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Higher Education

This category includes articles on Higher Education related to global education, including online education, the e-learning community, and education technology. This initiative is a collection of original content pieces led by E-learn magazine, a community openness initiative by Blackboard Inc., a United States based company. Through worldwide community engagement, E-Learn brings together contributions by the education community, which include interviews, research pieces, roundtables, and special topics from university educators, community colleges, teachers and other leaders in education. E-Learn offers the latest in education trends and technology to higher education professionals and anyone in the education community interested in the most current topics in education, including best practices, perspectives and insights on personalized learning, with the objective of achieving student academic success through virtual learning and academic support. Blackboard also offers technology tools such as Moodlerooms, Blackboard Learn, Ally and Blackboard Collaborate, to aid innovative learning models and processes that address today’s educational challenges.

Success Stories

Carl Sandburg College: Embracing Change and Ensuring Learning Continuity in Rural America

See how Carl Sandburg College in the United States grew their online course offering by 85% in 2020, plus their recommendations on how to approach eLearning. Take a look!

E-Learn Team, Robert Stevens and Cindy K. Arthur
08/02/21
Research

How a 6-Step Plan for Corporate Learning Transformation Can Benefit Educators

As the events of 2020 showed us, digital transformation in learning doesn’t stop at transferring classroom training into a webinar or other virtual setting. In fact, that’s barely the start.  Over 20 years of working in corporate learning, we developed…

Photo Andrew Joly, Director of Strategic Design at LEO Learning
Andrew Joly
05/01/21
Infographics

Digital Transformation in Education [By the Numbers]

While many academic institutions globally had digital transformation as part of their agenda, COVID-19 accelerated the change to digitization at an unprecedented rate. Globally, developed countries had been more advanced in the adoption of digital tools prior to the pandemic,…

Liliana Camacho
05/01/21
Success Stories

How ITS-ICT Piedmont Pivoted to Online Learning Just in Time for Lockdown

Italy  In February 2020, as the possibility of a national lockdown in Italy was becoming more evident, ITS-ICT Piedmont Director, Giulio Genti, contacted Learning Solution, an eLearning platform solutions company based in Torino, Italy, and Open LMS Channel Partner, to…

Liliana Camacho
05/01/21
Research

Creator-Centric Video: The New Normal for Work and Academia?

United States No other communication medium is quite as powerful as video is today.  Just as we wondered years ago whether mobile phones would permeate society on a daily basis, video trends and usage have crowned it one of the…

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Instilled by PeopleFluent
05/01/21
Interviews

Digital Transformation: How to Adopt a Continuous Change Mindset

An Interview With Oriol Pujol, Universitat de Barcelona

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Oriol Pujol and E-Learn Team
05/01/21
Events

eLearning Forum Asia 2020: Enhancing Learning with Technology for the Education of Tomorrow

We’re honored to have had the opportunity to sponsor and attend the 15th eLearning Forum Asia 2020 on 7-8 December 2020, hosted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Together, we discussed, exchanged ideas, and explored many new technologies…

E-Learn Team
14/12/20
Events

Explore the eLFA2020 Conference Agenda

Following this year’s eLearning Forum Asia 2020 conference theme, “Enhanced Teaching and Learning with Technology: Present and Future”, a confirmed line-up of diverse speakers will discuss topics covering teaching and learning with AI technology, digital transformation plans and strategies, and…

E-Learn Team
27/11/20
Research

5 Considerations to Start a Digital Transformation Plan at Your Institution

Quick Take: COVID-19 has accelerated the digital transformation of education institutions and corporate organizations alike. If you’re looking to start a journey towards digital transformation, considering technology adoption, course design, and implementing a student-centered approach to learning are some aspects to keep in mind.

