With our "Interesting Reads" blog posts, the EDUCAUSE Policy Office highlights recent articles on federal policy issues and developments that are directly relevant to members or provide insights on higher education policy in general.
- Why Instructional Designers are Underutilized, Inside Higher Ed, November 1, 2017. (Inside Higher Ed conducted a survey and found only one-fourth of faculty members work with designers on online course development, and experts say that isn't surprising)
- Should Online Instructors Be Online Students? Inside Higher Ed, November 1, 2017. (Do faculty members need the experience of taking an online course to be capable of instructing one?)
- Hacked from the Inside, Inside Higher Ed, November 1, 2017. (Students are using cheap devices to steal professors' passwords and change their grades)
- At Educause Meeting, IT Professionals Discuss Misconceptions on Campuses, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 1, 2017. (Chronicle interviewed IT professionals at EDUCAUSE's annual conference about the common misperceptions of IT on campuses)
- A Data Paradox, Inside Higher Ed, November 2, 2017. (Tech companies have more data than ever before, but they struggle with the strategic and ethical issues of using that data)
- Ed-Tech Professionals Share What Keeps Them Up at Night, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 2, 2017. (At EDUCAUSE's annual conference, IT professionals in higher ed are asked about what concerns them for their campuses)
- Want to Improve Technology on Your Campus? Ask Users What They Want, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 6, 2017. (One university's professors, administrators, and tech staff found common ground after an effort to improve a classroom control panel)
- It's All in the Data, Inside Higher Ed, November 8, 2017. (Officials at the University System of Maryland believe new data collection standards will improve retention and graduation rates of its diverse student body)
- Campus IT Leaders Survey Reveals Low Usage of Digital Technologies, Inside Higher Ed, November 8, 2017. (Survey by the Campus Computing Project found slow-growing implementation of educational technologies on college campuses)
- Why Faculty Members Still Aren't Sure What to Make of Education Technology, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 9, 2017. (Faculty deals with both skepticism and enthusiasm for education technology)
- Online Learning Research Database Launched, Inside Higher Ed, November 10, 2017. (Oregon State University Ecampus has launched a database of research of the efficacy of online learning, called the Online Learning Efficacy Research Database)
EDUCAUSE Policy tracks and analyzes the issues likely to have the greatest impact on higher education IT and works with members to inform public and campus policy development.