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Unique biweekly insights and news review from Ray Schroeder, Senior Fellow at UPCEA.
You, Your Human Digital Twin and the Higher Ed Metaverse
The concept of a higher ed metaverse is less about replicating the brick-and-mortar university and more about creating a unique reality immersing learners in experiences, creativity sandboxes and assessments that enable learning. The emergence of the metaverse in education has been in development for some two decades. Progress has been slow, in part because of…
How AI and Associated Technologies Change the Role of Higher Ed
As artificial intelligence and associated technologies extend their influence in our society, the role of higher education must change. We can no longer prepare learners for static careers in unchanging fields. We are in the midst of profound change in the nature of employment worldwide. Fueled most recently by the pandemic, the nature of work,…
Collaboration Is Key to Successful Alternative Credential Creation
A tsunami of alternative credentials is emerging to meet the shifting learning needs of those in the workforce. Higher education is looking beyond the dwindling market of 18-year-olds to lifelong, professional and continuing ed to sustain enrollments. One million fewer students are enrolled in higher education in the U.S. than before the pandemic began. As Nathan…
Leadership in the Time of the Great Resignation
Much has been written about the Great Resignation; it is a phenomenon of profound significance. As leaders we need to look at ourselves, our own practices and peer/employee relationships, to clearly see the path forward. Month after month, the number of “quits” across industries and fields, including higher ed, continue to set new records. Clearly,…
Artificial Intelligence to Assist, Tutor, Teach and Assess in Higher Ed
Higher ed has not been immune to the “Great Resignation.” Many universities have long lists of open positions. We are on the cusp of filling some of those openings and more with cost-efficient, reliable, and effective Artificial Intelligence (AI). Higher education already employs artificial intelligence in a number of effective ways. Course and facilities scheduling;…
Google Enters Higher Ed in a Big Way
Two years ago, Google announced that it was launching a career certificate program that would provide all of the essentials to start a new career. The Google Career Certificate programs have exploded on the scene with millions of enrollments and expansion to community colleges. With lightning speed by higher ed standards, Google has conceived and launched a…
Ray Schroeder is Professor Emeritus, Associate Vice Chancellor for Online Learning at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) and Senior Fellow at UPCEA. Each year, Ray publishes and presents nationally on emerging topics in online and technology-enhanced learning. Ray’s social media publications daily reach more than 12,000 professionals. He is the inaugural recipient of the A. Frank Mayadas Online Leadership Award, recipient of the University of Illinois Distinguished Service Award, the United States Distance Learning Association Hall of Fame Award, and the American Journal of Distance Education/University of Wisconsin Wedemeyer Excellence in Distance Education Award 2016.