vord said the university requires proctoring for as many as 18,000 exams a year, and that number is expected to grow by 20 percent over the next seven years. She said the roughly 3,000 students enrolled in the Global Campus will be affected as well as a smaller proportion of Pullman-based students who are taking online courses. “There are always questions about online programs as to ‘How do you know the person taking the course or doing the work is the person who’s enrolled?’ ” Van de Vord said. “The best way to determine that is through a proctored exam or activity where they show their ID and you see their face and they complete the work while someone is watching them.”

http://dnews.com/local/wsu-hopes-to-keep-students-honest-online/article_b2d1a928-ea2d-5ca3-b769-e3a006f15529.html

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