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‘Zoombombing,’ an early university concern, continues to plague campuses  Associate Professor Carol Dysinger of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts conducts a Zoom meeting with her filmmaking graduate students on Documentary Skills November 13, 2020 at her apartment in New York City (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images) Share Mar 2, 2021 | EDSCOOP The threat of uninvited users crashing online meetings and lectures was the top security concern when the pandemic forced professors to adopt online learning last year, according to one of Cornell University’s technology dire...

Open LMS has announced plans to release all of its Moodle modules and enhancements by the end of the year, as well as dedicate more resources toward developing features and code for the open source learning management system.

03/01/21 Minority-serving institutions (MSIs) need broadband infrastructure support in order to access the data management and computing resources required to advance their STEM, health, social science and humanities education and research, according to a recent survey from the Minority Serving-Cyberinfrastructure Consortium and Internet2. The organizations polled 291 respondents across 144 MSIs in the United States; respondents included educators, researchers, administrators, cyberinfrastructure professionals, students, nonprofit professionals, STEM support organizations and representatives ...

03/01/21 BenQ, maker of visual display and collaboration solutions, has introduced a new wireless presentation system designed for the education market. The InstaShow WDC20E allows users to share content from any device to a classroom's existing interactive display or projector at the touch of a button, with no network connection or special software required. Features include: Ability to handle up to 32 participants or input sources at a time; 4K video and 16-bit stereo audio capability; Connectivity to any device with an HDMI out port; Wireless connectivity for mobile devices via Apple Airpl...

02/26/21 In a recent survey from Barnes & Noble Education, the vast majority of college students (94 percent) said they think schools should charge less for online courses. In contrast, less than half of administrators and faculty (43 percent and 41 percent, respectively) believe the same. For the report, Barnes & Noble College Insights, the company's research arm, polled college students, faculty and administrators across the country about their experiences with online learning and campus closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. (It seems that students' belief that online courses don't have th...