The Macro View on Microlearning

The Macro View on Microlearning

Professor Semingson at the University of Texas at Arlington published a piece recently related to how microlearning can engage non-traditional students. To see the full article by Prof. Semingson please visit the link at the end of this post. Before we get too far,...
Students want more real-time information about progress

Students want more real-time information about progress

Education Dive reports on a new study by Blackboard relating to measuring the impacts on learning performance of using mobile notifications – a feature we’ve had available in Junction since 2015. Researchers found that students were particularly interested...
Campus View:  Chasing Graduation

Campus View: Chasing Graduation

Today’s post is brought to you by Kevin Hernandez, a student at Williams College who has joined the Junction team for his summer internship. Look out for additional pieces from Kevin this summer. Today is the day. You have received multiple reminders that you need to...
College Students are Digital Natives?  Not so fast…

College Students are Digital Natives? Not so fast…

Paul Feldman, CEO of Jisc, recently published a piece evaluating the digital readiness for the workplace of today’s college students. The results are illuminating, to say the least. …this year’s edition of Jisc’s student digital experience survey shows...
Driving Institutional Progress, First Stop = Engaging Faculty

Driving Institutional Progress, First Stop = Engaging Faculty

When you speak with students on college campuses and ask them to reflect upon their experiences often the first thing that comes to mind is their experience, good and bad, with individual instructors in courses that they’ve taken. What doesn’t come to...