Will artificial intelligence replace teaching or make faculty even more human? Reported by EdSurge, Penn State University educators helped paint a picture at the EDUCAUSE national conference of how artificial intelligence and machine learning will help complement and support the work of faculty in the classroom. These include faculty using AI recommendation engines to discover […]
Online Education is Still a Hyper-Local Play
More than 75% of online students still choose to enroll at an institution within 100 miles of their home. Reported by EdSurge, despite how widely available online degrees now are, students are still choosing familiar brands close to their backyard. The takeaway? Just because your online students “can” come from anywhere, doesn’t mean they “will” […]
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How New York University Manages Online Program Quality
Many in higher ed are excited about the scalability potential of online courses, but it’s important not to treat these courses with a set-it-and-forget-it mentality. Content changes. Technology changes. Ever-evolving fields like engineering, especially, need to have the most up-to-date software and technology. So tt’s vital that schools come back and look at these courses, […]
Computer Science Students Moving Beyond Coding
Reported by Inside Higher Ed, most computer science majors aren’t looking to code their entire lives. That’s why institutions like MIT are pushing their faculty members to become “bilinguals”, interdisciplinary specialists who have their feet in both computation and another discipline, better matching the real-world applications of computer science. The takeaway? With more and more […]
Does Innovation Stifle Academic Creativity?
Reported by EdSurge, when faculty hear about a new technological innovation sweeping higher ed, many are concerned of it furthering the commoditization of higher education. That the more our accrediting bodies force identical learning outcomes, and the more we play in the same technologies and systems, the less creative our faculty are able to be. […]
College Rankings vs. College Engagement
A new study by Stanford University claims college rankings don’t help students pick their right-fit institution. Reported by Inside Higher Ed, this Stanford analysis claims that student success is much more correlated with how engaged a student is at an institution, and therefore, one should select an institution that they know they will work hard […]
STEM Skills, Not Graduates in High Demand
Some STEM graduates have seen their salaries decline by as much as 50% in the past 10 years. Reported by EAB, a recent paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research hypothesizes that this proves specific skills, not specific workers or degree graduates are actually in demand. The takeaway? How do we move to a […]
MIT Enters the AI Game
MIT is entering the AI Game. Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is spending $1 billion on a new college devoted to the study of artificial intelligence – both the technologies AI will help create, and the ethical challenges those creations will entail. The takeaway? As AI continues to […]
Is Morality a Better Market Skills Than Coding?
Is morality a better market skill than coding? Reported by EAB, panelists at the recent Qatar Foundation conference argued that philosophy, ethics and morality will be the skillsets of the most successful global workers, not coding or programming. Similar arguments from writers like Seth Godin have suggested that since Americans will never win the low-cost […]
Designing the Future Higher Ed Campus at The University of Maryland
As universities are striving to increase student collaboration, Dr. Scott Roberts is succeeding. He started at the beginning. In the classroom. He believes traditional learning spaces were designed with the teacher in mind, so they could speak at students. Collaboration was never a component of the traditional lecture hall setup. That’s all changing at The […]