Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Recently, I began dubbing the current generation of students the “Netflix Generation.” They learn when they want, and expect learning resources to be available when and where they need them. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In a ballet studio near Downtown Orlando, they’re giving new meaning to the term “modern dance.” The techniques are ones you’d expect, but the students are not. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Reskilling and upskilling will become lifelong pursuits in a technology-driven future, forcing qualifications to become “bite-sized” with “just-in-time” delivery, according to one of the world’s pioneers in the global phenomena that is free online learning, or Massive Open Online Courses. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Van Andel Education Institute (VAEI) has launched a new scientific inquiry platform, called NexGen Inquiry — which guides students through the scientific method and lets them conduct investigations and journal their progress. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Artificial intelligence (AI) machines will be soon able to sustain a conversation with humans. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. After establishing a new office of online education earlier this year, UC San Diego recently unveiled plans to develop massive open online courses—or MOOCs—to better prepare workers for jobs in two specialized tech sectors. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Whether you know it or not, most educators have already started creating their own open educational resources (OER) in the form of tests, handouts, and presentations. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. US massive open online course provider Coursera is creating closer ties with employers, aiming to set up a network of companies which will help fund new courses as well as offering industry expertise, specialist guest lecturers and student case studies. More...
A computer science team at the University of Texas at Austin has found that robots evolve more quickly and efficiently after a virtual mass extinction modelled after real-life disasters such as the one that killed off the dinosaurs. Beyond its implications for artificial intelligence, the research supports the idea that mass extinctions actually speed up evolution by unleashing new creativity in adaptations, reports UT News.
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Two recent studies into ancient animal extinction appear to diametrically contradict each other, after a new university study claimed it was humans, and not climate change, that caused the demise of mammoths, sabre-tooth tigers and other ancient species, reports RT.
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