Moodle and Web 2.0

The best jobs for Educational Technology majors: Teacher, Instructional Designer, Certified Nursing Assistant, Substitute Teacher, Instructor, Student Teacher.

Proactive learning interventions, deadline reminders and increased use of trend data are all things the next generation of students say they want.

Learn how this email-obsessed professor went unplugged during summer break. After only checking emails on Monday mornings, she's more refreshed than ever.

"Andrew Sutherland had no idea that the thing he programmed as a 15 year old would become a full-time profession. The kid was just trying to pass high school French. Fast forward 14 years. Quizlet, the studying tool he built in 2005, is now one of the most widely used education apps, claiming more than 50 million active users in 130 countries who have created over 300 million study sets."

Generation Z students have formed their higher-ed expectations in the wake of growing up with ubiquitous technology access.

"There is no doubt that the popularity of digital materials has increased dramatically over the last decade as schools have adopted one-to-one digital device programs and the availability of digital textbooks has skyrocketed. Public policy is also pushing the adoption of digital materials as states such as California and Florida have passed legislation requiring schools and universities to migrate to digital versions of textbooks. While there are many reasons for the decline of textbooks, such as changing education standards, environmental concerns, as well as the proliferation of computing devices in schools, research continues to reveal interesting findings about reading comprehension in printed and digital texts."

Steve Jobs began using this presentation formula long before it caught on.

"Computer-based feedback may not be the silver bullet everyone is hoping for in education, but it offers benefits that instructional technology inclusion does not. Walk into schools around the nation, and you’re like to witness one of two scenarios. Either the school laments that they do not have nearly enough technology for their students or the teachers proudly show off the tech devices in their classrooms and labs."

A majority of students prefer Apple's Mac and view organizations that offer Mac computers as more modern and desirable places to work. That's the primary finding in a survey sponsored by Jamf, which produces software specifically for managing Apple devices.

The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is a way of describing the blurring of boundaries between the physical, digital, and biological worlds. It’s a fusion of advances in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, genetic engineering, quantum computing, and other technologies.

Case Western Reserve is using mixed reality in classes to produce students who are trained for the collaborative workforce.

"One overused catchphrase in education is that learning should be “student-centered.” But what if we took that to its logical conclusion and also made it the goal of our education technology predictions?"

Perhaps the biggest trend that has the attention of colleges and universities is “micro-credentialing,” as enrollment continues to decline.

"The internet’s creator hopes to turn back a tsunami of fake news and online incivility."

An educational imperative: Our students must know how to live and work in a world that is dictated by data. Here's how to help prepare them.

If you're looking to keep or find a job in the era of artificial intelligence, these skills are what you should focus on.

Snap’s new Spectacles 3 camera glasses are an important step toward the augmented reality glasses that could one day replace the smartphone as our go-to computing device.

"Online credentialing programs might not be new. But interest in them among educators and school administrators has been growing ever since for-profit online education provider Udacity began offering sophisticated “nanodegrees” in 2015 tailored to the specific needs of potential employers, such as Google and AT&T."

A survey finds that the majority of participants struggle to identify fake news in a digital literacy quiz--here's how they stack up by age.

If you use technology productively, life can be a lot easier but if you want use technology productively, it's going to take discipline and self-management.

Through a partnership, education leaders could reach a more agreed-upon shared vision of digital credentials--here's how it could happen.

Collegiate cyber competitions play a critical role, allowing students to understand the pressure, teamwork, and rewards for a cyber career.

The latest Educause Horizon report names six major barriers to the innovation, adoption or scale of technology in higher education.

Voice-user interface (VUI) technology has experienced an explosion in popularity. In our fast-paced modern world, the convenience of VUI is a valuable benefit.

A Purdue University pilot program that blocked access to Netflix and other streaming sites in lecture halls is being rolled out across all academic spaces on campus.