Liliana Camacho
10/11/20
Events

Discover New Insights and Trends at the eLearning Forum Asia 2020

E-Learn Magazine is excited and proud to sponsor the 15th eLearning Forum Asia (eLFA2020), being held virtually this year between the 7th and 8th of December 2020. The event aims to advance the application of information technology in teaching and…

E-Learn Team
06/11/20
Infographics

5 Trends Transforming Education in the COVID-19 Era

COVID-19 has accelerated the digital transformation of many sectors, including education. With extended quarantine measures and the temporary closures of schools and universities, educational institutions globally have had to strengthen their digital teaching and learning ecosystems in order to continue…

Manuel Rivera
07/10/20
Roundtables

5 Global Perspectives on the Future of Digital Learning

Quick Take: How has COVID-19 changed the way we teach and assess students? See what education professionals from around the world have to say about how they’ve adapted and what they anticipate for the future.

Abbey Smith - Author
Abbey Smith, Katja Laingui, Hiroto Shibayama, Andrea Wood, Kristin Harrison and Carmenza Montañez
06/10/20
Success Stories

Open LMS + SMOWL: A Perfect Match to Create Secure and Effective Assessments

Santiago de Chile, Chile  Iplacex is a higher education institution that offers technical and professional training to students who live throughout Chile. Iplacex’s distance education program reaches approximately 17,000 students through its Open LMS-hosted digital learning environment, allowing the institution…

Manuel Rivera
05/10/20
Success Stories

How to Transition to a Successful Virtual Learning Environment

United Kingdom Since the emergence of COVID-19, many higher education institutions across the globe have been presented with significant challenges. In particular, institutions that had mainly relied on traditional, in-person teaching models have had to quickly pivot and adopt online…

Abbey Smith - Author
Abbey Smith and Peter Stone
03/10/20
Research

How to Enhance Academic Integrity with E-Proctoring Tools

Quick Take: The Educational Revolution has been present in our lives for some years now. And an increasing number of academic institutions have come to understand the opportunities and potential these resulting educational models represent, offering greater flexibility without compromising quality or integrity to both learners and institutions.

Abbey Smith - Author
Abbey Smith
03/10/20
Success Stories

Australian Film Television and Radio School on Teaching Creativity Through Blended Learning

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Apr. 3, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Sydney, Australia How can you teach creativity in the classroom? This is the main question that the Australian Film Television and Radio School has been…

Christina Gómez
03/04/19
Success Stories

Simmons University: Empowering Women Through Education

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Apr 1st, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Boston, MA, United States To be the global expert in educating women for their own empowerment and leadership: this vision couldn’t be more…

María Triviño
01/04/19
Featured country

France: An Ideal Home for International Students

Quick Take: France is known for welcoming international students to their high standard universities and Grandes Écoles. Now, the government is investing more each year in order to continue providing a remarkable educational experience for French students as well.

Leonardo Tissot
Leonardo Tissot
31/01/18
Column

American Standards of Academic Integrity

Quick take: Have you ever asked yourself why international students may reproduce test answers word by word? Perhaps they’ve been encouraged to do so throughout their academic lives. Learn about distinct learning styles and find out how to teach students more effectively.

Kyoungah Lee, International Programming Coordinator & Advisor, University of Pittsburgh. Photo: AFP Justin Merriman.
Kyoungah Lee
19/10/17
Research

Integrity, Originality and Authorship: Evolving Concepts

Quick take: Can an idea really be owned? Looking at how authorship is perceived across different cultures and generations can help us reflect about our own views, and create more effective ways to teach students about academic integrity and proper citation.

Priscila Zigunovas
16/10/17
Roundtables

How Two U.S. Universities are Preventing and Combating Academic Integrity Breaches in Higher Education

Quick take: With proper tools and data analysis, Rutgers University and California State University are fighting academic violations such as plagiarism.

Leonardo Tissot
Leonardo Tissot
13/10/17
Infographics

Why Do Students Plagiarize? A Cultural Perspective

Quick take: The reasons why students plagiarize are often unknown by teachers. By understanding cultural differences, it’s possible to create helpful prevention strategies.

