Center Named for Chancellor Kirwan
(Adelphi, Md., April 20, 2015) – At a tribute for retiring Chancellor William E. "Brit" Kirwan, the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Board of Regents announced that it is naming the Center for Academic Innovation for Kirwan.
Technology's Role in Higher Ed
On Tuesday, February 24th, Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard and Montgomery College Innovation Works invited viewers to join in this engaging discussion about change and innovation in higher education.
The program was moderated by Chief Innovation Officer of Montgomery County Dan Hoffman. Panelists included Dr. MJ Bishop director of the Center for Academic Innovation, ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø and Dr. Shelli Fowler senior director of Networked Pedagogies and Professional Development at Virginia Tech University.
Dr. Bishop Presents at LearnLaunch 2015
Across Boundaries: Delivering on Edtech’s Promise
The purpose of Across Boundaries is to promote dialogue about digital learning. Our 3rd annual conference will examine how the most promising digital tools are being implemented in educational settings to increase student learning. The conference brought together a diverse set of voices to discuss the most challenging questions facing the edtech industry today.
Dr. Bishop participated on the panel entitled, College of the Future: How Edtech is Pushing Instructional Models
Academic Transformation Leaders Meet to Discuss How to Drive Change in Higher Education
(Adelphi, Md., Dec. 5, 2014) – The ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø's Center for Academic Innovation at its inaugural Leading Academic Change Summit, co-hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, identified two leading barriers to academic innovation: shortage of funding and institutional culture.
M.O.S.T. Call for Faculty Participation
The Kirwan Center and the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Student Council are collaborating on the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative, which is providing interested faculty with opportunities to explore the feasibility of adopting open-source materials for use in their courses.
ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø seeks to cut students' textbook costs
The average American student pays about $1,200 a year for books alone. An experiment currently underway is turning up some hopeful results. In effect, professors would be encouraged to put class material online instead of charging students hundreds of dollars for a printed textbook.
Open-source texts take root at Md. colleges
BALTIMORE — An experiment with open-source online textbooks at several ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø universities last semester yielded promising results, and officials are preparing to expand the program this fall.
Can MOOCs Help Professors Teach Traditional Courses More Efficiently?
Using free online materials such as massive open online courses in traditional classes can help colleges teach more efficiently without harming students, according to a long-awaited report from Ithaka S+R, an education-technology nonprofit group, and the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø.
College textbook forecast: Radical change ahead
Unsustainable costs, a digital landscape and low-cost alternatives force change to the textbook industry.
Should you Mooc and match?
The non-profit research organisation Ithaka S+R this month released its highly anticipated report on its work with the institutions in the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø, which for the past 18 months have experimented with courseware from Carnegie Mellon University, Coursera and Pearson in face-to-face courses.
