by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Sep 22, 2020 | Eduventures Summit
“I’m sure everything will be back to normal by June.” When the pandemic hit in March, Eduventures Summit 2020, originally scheduled for June, seemed a long way off. As the situation worsened, we moved the date to November. Now, in lieu of an in-person event, we are...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Sep 15, 2020 | Student Success, Technology Research
“360,316 already enrolled.” It is big numbers like this—featured on the homepage of the 10-course Data Science “specialization” from Johns Hopkins University and many others offered by other schools on Coursera, the giant MOOC platform, that both substantiate and...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Sep 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Technology Research
“The virtual university is the university made concrete,” said the animated young professor to my right, concluding his point with a flourish. It was London in the spring of 2000, a surreal no-man’s land between dotcom boom and crash. We were on a conference panel...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jul 21, 2020 | All Topics, COVID-19, Program Innovation
Anyone following media coverage of faculty and student reactions to pandemic-induced online learning got the message loud and clear: NO THANK YOU. The effort was appreciated but returning to campus is priority #1. The latest CHLOE (Changing Landscape of Online...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | May 12, 2020 | All Topics, COVID-19, Traditional Student Demand
Eduventures Summit 2020 November 1-3, Boston, MA More Info Register Buy Tickets on Eventbrite A Message from our CEO, Patrick Vogt: As we approach the end of the academic year, we recognize the increasing pressure that higher education leaders now face as they look...