Priscila Zigunovas
11/10/17
Events

There Are Infinite Ways to Learn and to Approach Education

Bogotá, Colombia Inclusive education is a topic that has been addressed mostly in recent years worldwide, and in particular in Colombia, and has gained momentum due to its importance and necessity. According to UNESCO, education is a fundamental right, and…

Christina Gómez
27/09/17
Success Stories

Education Has No Limits and Universidad Católica Del Oriente Knows It

Quick Take: With this teaching model that puts students at the core of the learning process, students can decide whether they want a face-to-face, online or mixed model to strengthen their learning.

Laura Orozco
11/09/17
Success Stories

Digital Identity: How to Benefit From Smartphone Usage

Quick Take: Digital identity is understood as the trace each user leaves in the virtual world, and this university aims to inform its students on the repercussions this may have on their working future.

Daniela Puerta
28/08/17
Success Stories

Education That Gets You Ready for the Real World

Quick Take: Few universities teach their students basic abilities for their future career, such as how to find a job before graduating. Thus, these abilities become purely empirical knowledge.

Christina Gómez
21/08/17
Success Stories

E-Learning to Increase Student Interest

Quick Take: Tele-presence makes it possible to have a class with all the benefits of distance and face-to-face teaching, all at the same time.

Enrique Santos
09/08/17
Interviews

Jonathan Bergmann: How to Turn the Class Around

Quick Take: Jonathan Bergmann is a Pioneer in the flipped classroom model, which aims to ‘flip’ the classroom dynamic by turning students into active participants and teachers into observers and guides.

Christina Gómez and Jonathan Bergmann
01/08/17
Interviews

Interview With Dr. Jill Biden: Community Colleges

Quick Take: Dr. Jill Biden explains the importance of community colleges as an engine of American economy and as a source of improvement for US citizens’ skills.

E-Learn Team and Dr. Jill Biden
17/07/17
Expert Analysis

Learning Matters: Enrollment Motivators for Competency-Based Education

Since 2009, higher education institutions have been opening new pathways to degree completion in answer to a national goal voiced by President Barack Obama: “by 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of graduates in the world” (Obama,2009)….

Cali Morrison
25/04/17
Success Stories

How E-Learning Is Being Used in Veterinary Training

College Station, Texas, United States Nowadays, numerous subjects can be taught via e-learning tools such as online content and materials, video assignments and voice recordings, to name a few. There are many advantages to online learning, one of which is…

Christina Gómez
24/04/17
Success Stories

How Monash College Prepares Students for World’s Top 100 Universities

Melbourne, Australia For Dr. Kulari Lokuge, associate director of eLearning at Monash College, the pedagogical approach taken by the Central eLearning Team (CeLT) has facilitated the team’s support in the delivery of high quality pre-university courses. With the creation of…

Nicolás Peña
24/04/17
Infographics

Openness, a Practice for Innovation in Higher Education

Read the PDF Openness has been a feature of higher education for decades thanks to the establishment of open universities and digital technologies. Due to technological evolution, Open Educational Resources (OERs) have become the bridge between education and digital development[1]….

E-Learn Team
04/02/17
Success Stories

Lyceum of the Philippines University Seeks to Overcome Boundaries Through Open LMS

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Mar 4, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Manila, Philippines Academic excellence and passion for innovation are pillars at Manila-based Lyceum of the Philippines University. By April 2016, it had set…

Ángela Palacios
30/12/16
Success Stories

The Main Advantage of Online Collaboration

Portland – OR, United States Online learning environments can be either synchronous or asynchronous. Synchronous online collaboration tools remove distance, whereas asynchronous collaboration minimizes both distance and time as barriers to working and learning together. Asynchronous learning can therefore provide…

