By: eCampus News, Cheryl Cyrus

Last year, in its final annual report on online learning, the Babson Survey Research Group found that the number of U.S. higher education students taking at least one online course reached 5.8 million (nearly one half taking all their classes online). More than one quarter (28 percent) of all students enrolled in higher ed took at least one online course.

This is a continuation of the long-term trend that the survey has identified. With online education having gone mainstream...

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By: Autumn A. Arnett

If 60 full-time faculty members each retained one additional student per course who would have otherwise dropped out, the college could stand to gain an additional $1.6 million per year in revenue.

Wallace Community College Dean of Instruction, Tony Holland used these numbers in his presentation during the American Association of Community Colleges meeting this week in New Orleans to illustrate the need for institutions to focus more heavily on professional development of faculty as a direct impact on the bottom line.

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By: Josh Constine

Instagram wants to be the photo app for the whole world, even if you can't or won't download it. In pursuit of international growth where networks are slow and data is expensive, Instagram has given its mobile website a massive upgrade that adds core features of the main app, including photo sharing and a lightweight version of the Explore tab.

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