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| | Today's Top Stories | | 1. | Defining Digital Coursewares ROI in Terms of Student Success | | | via EdSurge | | | Higher education has long faced a new financial normalincluding pressure to hold down tuition and fee increases, cuts in governmental support, and increased competition from new players. Changes in the number and mix of students, and higher expectations from states, parents and students exacerbate these tensions. More
Why This Matters: EdSurge takes a look at courseware through the lens of ROI, weighing everything from faculty time and total cost to student success. |
| | 2. | How ALOHAnet Made Waves in Networking and IT Innovation | | | via EdTech Magazine | | | In June 1971, engineers at the University of Hawaii unveiled the pioneering computer networking system ALOHAnet. The network was a computing landmark, both because it was the first to connect computers via radio communications and because it introduced the computing world to random access protocols. More
Why This Matters: Now 45 years old, ALOHAnet is still making an impact in higher ed networks. Read about its history, lasting influence, and where campus IT is headed. |
| | 3. | Navigating the CBE Frontier: A New Metrics Framework for Student and Program Success | | | via The EvoLLLution | | | One ancillary benefit to a CBE approach is that student and program success can focus directly on student learning, not proxies for student learning. Universities that use traditional educational models based on credits and semesters measure their success through persistence and graduation rates, credits earned, the pace at which students accrue credits, and grades on courses. As is well established, seat time (even fast-paced or efficient seat time) is not a good measure of student learning. More
Why This Matters: This article from the EvoLLLution outlines a CBE framework from the University of Wisconsin. Read how they use six specific metrics to get an aerial view of student success. |
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| | Blog Quote of the Day | Toward Renewable Assessments
"Replacing disposable assessments with renewable assessments goes a long way toward re-humanizing education, giving students a reason to care about and truly invest in their work. Without this broader motivating context, students are just waxing cars, sanding decks, and painting fences." David Wiley, iterating toward openness |
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