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- Building Relationships and Student Engagement: What Students Really Want and Need From Professors - Terrance Hinton, Faculty FocusUpon learning that they had dropped the class, I went back through their assignments that they did complete. I came upon their first discussion board post, in which I typically ask each student to introduce themselves to their classmates with their name, location and future goals. I was embarrassed to learn that in reading back […]
- Enhance Your Life Certification Program - Professional Development Online Certifications and Credentials at a Discounted Rate, US ArmyThrough partnerships with AUSA’s National Partners and accredited universities, we offer a pathway to personal and professional development. Participants gain access to a range of online courses aimed at obtaining certifications and credentials that not only enhance their skills within the Army but also prepare them for advancement opportunities and smooth transitions into civilian careers.https://www.ausa.org/enhance-your-life-certification-program
- Technology for online learning providers: An ultimate guide - Telstra, AUMany people want to keep learning new things throughout their lives. So, they’re using online courses and training providers to help them learn new skills. Our recent research supports this. In Telstra’s Ideas for unlocking goliath productivity report [PDF, 473KB] report, it found training is just as important as flexible work. It’s especially valued among […]
- How Rising Higher Ed Costs Change Student Attitudes About College - Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge“We have a few people that are going to trade school, we have a few people that are going to the military, a few people who wrote ‘still deciding,’” said Lisa Beckham, a staffer for the counseling center, as she helped hand out markers in May as the school year was winding down. Others, she […]
- The Intelligence Age - Sam AltmanIt won’t happen all at once, but we’ll soon be able to work with AI that helps us accomplish much more than we ever could without AI; eventually we can each have a personal AI team, full of virtual experts in different areas, working together to create almost anything we can imagine. Our children will […]
- States Where Student Loan Delinquency Is Increasing the Most - Adam McCann, WalletHubOver the past year, student loan payments have come due with a vengeance (or at least with interest), as students have no longer been able to benefit from the multi-year payment moratorium started during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people have struggled to keep up, and being delinquent on student loans has damaged their credit scores […]
- Addressing evolving challenges to research security in the age of AI - Times Higher EducationAs technology continues to shape research practices, safeguarding research has become increasingly complex. Universities face many emerging challenges, including data security, regulatory changes and concerns around the use of AI. However, technological solutions are also evolving, empowering institutions to address these issues proactively. Times Higher Education hosted a webinar on the topic – in partnership […]
- OpenAI Hires Former Coursera Executive to Expand AI Use in Schools - Shirin Ghaffary, BloombergOpenAI has hired former Coursera Inc. executive Leah Belsky to be its first general manager of education, leading the artificial intelligence startup’s efforts to bring its products to more schools and classrooms. Belsky, previously the chief revenue officer at the online learning platform, will be tasked with boosting OpenAI’s engagement with instructors and students across […]
- Is AI Really a Threat to Higher Education? - Daniel Graham, Psychology TodayBut it is not just future AI programmers who stand to benefit from honing their cognitive skills in higher ed. It is the whole spectrum of knowledge workers from lawyers and doctors to teachers, managers, marketers, artists, and architects that will still need to use their brains to be creative and think critically. Yes, some […]
- A Near-Future Vision of AI in Higher Ed - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher EdThe state of the art of generative artificial intelligence is changing at lightning speed. Advances come by the hour, not just by the day. How might this play out in higher ed? To effectively envision the near future of generative AI in higher ed, we need to at least briefly consider the context of the […]
- Everything You Need to Know about AI Agents - Peter H. Diamandis interviews Emad MostaqueThe video talks about AI agents and the concept of AI Atlantis. AI Atlantis is a metaphor for the vast number of AI agents that are being created. These AI agents are like interns or grads who are still under development. They can be trained to do specific tasks such as translation, painting or SEO. […]
