Techno-News Blog. Chatbots assist people daily with everything from ordering pizza to dealing with customer service issues. So, it’s no surprise that higher education institutions are embracing them to interact with their No. 1 customer: students. More...
Education needs innovation to keep it fresh. Can social learning environments provide the boost?
Techno-News Blog. Much of today’s established working population comes from an era that offered only static learning using limited resources. Most of us had to be self-motivated and acquire skills on the job to emerge as high-performers. More...
Parcoursup : l’importance du vœu de préférence
Dernière ligne droite avant d’en finir avec Parcoursup. Les lycéens ont jusqu’au samedi 31 mars pour finaliser leur dossier et confirmer leurs vœux. Contrairement à l’ancienne procédure d’admission post-bac, Parcoursup ne propose pas de classer ses vœux par ordre de préférence mais simplement d’indiquer son vœu favori dans l’onglet « Préférence ». Plus...
« Stop aux violences sexistes et sexuelles dans l’enseignement supérieur »
Dès la rentrée 2018, les universités devront être dotées d’une cellule d’écoute pour les victimes de violences sexistes et/ou sexuelles. Plus...
Le nouveau Service public territorial est arrivé !
Race and Gender Bias in Online Courses
Techno-News Blog. Many proponents of online education have speculated that the digital learning environment might be a meritocracy, where students are judged not on their race or gender, but on the comments they post. A study being released today by the Center for Education Policy Analysis at Stanford University, however, finds that bias appears to be strong in online course discussions. More...
Professor on online activities: They get ‘students talking more and me talking less’
Techno-News Blog. Last fall, University of Alberta school of business accounting professor Michael Maier experimented with his traditional lecture delivery, giving students the opportunity to watch short videos on technical topics outside of class time. His use of videos is one example of how business professors at U of A – and elsewhere – are experimenting with technology to imagine variations on the traditional lecture format. More...
4 Things to Know About the Gadget That Will Charge Devices in Seconds
Techno-News Blog. Highgate’s team has created a material that amps up the potential of supercapacitors – devices that can both charge up and release their energy rapidly. Their capacitance for storing energy is “super” because it’s both electrostatic and electromechanical. More...
Using Data to Expose Industry Needs — and Design Degree Programs Accordingly
Techno-News Blog. Here’s a university that started planning its degree programs with the end in mind: making sure students had what they needed to find and keep a good job in their field. To get a bead on opportunities in the field of business analytics education, Montclair State University turned to a team of internal data experts to figure out what a new education program should cover — the very same people who would eventually be teaching its courses. More...
More than Half of U.S. Employees Fear Losing Their Job to Robots
Techno-News Blog. Forty-two percent of managers believe that the adoption of robotics and automation will result in the elimination of jobs. And just 18 percent said that automation will help to create jobs. According to the report, a mix of hard and soft skills is key for employees to outperform robots. More...