Curriculum Trends in Higher Education

Curriculum Trends in Higher Education

As the new school year begins, we expect to see more of the following curriculum trends in higher education: Integrating curricular and co-curricular learning As K-12 schools receive less funding for the arts, community-based learning initiatives are on the rise. Many...
Virtual Reality Technology: Changing the Education Industry Rapidly

Virtual Reality Technology: Changing the Education Industry Rapidly

Virtual reality technology is at the forefront of educational reform and rapidly changing the way society educates. Many years ago, the cost of virtual reality technology was too high to be integrated into the public and private school systems, but recent advancements...
Supplemental Materials in Curriculum Development

Supplemental Materials in Curriculum Development

How can we help teachers excite students? For that matter, how can we help teachers get excited? One way is through the use of supplemental materials that help students learn textbook information in different ways. If we rely on textbooks to help teachers teach, we...
Three Qualities of a Great Content Writer

Three Qualities of a Great Content Writer

Today’s headlines seem to focus on everything that’s wrong with education. “American Schools vs. the World: Expensive, Unequal, Bad at Math”–The Atlantic “Wake-Up Call: U.S. Students Trail Global Leaders”–nbcnews.com “Obama Administration Spent Billions to Fix Failing...
How to Create Bias Free Educational Course Content

How to Create Bias Free Educational Course Content

It is impossible to be completely objective. Creating bias free content is challenging. Our experiences and beliefs create a lens through which we view the world. This lens can subconsciously create biases. A bias occurs when we favor one thing or one person over...
Importance of Developmental Editing in the Content Creation Process

Importance of Developmental Editing in the Content Creation Process

Content development involves more than researching the specified area and deciding which components of that area are worth developing into a deliverable, whether that be a course, a blog, an editorial, a handout, etc.  It involves a team dedicated to the delivery of a...