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A Positive Environment of Engagement and Retention in the Online Learning Environment  

Faculty Focus

The online learning environment consists of a web-based learning atmosphere where student and faculty experiences and positions are located in separate geographical locations. Through the use of engaging techniques, it is possible (and essential) to create a positive learning environment across the distance!

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Review: Adobe Helps Educators Create Customized Virtual Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

When colleges and universities were first forced to go virtual in 2020, there was a scramble to get everyone online. However, they were ideal for figuring out what worked and what needed improvement to support better learning environments and more efficient student engagement.

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2 ways universities are mitigating cybersecurity risks in a complex environment

University Business

If you’re at a research university, there are troves of potentially valuable data relating to defense and national security. In other words, universities are magnets for hackers. Particularly for research universities, the costs are more than financial. Consider a university in the Middle East we work with.

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A Positive Environment of Engagement and Retention in the Online Learning Environment  

Faculty Focus

The online learning environment consists of a web-based learning atmosphere where student and faculty experiences and positions are located in separate geographical locations. Through the use of engaging techniques, it is possible (and essential) to create a positive learning environment across the distance!

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Excellent outputs demand excellent people, cultures and environments

HEPI

Research England have invited responses on their proposals relating to the People, Culture and Environment element of the Research Excellence Framework (REF), with a deadline of 1 December. Our systems have to cohere. The current REF proposals mark an evolutionary step in that direction.

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How college students feel about active learning environments

Inside Higher Ed

Image: While hundreds of peer-reviewed studies have concluded that students taught in an active learning environment are significantly more likely to outperform peers who are in classes taught more traditionally, full adoption of active learning practices remains far from the norm. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Empowering educators and students in hybrid learning environments

Kortext University Leaders' Blog

Educators’ digital priorities In spring 2023, Wonkhe and Kortext conducted a survey of educators in UK universities to explore how the role of technology in learning, teaching and student support has evolved post-Covid. Academic, post-92 university. Learning and teaching professional, post-92 university.