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Kahoot! has begun offering free access to the "premium" version of its game-based learning software. This move comes in response to the number of schools and colleges that are shifting to online education to minimize face-to-face contact during the coronavirus pandemic.
03/12/2020
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Each year researchers at Carnegie Mellon University run a flu forecasting process to provide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with data that can help scientists understand timing, peak and intensity of that year's flu season, which typically runs from October through May. This year, however, at the request of the CDC, the researchers will stay on the job into summer since scientists don't yet know whether COVID-19 will follow the same cycle of subsiding as the weather warms up.
03/12/2020
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The country's largest community college system, Los Angeles Community College District, announced this week that it is moving as many courses as possible to online formats across its nine colleges, at least until April 13.
03/12/2020
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The University of California, Irvine has opened a public wiki where colleges and universities can find information about how to run an esports program based on UCI's own experiences.
03/12/2020
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In the face of coronavirus, institutions large and small, public and private, two-year and four-year are canceling classes for the foreseeable future to reduce the likelihood of face-to-face interactions as much as possible.
03/11/2020
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Among adult learners, people with no college experience at all are far less likely to want to return to school — even if time or money were no object, according to a survey from higher ed research firm Eduventures.
03/11/2020
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Oregon State University's College of Engineering has deployed six new supercomputers to support research and education on campus.
03/10/2020
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Boot camp provider Flatiron School has introduced a scholarship program intended to draw in more students from under-represented groups.
03/10/2020
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Two cybersecurity reports that highlight mobile device risks — one from Verizon and the other from NetScout Systems — have also touched on education in their findings.
03/10/2020
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Worldwide health concerns aside, cybersecurity is the "most daunting challenge," according to a survey of engineers around the globe.
03/10/2020
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Blackboard has announced it will sell its Open LMS business to workplace digital learning and talent management company Learning Technologies Group.
03/10/2020
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The Flipped Learning Global Initiative has launched a free online course to help instructors and institutions that need to make a quick move to remote learning.
03/09/2020
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The SXSW EDU conference has been called off, owing to fears over the coronavirus. SXSW EDU is an annual education-focused event held in Austin, TX, the week before the main SXSW festival, which has also been canceled.
03/09/2020
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How can you push students to become more creative? It's not necessarily something that can be taught explicitly; however, it can become an implicit element in the activities you have students do. That was the topic for two University of Missouri researchers who concluded that mobile technology can enhance student learning and creativity if it's used appropriately.
03/09/2020
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Upcoming events include SANS 2020, the NACCU Annual Conference 2020, and Textbook Affordability Conference.
03/09/2020
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Bentley University's Senior Lecturer of Computer Information Systems and Director of that university's CIS Sandbox considers computational thinking in relation to digital literacy. How can we adjust digital literacy programs to address the growing need for problem solving skills and the ability to use data to identify patterns and processes that lead to better solutions?
03/09/2020
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Researchers at Augusta University are creating an app that will allow users to assess their COVID-19 infection risk at home in minutes, based on how they feel and where they've been.
03/06/2020
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The Educause 2020 Horizon Report has identified 15 social, technological, higher education and political trends that are influencing teaching and learning in higher ed today — and will have a lasting impact on tomorrow.
03/05/2020