| | | | | 1. #NotAllEdTech Derails Critical Educational Technology Conversations | via Inside Higher Ed
Last month, Rolin Moe and I published an essay in EDUCAUSE Review highlighting ideological and sociocultural factors associated with the rise of Educational Technology (hereafter EdTech). Motivated by two responses to our essay, I decided to write this additional piece highlighting an argument/misunderstanding that can often circumvent and derail critical discussions in the field. | | Why This Matters: This article delves into an argument swirling around edtech and its intentions. Where do you stand on this issue? | | | | 2. New algorithms drive unprecedented reliability of lecture capture | via eCampus News
Echo360 announced the launch of new capabilities for their lecture capture software to provide faculty and students with a reliable video capture solution for classroom PCs. The new features are rooted in an advanced, algorithmic approach which anticipates, identifies, and corrects issues that often arise with lecture capture by automatically handling common problems such as shifting inputs and resolutions to ensure that the capture continues and is successful, regardless of the devices used. | | Why This Matters: New functionality in Echo360’s platform helps ensure more reliable, nonstop recording — a must when capturing a classroom lecture. | | | | 3. Congress Seeks to Establish New Student Data System with College Transparency Act | via Campus Technology
A new bipartisan bill introduced this week in the United States Senate and House of Representatives aims to increase transparency on higher education outcomes. The College Transparency Act of 2017 proposes a student data reporting system that tracks outcomes such as enrollment, completion and post-college success. It would overturn a ban on federal student-level data collection that came about with the 2008 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. | | Why This Matters: What would passing the College Transparency Act of 2017 mean for student data, especially for an institution’s most vulnerable students? Campus Technology takes a look. |
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| | | | Clayton Christensen hates you and other observations.
"If half the colleges in America actually closed, as Christensen STILL predicts, not just faculty would suffer. Administrators, staff, cafeteria workers…all of them would become jobless whole college towns would keel over and die without the economic engine that the local university currently provides. Billions of dollars that would have stayed circulating in those communities would be sucked up and distributed among investors and programmers in Silicon Valley. How exactly does this outcome serve those area employers? And what good is your online college degree if your hometown just died in the process of making it affordable." —Jonathan Rees, More or Less Bunk |
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