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    Report: Together, Federal Funding, States, and Internet Providers Can Close the Digital Divide for the Greater Good

    A new report from digital media advocacy organization Common Sense Media and the Boston Consulting Group, "Closing the Digital Divide Benefits Everyone, Not Just the Disconnected," examines how bringing internet connectivity to all results in broader benefits to society, using federal funds, with states and internet providers cooperating. 12/13/2022

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    D2L Names Stephen Laster President

    Learning technology company D2L has announced the promotion and appointment of Stephen Laster as president. 12/13/2022

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    New in Bentley University's Undergraduate Core: "Living in the Metaverse"

    Why is learning about the metaverse important to first-year college students? Here, two Bentley University faculty meet with CT to explain how their unique course offering on the metaverse supports the goals of the institution's new undergraduate core curriculum. 12/12/2022

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    Mainstay Offers AI Survey Tool to Support First-Year and Returning Student Wellbeing

    Student engagement platform Mainstay has introduced an AI real-time pulse survey tool to help colleges and universities gauge how their first-year and returning students are doing and address needs and challenges immediately to help them succeed. 12/09/2022

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    AWS Machine Learning University Launches Free AI Educator Program

    Starting in January 2023, Amazon Web Services Machine Learning University will offer a free AI educator enablement program prioritizing community colleges, minority-serving institutions, and historically Black colleges and universities in the United States, to help these institutions prioritize teaching database, artificial intelligence, and machine learning concepts to historically underserved students. 12/08/2022

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    Middle Tennessee State University Creates Self-Help Interface for Faculty AV Support

    With a campus of 55 buildings containing over 420 AV-equipped and over 1,000 university-owned PCs, Middle Tennessee State University found it difficult for technology support staff to respond in person to numerous requests for help, many of which were simple problems. So MTSU's AV control system programmers developed an AV user interface for their Extron TouchLink Pro touch panels to take care of routine AV system operation and minor troubleshooting. 12/08/2022

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    ReadSpeaker Text-to-Speech Offerings Now Total 245 Voices and 68 Languages

    Integrated text-to-speech provider ReadSpeaker has announced its audio library now features 245 voices and 68 languages, including some considered threatened and endangered, with new ones continually being developed by on-staff linguists and language experts. 12/08/2022

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    High School Graduates Not Prepared for College or Career Decisions, National Survey Finds

    According to a new survey from college and career readiness company YouScience, "75% of high school graduates are not ready to make college and career decisions. This is despite the fact that the National Center for Education Statistics reported that in the 2018-2019 school year, the graduation rate for high schools was 86%, the highest it had been since 2010." 12/06/2022

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    Intelitek Debuts SmartCart 4.0 Robotics Education Platform

    Tech training company Intelitek has debuted SmartCart 4.0, a fully integrated, all-inclusive robotics education platform. 12/05/2022

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    Reimagining Courseware from an Equity-First Perspective

    Earlier this year, Lumen Learning announced a partnership with Howard University to help develop equity-centered learning solutions for a new statistics course and platform. We spoke with Dr. Morris Thomas, assistant provost for digital and online learning and director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning & Assessment at Howard, and Kim Thanos, founder and CEO of Lumen Learning, about developing courseware with an equity-first perspective, giving students multiple pathways to success, building in support for faculty, and more. 12/05/2022

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  • Reimagining Courseware from an Equity-First Perspective

    Earlier this year, Lumen Learning announced a partnership with Howard University to help develop equity-centered learning solutions for a new statistics course and platform. We spoke with Dr. Morris Thomas, assistant provost for digital and online learning and director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning & Assessment at Howard, and Kim Thanos, founder and CEO of Lumen Learning, about developing courseware with an equity-first perspective, giving students multiple pathways to success, building in support for faculty, and more. 12/05/2022

  • Campus Technology Insider Podcast December 2022

    Earlier this year, Lumen Learning announced a partnership with Howard University to help develop equity-centered learning solutions for a new statistics course and platform. We spoke with Dr. Morris Thomas, assistant provost for digital and online learning and director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning & Assessment at Howard, and Kim Thanos, founder and CEO of Lumen Learning, about developing courseware with an equity-first perspective, giving students multiple pathways to success, building in support for faculty, and more. 12/05/2022

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    Texas Proposes Sharing Information Security Expertise Across Higher Ed and State Agencies

    The Texas Department of Information Resources, in its newly released Biennial Performance Report, has asked the state legislature to make it easier for higher education institutions and other state agencies to have dedicated information security officers by allowing them to share ISOs regionally. 12/01/2022

  • Promethean Acquires Digital Whiteboard App Explain Everything

    Interactive display maker Promethean has acquired the digital whiteboard platform Explain Everything, which allows users to create lessons, activities, and interactive presentations on any mobile device. 11/29/2022

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    10 Common Cloud Strategy Mistakes to Avoid, According to Gartner

    The definition of a cloud strategy is fairly straight-forward: Gartner calls it "a concise viewpoint on the role of cloud computing in the organization." Still, within that simple statement there is a lot of room for error, says the research and advisory firm, asserting that "business and IT leaders continue to make 10 common mistakes when crafting their cloud strategy." 11/28/2022

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    Georgetown Launches Bachelor's Completion Program on Coursera

    Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies has partnered with Coursera to offer a new pathway to degree completion for adult learners. 11/28/2022

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    U Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Partners with Helios Consulting to Offer Rise Apprenticeship Program

    The University of Minnesota (UMN)'s College of Liberal Arts (CLA) has announced a partnership with Helios Consulting to offer graduates a chance to gain human resource technology skills through paid employment and training in its Rise Program, an apprenticeship designed to prepare students for a career in the Workday ecosystem. 11/23/2022

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    Meta Partners with UK Startup Bodyswaps to Bring VR Learning to 100 Colleges and Universities

    UK virtual reality (VR) soft skills company Bodyswaps and Meta Immersive Learning have announced a partnership to give 100 colleges and universities across the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, France, and Belgium access to VR hardware and software through $150 million in grants from Meta and Bodyswaps' full soft skills learning library. 11/22/2022