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How to Get Faculty on Board With Classroom Tech

Incorporating classroom technology into the curriculum has been shown to enhance lectures and improve student participation. With all of the options on the market, there seems to be a platform for...

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How to Get to Most Out of University LinkedIn Pages

All good educators want their students to be successful. While job readiness is not always the top priority in an education, with the average student loan burden growing steadily, universities owe it...

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How Colorado Technical University Drives Engagement and Traffic Using YouTube

A good higher education content strategy involves a number of components. Blogs and social media are important features, but for the 65% of the population that learns better visually, videos can be an...

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Five Back-To-School University Processes to Streamline with Web Forms

By Laura Iancu Every university year starts with fuss, and in the midst of all that planning and preparations, both teachers and school administrators get often caught. There are so many things that...

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How Professors Are Using Your Favorite Apps

By Karl Fendelander Tablets and smart phones can be a big distraction in the classroom — but when properly utilized, they can also be a huge help. Professors at universities everywhere are facing the...

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For More Successful Recruiting, Target the Students Your School Needs

When I reached my senior year of high school, I frequently came home to a mailbox stuffed with pamphlets from colleges across the country that touted the generic benefits of attending their school....

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Tips for Funding Ed Tech Use at Your Institution: Pilot Programs

While participating in a pilot program won’t produce funding for your tech projects the way that grants or crowdfunding do, it does offer notable benefits to the cash-strapped institution looking to...

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Tips for Funding Technological Innovations at Your Institution: Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding has gained a lot of traction in the past few years, primarily as a way for artists to fund their pet projects. Musicians and filmmakers may have been some of the earliest adopters of this...

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Amp Up Your Learning This Summer with These Cloud Computing Webinars

The relative quiet of summer can be a great time to learn about new developments, digest the success stories of others, and generally get up to speed on all those things you said, “Hey, I need to find...

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Mobile Learning: 5 Student Safety and Privacy Risks Every Educator Should Know

AI serves higher education professionals by providing educational products and services that help institutions tackle key, strategic challenges. AI addresses a range of issues related to student...

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Tips for Funding Ed Tech Use at Your Institution, Part 1: Grants

When you read articles about the technologies other institutions of higher education are using, do you ever think how nice it would be to do something like that, if only your institution could afford...

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Can College Stores Help Increase e-Textbook Adoption?

Image credit: teclasorg Students are not flocking to e-textbooks the way we all thought they would. E-texts offer certain advantages. They are cheaper — substantially, in some cases. They offer a much...

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SIIA Vision K-20 Survey Results Show Faculty Want More Infrastructure to...

Confidence in higher education campus technology capacity is falling, according to the 2013 SIIA Vision K-20 Survey Results recently released at ISTE. Respondents generally give high marks to their...

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Skillfeed Offers Cloud-Based Training in Class and Out

What do you do when some of your students (or faculty) don’t have specific technical skills they need to progress and achieve? Or when you, or one of the faculty you support, want to integrate some...

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A Roadmap to Becoming More Edtech Savvy This Summer

By Rob Sabo For a few lucky educators, summer is a time to work on the suntan, watch a few blockbuster movies in air-conditioned comfort and recoup from the stresses of the school year. For most...

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Science Outreach with Teachers, Dinosaurs

“Science Outreach with Teachers, Dinosaurs” by Winifred Kehl first appeared on Getting Smart.  A Unique Opportunity for Teachers Last summer, in the heat of Montana’s badlands, a group of K-12 public...

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3 Tips for Bridging the Digital Divide for New College Students

Even for students who have graduated within the last decade, many classrooms look distinctly different than they did when we attended. With teachers finding creative ways to bring technological tools...

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Explain Everything: A Connected Creativity App

“Explain Everything: A Connected Creativity App,” by Susan Oxnevad, first appeared on Getting Smart.  As I dig deeper into the reality of the one iPad Classroom I am most intrigued by apps that allow...

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Cloud Highlights at the EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference

Are you heading to St. Louis for EDUCAUSE’s Security Professionals Conference April 15–17? If so, make sure you don’t miss these sessions, perfect for cloud-friendly IT leaders. The 20 Critical...

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7 Essential Tools for a Flipped Classroom

Today’s guest post was published on Getting Smart.  ______ 7 Essential Tools for a Flipped Classroom By Erin Palmer The flipped classroom uses technology to allow students more time to apply knowledge...

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