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The secretary of Education announced the app, plus plans to modernize the federal student aid application process, at a conference in Orlando.

From curricula to teaching to enrollment, stakeholders generally share wide agreement about strategies to improve student success across higher education. There is great enthusiasm for the adoption of new platforms and strategies, such as competency-based education, adaptive learning and personalized learning. Many institutions are looking to new delivery models to help them adapt to the changing landscape.

Tools for digital learning have become almost ubiquitous in schools and colleges today. A new study, however, suggests that higher education institutions need to boost digital literacy and ensure students have the digital production skills they’re likely to need in the workplace.

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. However, a big hold-up to going “all digital” is a lack of student access to devices.

What the most hated company in America might be telling us about the reasons behind the stalled progress in educational technology.

When you have nearly 38,000 students enrolled in your university, the data challenges are formidable. At The University of Alabama, the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA) team works with administrators to make sure that data is used effectively to help students–and the university–prosper.

Apparently, California is mulling creating a statewide online college, and it’s looking at three different models with which to do it. Model 1, which could work, involves designating one community college to be its home. Model 3, which could work, involves creating an entirely new organization. Model 2 involves a consortium.

This ‘farmer’ has an interesting crop, and you’ll never guess what it is.

The occasion was an advisory board meeting of a young tech startup company.

The group attending was filled with brilliant, millennial tech-wizards, entrepreneurs, success stories—and me.

Tech-savvy reputation is a key factor for 9 in 10 students when applying to colleges, but schools need to do more, Ellucian study concludes.​

Today, education technology and learning management system (LMS) vendors love to emphasize their products’ ability to run on multiple platforms.

Learners, they reason, want to be able to access educational material and resources whenever they can grab a few minutes of free time. They want to be able to study on the train, during their lunch break, in bed, in the elevator.