12 tech trends Higher Education Cannot afford to Ignore

              12 tech trends Higher Education 

                    Cannot afford to ignore

Higher education faces an onslaught of disruptive forces right now—and ​no one should be suprised to hear that news. Burgeoning technologies such as MOOCs and mobile devices are disrupting institutional structures from the classroom and across entire campuses. As tech transforms these learning environments, universities must decide whether to resist the change or get out in front of it. To choose the latter option, however, we need to envision what universities of the future will look like—​if they exist at all. 

Lev Gonick, the VP for information technology services and CIO at Case Western Reserve University and CEO of OneCommunity, isn’t afraid of gazing into the proverbial crystal ball.

In his keynote address Tuesday at the Campus Technology 2013 conference in Boston, Mass., Gonick laid out his vision for the future higher ed and campus IT. Read More . . . . . . . . 

4 Technology Trends Changing Higher Education

Technology has had a huge impact on the education system worldwide, transforming how students learn, share and gather information.

The adoption of technologies like mobile apps, cloud computing and game-based learning has helped students be more productive. From being consumers, students are now becoming creators and innovators, thanks to technology’s ubiquity.
As universities continue to adopt new technology for higher education, here are some of the future learning trends to expect in the next few years:

Learning Analytics

The New Media Consortium (NMC) defines learning analytics as a “field associated with analysing patterns and trends from big data”. Its primary goal is to help educators develop educational programs to address a student’s needs. Tailor-fit lessons make it easier for teachers to teach effectively and students can now cope with their lessons.

The University of New England developed the Automated Wellness Engine or AWE. It was designed to identify students who were experiencing difficulty with their study programs. This enables the faculty to intervene and read more . . . . . . . 

Trends for 2014: Five Factors Facing Private Higher Education

Trends for 2014: Five Factors Facing Private Higher Education

Download the complete 2014 Trends report (.pdf)

The Lawlor Group conducts extensive quantitative and qualitative research 
for independent college and university clients throughout the United States. Based on our recent findings, along with other primary and secondary research available to the general public, we’ve identified five trends in the higher education marketplace that we predict will have a significant impact on student recruitment and enrollment efforts during the coming year. We’ve also included several questions that college enrollment and marketing administrators should be asking about their institutions to test how well they are responding to these market trends.

TREND ONE: DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY

Because of some key demographic projections, the recruitment of traditional-age college students will not get easier anytime soon.

• College enrollments will grow more slowly. At private institutions, while undergraduate enrollment increased 38% over the past eight years, over the next eight years it will increase only 10% (NCES). [The black line shows average growth in the following chart.]      Read More . . . . . . . . . 

2014 DOE Higher Education Accreditation Processes and Policies

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   Accreditation in the United States 

The goal of accreditation is to ensure that education provided by institutions of higher education meets acceptable levels of quality. Here you will find lists of regional and national accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as reliable authorities concerning the quality of education or training offered by the institutions of higher education or higher education programs they accredit.  Read More . . . . . . . . 

What is accreditation?  Accreditation is the recognition that an institution maintains standards requisite for its graduates to  gain admission to other reputable institutions of higher learning or to achieve credentials for  professional practice. The goal of accreditation is to ensure that education provided by institutions  of higher education meets acceptable levels of quality.

What are accrediting agencies?  Accrediting agencies are organizations (or bodies) that establish operating standards for educational  or professional institutions and programs, determine the extent to which the standards are met, and  publicly announce their findings.

Are there different types of accreditation?  There are two basic types of educational accreditation, one identified as “institutional” and one  referred to as “specialized” or “programmatic.” Institutional accreditation normally applies to an  entire institution, indicating that each of an institution’s parts is contributing to the achievement  of the institution’s objectives, although not necessarily all at the same level of quality. Specialized accreditation normally applies to the evaluation of programs , departments, or schools  which usually are parts of a total collegiate or other postsecondary institution. The unit accredited  may be as large as a college or school within a university or as small as a curriculum within a  discipline. Most of the specialized accrediting agencies review units within a postsecondary institution  which is accredited by one of the regional accrediting commissions. However, certain of the specialized  accrediting agencies accredit professional schools and other specialized or vocational or other  postsecondary institutions which are free-standing in their operations. Thus, a "specialized" or  "programmatic" accrediting agency may also function in the capacity of an "institutional" accrediting  agency.  In addition, a number of specialized accrediting agencies accredit educational  programs within non-educational settings, such as  hospitals.  Read More . . . . . . . .

Technology Defines Much of Higher Education’s New Normal [#Infographic]

Technology Defines Much of

Higher Education’s New Normal [#Infographic]

Today’s college students have more options than their 1980s counterparts had, but their time is also stretched more thinly across the school day.

by D. Frank SmithGoogle+Twitter

Frank is a social media journalist for the CDW family of technology magazine websites.

A lot has changed about the typical college experience over the past 30 years.

A new infographic from Flat World Education highlights the differences in college costs, student demographics and factors affecting work-life balance, among other features of college life, between college students of the 1980s and those of today.

Technology has helped foster growth in the education world, but it has also increased the workload. According to the infographic, two out of three college students today use a smartphone for school work — a capability that didn't exist even 10 years ago, let alone 30. The data also shows that 45 percent of today’s students will take at least one online course, whereas learning in the 1980s was confined to classrooms.

Take a trip back to the Reagan years and see how higher education has changed:
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