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From determining a remote learning strategy to planning for the new normal and enabling standards-based practices, these five phases describe the progress institutions are making toward excellence in teaching and learning online.
05/13/2020
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This fall, California State University will be keeping most of its institutions' courses online, in response to the ongoing health and safety concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.
05/13/2020
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Western Governors University has teamed up with a bootcamp provider to convert credentials into credits. WGU is working with Kenzie Academy, which runs year-long online and in-person programs in software engineering and user experience engineering.
05/13/2020
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Four university systems have been accepted into a program that will deliver professional development to their faculty as part of improving student achievement.
05/12/2020
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While many students have lost their internships for the summer over COVID-19 closures, a group of companies has come together to put coding students to work. Major League Hacking and GitHub have announced a remote internship program to support young developers by getting them involved with coding projects.
05/11/2020
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The University of Arizona plans to resume in-person classes this fall, after the state began statewide antibody testing with help of the university.
05/11/2020
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A new set of guidelines from the American College Health Association has provided a run-down of key considerations for safely reopening institutions of higher education as the COVID-19 pandemic slows.
05/11/2020
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Upcoming events include TDWI Virtual Summit, SANSFIRE 2020, and OLC Innovate 2020.
05/11/2020
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Does research at your institution have the visibility and impact it could? A new class of open source tools can be used to create a modernized, 21st century 'digital research ecosystem' that will help faculty and graduate researchers advance their research objectives and gain recognition for their work.
05/11/2020
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College and university advancement teams are evolving their strategies to help their institutions persist through uncertain times. Here are five examples to learn from.
05/08/2020
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When the University of Pennsylvania moved to virtual instruction for all classes and provided students with a pass/fail option, it turned to business process management software from BP Logix to automate the resulting workflow change in the registrar’s office.
05/08/2020
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is launching a new interdisciplinary institute on AI.
05/07/2020
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The University of Arizona has expedited plans to launch a global campus, involving other institutions of higher education on five continents, to reach international students whose plans have been disrupted by COVID-19-induced campus closures, international travel restrictions or visa moratoriums.
05/07/2020
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A new report has identified five areas where colleges and universities will have to develop strength in order to woo future generations of international students: social engineering, sustainability, mindfulness, savvy use of technology and the ability to deliver a "transnational" education.
05/07/2020
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Video management company Panopto has launched a free tool to allow teachers and instructors to create and share recordings of their presentations and lectures.
05/07/2020
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Three universities have gone public with their use of remote laboratory equipment from National Instruments (NI) to give students hands-on practice with live data and instrumentation, even as they made the switch from in-person to remote classes.
05/06/2020
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Thunderbird School of Global Management, a school within Arizona State University, is planning for a robot-filled graduation. The institution will be using telepresence robots equipped with a tablet computer to provide video and audio of the graduating seniors.
05/06/2020
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MOOCs — massive open online courses — have become a major part of the online learning conversation with the advent of school closures due to coronavirus. Class Central, a site that tracks and catalogs the online learning platform segment, reported a "surge" of attention on MOOCs beginning on March 15, a date when "social distancing" became part of the common language.
05/06/2020