Natalia Perdigón
Natalia Perdigón
14/12/16
Success Stories

Self-Motivation as the Key to Success on E-Learning

Atlanta – Georgia, United States E-learning continues to thrive and erase geographic distances using digital communication and Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) for formal and informal learning. This gives people the same leverage regardless of location. Gautam Saha, Instructional Designer at…

Natalia Perdigón
Natalia Perdigón
02/12/16
Success Stories

University of Warwick: Empowering Learners Through Self-Determined Learning

Coventry, United Kingdom. In today’s globalized world, speaking more than one language has become an important skill for business and in life. More people are learning a different language as a means to travel, effectively communicating with others, and as…

Christina Gómez
22/11/16
Success Stories

Personalized Learning Designer: A Permanent Partner

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Feb 15, 2019 To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Missoula, Mont., United States Thanks to the Personalized Learning Designer from Open LMS, students at Montana Digital Academy who are completing a credit…

Nicolás Peña
18/11/16
Success Stories

The School District That Grows Through Digital Tools

Texas, U.S.A Due to its small-schools model that allows teachers to really get to know each student, Frisco Independent School District is one of the fastest growing in the United States. Technology and e-learning systems are a big part of…

Ashley Nelson and E-Learn Team
02/11/16
Success Stories

Innovation in Learning: The Essence of Pompeu Fabra University

Barcelona, Spain Pompeu Fabra University believes in strong, interactive teaching, and that is why it has partnered with Open LMS, the online platform that will enable it to expand its learning and performance strategies.

Ángela Palacios
28/09/16
Interviews

Interview with Frédéric Dardel de l’Université Paris Descartes

Our desire at the University is to encourage innovative careers, especially double degrees that cover a broad array of topics and reach superior levels of knowledge compared to those of a single discipline.

Fréderic Dardel and E-Learn Team
05/07/16
Success Stories

Centro Universitario Adventista De São Paulo On Joining the Online Education Revolution

São Paulo, Brazil Technology has changed the way we see, do and think about various aspects of everyday life, one of which is teaching and learning. This is the case at Centro Universitario Adventista de São Paulo, which has expanded…

Ángela Palacios
29/06/16
Success Stories

Open LMS, the Teacher’s Ally

Hudson, NC, United States The use of a digital platform like Open LMS at Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute (CCC&TI) has allowed education programs to be complemented and expanded beyond daily classroom sessions, and this has also increased the…

Nicolás Peña
09/06/16
Success Stories

Online Training Helps Bring the World Together

London, England For over 50 years, The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) has been committed to cross-cultural exchange. Under the guidance of founder Sir Cyril Taylor, AIFS operates as a social enterprise based in Stamford, Connecticut. The organization maintains…

Gabriella Restrepo
01/06/16
Success Stories

Learning Arabic Has Never Been This Easy

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Feb 28, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Cairo, Egypt Speaking a second or third language is virtually essential in today’s globalized world. Academic opportunities, greater competitiveness in the job market,…

Catalina Sánchez
22/04/16
Success Stories

Philippine Women’s University Addresses its E-learning Strategy for All Ages

Manila, Philippines Philippine Women’s University is the first private university for women in Asia founded by Asians. Established in 1919, its goal was to prepare women to participate in the building of a new nation. Today, the university also accepts male…

Manuel Rivera
04/02/16
Success Stories

Middlesex University, Collaborative Learning

London, United Kingdom With a history that dates back 130 years, Middlesex University is an educational institution that arose from multiple colleges and training institutions in North London, England coming together. Today, it is a world-class institution with campuses and partnerships that…

Jenny Acosta and Manuel Rivera
07/01/16
Success Stories

Thomas Edison State College: 5 Critical Steps to a Highly Effective Online Offering

Trenton, NJ, United States Matthew Cooper, Associate Provost, Center for Learning and Technology and August “Chip” Stoll, Associate Director, MIS, Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey (USA) speak about their strategies employed build a successful online offering. Thomas Edison State…

Manuel Rivera
29/10/15
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