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05/13/21 In a recent survey, nearly three-quarters of students — 73 percent — said they would prefer to take some of their courses fully online post-pandemic. However, only half of faculty (53 percent) felt the same about teaching online. The fourth and final installment of Cengage's Digital Learning Pulse Survey, conducted by Bay View Analytics on behalf of the Online Learning Consortium, WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) and Canadian Digital Learning Research Association, polled 1,469 students and 1,286 f...

USIIC to organise webinar on cybersecurity tomorrow Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The U.S. India Importers’ Council (USIIC) under the aegis of the U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, will organise an international webinar on ‘Cybersecurity - the need of the hour’ at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. The webinar will be inaugurated by Consul General David J Ranz, U.S. Consulate General Mumbai, and the keynote address will be delivered by Edna Conway, chief security and risk officer, Azure, Microsoft Corporation, HQ, Seattle. Other speakers include Jen Cohen, VP, Toyota Resear...

Appointments have been announced for two senior leadership roles supporting the University’s strategic ambitions. Following an open international recruitment process, Professor Neil Morris has been formally appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Digital Transformation, having held the role in an interim capacity since last October.  Professor Jeff Grabill will be joining Leeds from Michigan State University, USA, as Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Student Education, on 1 August.  Currently Associate Provost for Teaching, Learning and Technology at MSU, as well as Director of the Hub for Innovation in ...

The survey includes responses from 772 teaching faculty, 514 academic administrators and 1,413 students who were registered at a U.S. higher education institution for both the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters. The results will be discussed in a Cengage webcast tomorrow. The majority of students, 73 percent, "somewhat" or "strongly" (46 percent) agreed that they would like to take some fully online courses in the future. A slightly smaller number of students, 68 percent, indicated they would be interested in taking courses offering a combination of in-person and online instruction. For i...

Share this article Share this article BOSTON, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The higher education industry navigated many challenges over the last year, including the transition to online learning. As students, faculty and administrators reflect on the last year, the majority actually give pandemic learning a decent grade. In fact, more students gave pandemic learning an "A" grade, while more faculty and administrators gave it a "B" grade, according to the fourth and final installment of the Digital Learning Pulse Survey, a four-part series to better understand the needs of colleges during C...