Great Colleges to Work for 2012

ASTD Staff

In the Chronicle of Higher Education's fifth annual survey of faculty and staff, 103 colleges were recognized as "Great Colleges to Work For" based on several categories measuring the schools as a workplace environment. More »

Extracurricular Activities-Essential Informal Learning for Any Degree Program

Saul Carliner

Experts in informal learning posit that somewhere between 56 and 80 percent of all workplace learning occurs outside of formal training. But much of the study of informal learning has occurred within the context of becoming a professional—the goal of formal, deg... More »

Sloan-C Honors Effective Practices in Online and Blended Education in Higher Ed

ASTD Staff

The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of individuals, institutions and organizations of higher education committed to quality online education, recently presented its 2012 Effective Practice Awards at the 5th Annual International Symposium for Emerging Technolo... More »

MOOCs – What People Are Saying

Ryann K. Ellis

MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses, which a recent New York Times article “Instruction for Masses Knocks Down Campus Walls” described as “a tool for democratizing higher education.” I am sure that most of you are already familiar with MO... More »