Wired Campus

Concerns about Yik Yak and analysis of MOOCs and online teaching were among the most popular stories this past year on our Wired Campus blog.

The Chronicle is seeking suggestions for our annual feature on people trying to solve big problems facing campuses with the help of technology.

The technology has powerful implications in distance learning. At the University of Maryland, researchers are using it in projects involving health care, public safety, and education.

Managing the creation of a tenure portfolio can be a daunting task. But one professor up for tenure argues that an organized mind-set, judicious use of technology, and a simple workflow for managing information can make the task bearable — even fun.

New support by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities comes thanks to a $4.6-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

On Monday, Google announced it planned to turn its machine-learning software, called TensorFlow, into open-source code.

Institutions are expanding the scope and role of their academic-technology centers to put more focus on student success, a survey of center directors finds.

Even though officials say their top priority is integrating information technology into teaching, only 17 percent of campuses include instructional IT efforts in their faculty review and promotion processes, a survey found.

Though the media hype surrounding massive open online courses has waned, interest in the courses themselves isn’t tapering off, according to a new report.

Using funds from a $2.5-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Online Learning Consortium will award the prizes to faculty teams and to institutions.