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APUS Honors Faculty for Advocating Open Educational Resources to Enhance Student Success

By on June 14, 2018 in Access and Affordability, Student Retention, Technology

Innovative institutions of higher learning are increasingly incorporating Open Educational Resources (OER) in their curricula to improve instruction and lower students’ education costs.

OER brings together teaching, learning and resource materials in any medium that have been released under an open license. Open Educational Resources include textbooks, curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation products. In 2017, APUS converted 222 courses to OER.

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Ken Williams cyber defense

APUS’s Recognition as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education: Why It Matters

By on May 23, 2018 in Accountability, Online Education, Technology

In mid-April 2018, APUS received the highly anticipated news of its designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE) through 2023 by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). By achieving this coveted status, the university joins an elite group of approximately 200+ schools nationwide, further strengthening its cyber programs and enabling graduates to enhance their industry qualifications with prospective employers. In fact, we first established the APUS Center for Cyber Defense in mid-2017 in support of our pursuit of this rigorous certification and national standard for maintaining quality of cybersecurity education.

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Stacey Little APICS

APUS Collaborates with APICS to Close the Skills Gap in the Logistics and Supply Chain Field

By on May 16, 2018 in Accountability, Innovation, Online Education

Almost daily, all of us have some experience with transportation and logistics. They are the distribution elements of the supply chain that bring the products we desire to the places we shop or dine, or directly to our door. Logistics is a fundamental component of most businesses. Consumer demand, coupled with globalization, has boosted related career opportunities.

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Danny Welsch WeatherSTEM

APUS Innovation and Research Featured at the Policy Studies Organization’s Dupont Summit

By on December 7, 2017 in Online Education, Technology, Trends in Higher Education

APUS showcased a variety of faculty research and innovation at the Policy Studies Organization’s recent 10th annual Dupont Summit in Washington, D.C. This year’s conference proved to be an excellent event for APUS faculty to showcase the advances in online higher education about which we are most passionate.

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machine platform crowd digital future Wally Boston

A Review of Machine Platform Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future

By on August 8, 2017 in Book Reviews, Business of Education, Technology

When I read that Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson, co-authors of The Second Machine Age, were releasing another book, I ordered it. While the topic of how technology will change our lives is no longer as fresh a concept as it was when they released The Second Machine Age in January 2014, their latest tome focuses more on the economic impact of technology today and in the future.

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