Huntington University

edsurge | April 08, 2020

When Elizabeth Self starts teaching her 11 a.m. class via Zoom, she has to remember that it isn’t 11 a.m. for all of her students. She’s in Tennessee—where she is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University—but some of the students she’s teaching are now taking the class from California, where it’s only 8 a.m. And a couple of students are back home in China, where it’s midnight. Even when students are all in the same time zone—such as for most ...

Study International | January 31, 2020

More than four in ten trustees are very concerned about the future of the US higher education sector, an increase of 14 percent from 2018, a new poll has found. The Trustee Index, commissioned by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and College (AGB), also found a majority are worried about the future financial sustainability of their own institutions or systems (38 percent) and the price of higher education for students (25 percent). “It requires a considerable investment o...

Education Technology

The Ohio State University news | November 14, 2022

The Ohio State University has chosen PebblePad, the Learning Journey Platform, to help more than 65,000 students develop, evidence and verify crucial skills across their learning experiences. PebblePad has been selected to support the university’s General Education program, which has been transformed to support the academic learning, achievements and professional goals of today's students. Throughout their academic career, The Ohio State’s students will use PebblePad to make sens...

Education Technology

Vector Solutions | July 04, 2022

The 2022 SmartBrief EdTech Readers' Choice Awards, which honor the best educational technology products based on reader voting, have chosen Vector Training from Vector Solutions as a winner. For professional development, the online training management system for schools was chosen as the winner. “We are honored to have been selected as a winner by SmartBrief’s audience of industry professionals, including educators and administrators. It's not an ...