Respondus Monitor Pilot

November 18, 2015 0

Respondus Monitor® is a companion product for LockDown Browser that enables institutions to protect the integrity of non-proctored, online exams. Students use their own computer and a webcam to record assessment sessions, all without leaving […]

Undergraduates Using OER Performed as Well or Better

November 12, 2015 0

In a major research report to be published in the December 2015 issue of Journal of Computing in Higher Education it was concluded that ” In three key measures of student success—course completion, final grade […]

OLC Virtual Conference

November 12, 2015 0

October 14-16 the Learning Technologies Group provided FHSU faculty and staff the opportunity to virtually attend the 21st Annual Online Learning Consortium’s International Conference. If you missed it first time around you’re still in luck. […]

Blackboard Building Blocks

November 12, 2015 0

Blackboard functionality can be extended in a number of ways with the addition of building blocks. The FHSU Blackboard instance already uses a number of these extensions. You can see them under the Tools tab […]

New Voicethread Features

November 4, 2015 2

Voicethread has just added three new commenting methods. The first is ‘Private Reply’. This allows an instructor to give private feedback and also allows two people to have a sidebar conversation that’s visible only to […]

University of Pittsburgh tells student groups not to use Pitt in their names

Student clubs at the University of Pittsburgh may have to go through rebranding changes to remove "Pitt" or "Panther" from their names, which could get costly. Already there is a Change.org petition circulating opposing the proposed...
University of Göttingen loses a president to protest

One of Germany's most historically significant universities has been engulfed in crisis after its president-elect stood aside, amid accusations by professors that he lacked a good enough research record and that his selection process had...
Deadline nears for Congress to extend funding for HBCUs

Historically black colleges are putting on a full-court press to have Congress extend more than $250 million in mandatory funding for minority-serving institutions that is set to expire at the end of the month. The funding includes...
Columbia says historian's acclaimed book on North Korea was plagiarized; publisher says it's been taken out of print

Charles Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences at Columbia University, plagiarized parts of his award-winning book on North Korea, Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950-1992. He’s...
A program on civic virtue at UNC Chapel Hill is raising concerns about secrecy and funding

Scores of professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say they're concerned about a proposed program for civil discourse. Discussions about it have been strangely secretive, they say, and much of the funding is...
Experts say new methods needed to combat the Red Zone on campuses

Jess Davidson remembers when the young woman leading her first-year college orientation in 2012 slipped her a sticky note On it was a list of fraternities she instructed Davidson, who is now executive director of End...