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Dream On: An Acting Class Explores the Digital Landscape

December 10, 2012

Key Takeaways For the actor, today's digital technology provides career and business support while — thanks to the increasing use of digital acting counterparts such as …

How Teens Do Research in the Digital World

November 1, 2012

According to a survey of teachers, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the College Board and the National Writing Project, the inte…

"Flip IT! Flip IT Good!" User-Centered Solutions Create Success

February 13, 2013 | A session at the West/Southwest Regional Conference

You've heard of flipping houses, even classrooms, but what about a help desk? Web services? Incorporating user-centered design into a help desk remodel yielded a better user experience and pro…

Hallmarks of the Breakthrough Models, #2: Student Support

January 23, 2013

Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a series from Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC). Each post highlights a distinguishing design characteristic of NGLC’s recently funded Bre…

ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012 Infographic

September 17, 2012

ECAR has surveyed undergraduate students annually since 2004 about technology in higher education. In 2012, ECAR collaborated with 195 institutions to collect responses from more than 100,000 stu…

Project Information Literacy Research Report: “Learning Curve”

October 16, 2012

Qualitative findings about the information-seeking behavior of today’s college graduates as they transition from the campus to the workplace. Included are findings from interviews with 23 US em…

Service Blueprinting: Transforming the Student Experience

November 1, 2012

Mary Jo Bitner is Professor of Marketing, PetSmart Chair, and Executive Director of the Center for Services Leadership in the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. Amy L. O…

Business Model Innovation: A Blueprint for Higher Education

November 1, 2012

Christine Flanagan is Student Experience Lab Director for the Business Innovation Factory . Established in 2004, BIF designs, prototypes, and tests new models in education, health car…

Student Preferences for Mobile App Usage

September 25, 2012

Mobile learning is increasingly an integral part of higher education, and colleges and universities developing mobile learning apps generally face the decision to pursue either device-neutr…

From Insight to Action: Translating Student Voice into Education Transformation

September 12, 2012

Most conversations about education reflect the perspective and agenda of the institutions that provide educational services rather than the needs of the students they serve. Yet as higher educati…