Technology is not only a critical part of learning, it's an essential tool for communication and student-teacher engagement. This infographic from BachelorsDegreeOnline.com examines which technologies are most important to students and how technology impacts academ... More »

Higher Education , Learning Technologies

Faculty , Students , Social Learning , E-Learning

The Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) is now accepting submissions for the AHRD Excellence in Scholarly Practice Award. This award is granted to recognize excellence in applying scholarly HRD theory and research to practice in a manner that brings measura... More »

Workforce Development , Senior Leaders & Executives , Sales Enablement , Learning Technologies , Learning & Development , Human Capital , Higher Education , Government , Global Human Resources Development

Trends , Training and Development - General , Measuring and Evaluating , Managing the Learning Function , Leadership Development , Human Performance Improvement , Faculty , Students , Designing Learning , Delivering Training

Evidence-Based Best Practices

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 »

Higher Education , Learning Technologies

Faculty , E-Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Students , Trends

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 »

Higher Education , Learning Technologies

Beginner Level Content , Faculty , Trends , E-Learning

I had a chance this week to peruse the 2012 Horizon Report – Higher Education Edition - a publication of the New Media Consortium (NMC) that describes emerging technologies judged to be likely to have a near term impact in the world of education.  I am freque... More »

Learning Technologies , Higher Education

Faculty , Informal Learning , Students , Social Learning , Trends