- Walmart Says 75% Of Its U.S. Roles Now Don’t Require Degrees—And Plans New Skills Project - Jena McGregor, ForbesOne thing that was clear from this year’s summit: The two issues chief human resources officers are most focused on right now are the impact of AI on individual jobs, workforces and even humans at large—and how to become more of a skills-based organization. On the latter issue, we spoke exclusively with Walmart’s chief people […]
- How You Become Irreplaceable In The Age Of AI - Forbes"The more different our capabilities are from the capabilities of AI, the more we can create value with AI, the more we can create synergies," Bornet explained. By developing these uniquely human traits, we create a complementarity with AI that allows us to generate more value than either humans or AI could alone. Being Change-Ready […]
- How AI and XR hold the key to inclusive STEM learning - Monica Arés, Open Access GovernmentDespite its vast potential, higher education has yet to fully harness the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR), and spatial computing. These technologies are poised to revolutionise our approach to knowledge, addressing challenges around student disengagement and rigid learning models – both of which pose as barriers to inclusion – by merging human […]
- Survey: When Should College Students Use AI? They’re Not Sure - Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher EdA May 2024 Student Voice survey from Inside Higher Ed and Generation Lab found that, when asked if they know when or how to use generative AI to help with coursework, a large number of undergraduates don’t know or are unsure (31 percent). Among students who did know when to use AI appropriately, that direction […]
- Online classrooms where students run the show: we tested how this unconventional model can work - Matthew Wingfield, Bettina von Lieres, Laurence Piper; the ConversationThis is a Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation meeting. The initiative was launched in 2020 as the COVID pandemic brought face-to-face learning to a grinding halt all over the world. We were teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on democratic participation and global development at Stellenbosch University (South Africa), the University of Toronto, Scarborough (Canada) […]
- Online learning’s future must balance innovation and values - Mary Hawkins, Nebraska ExaminerWhile demand for online education spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, research done through the Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) project indicates the market has not yet peaked in the post-secondary space. Considering that only 24% of public and 8% of private four-year schools say they “widely use” online learning, there’s plenty of room for […]
- New certificate program helps students unlock and understand artificial intelligence - Jen Schneider, Boise State NewsA new campus-wide certificate program, Artificial Intelligence for All, managed by the College of Innovation and Design, will equip students with the skills they need to navigate evolving AI technologies, to use them correctly and contend with the ethical dilemmas that arise through this powerful tool. The program, which launched this fall with an AI […]
- Three Artificial Intelligence Bills Endorsed by Federation of American Scientists Advance from the House Committee - Federation of American ScientistsThree proposed artificial intelligence bills endorsed by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a nonpartisan science think tank, advance forward from a House Science, Space, and Technology Committee markup held on September 11th, 2024. These bills received bipartisan support and will now be reported to the full chamber. The three bills are: H.R. 9403, the […]
- 2025 AI : 10 Things Coming In 2025 (A.I In 2025 Major Predictions) - the AIGridThe two most important points are that agents and voice assistants will see significant improvements. Agents are AI systems that can be instructed to do a variety of tasks. In the future, agents will be able to complete more complex tasks, and they will be able to take over user devices to perform actions like […]
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UPCEA Announces 2023 Diversity in Leadership Scholars
UPCEA is pleased to announce the 2023 cohort of Bethaida “Bea” González Diversity in Leadership Scholars. Representative and diverse leadership is a cornerstone of UPCEA’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusive Excellence. The goal of the Diversity Scholars program is to equip diverse professionals at any…
UPCEA Receives Grant from Walmart to Accelerate Growth of Credential Innovation in Higher Education
Significant grant will build capacity in higher ed for industry and learning ecosystem WASHINGTON (August 21, 2023) – UPCEA, the online and professional education association, is honored to receive a $395,000 grant from Walmart to accelerate work in the alternative credentials space with a project…
The Servant Leader in Higher Education
One of the greatest leaders in the history of the United States commonly closed his correspondence with “Your obedient servant, A. Lincoln.” There is much we in higher education can learn from Lincoln, not the least of which is his approach to leadership. He led…
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