Social media is embedded in our culture. Online users regularly visit multiple sites each day to interact with their online community of family and friends, post and distribute content, and consume information. Social media sites are databases where our students go to communicate before and during class sessions. More...
The secret to edtech adoption? Make it easy
Today’s traditional college students come from the generation of digital natives, meaning they are generally incredibly fast learners when it comes to new technologies. More...
4 ways to address major risks to college opportunity
Rising tuition prices and student debt loads have come to dominate the debate over the future of higher education in the United States–but the risk to college opportunity goes well beyond that, according to a new report. More...
How iPASS worked in supporting student success—The two sides of the coin: technology & people
Increasing student success has moved high on the priority list at many institutions of higher education in the last five plus years. In their latest articulation of their vision, institutions have framed specific outcomes in student success. They have issued calls to action to measurably improve the institutional capability to help students complete their education. More...
The humanities are in crisis
People have been proclaiming the imminent extinction of the humanities for decades. A best-selling volume in 1964 warned that a science-focused world left no room for humane pursuits, even as Baby Boomers began to flood the English and history departments of new universities. Allan Bloom warned about academics putting liberal ideology before scholarship in 1987; humanities degrees quickly rose. While coverage of individual academic disciplines like musicology, history, or comparative literature often deals with the substance of scholarship, talk of the humanities in general always seems to focus on their imminent extinction. In 2010, Wayne Bivens-Tatum provided a useful walk through the first 50 years of the humanities crisis, until about 1980. Because of this long history, I’ve always been skeptical of claims that the humanities are in retreat. More...
« Former à l’ère de l’intelligence artificielle. »
L’AROFE (Agence Régionale de la Formation et l’Emploi) organise une conférence débat sur le thème "Former à l’ère de l’Intelligence Artificielle" le jeudi 27 septembre de 14h00 à Poitiers. Plus...https://screenshots.firefox.com/VOCc25HzpdvwccSh/www.arftlv.org
Formations et diplômes délivrés par l'Institut national de l'audiovisuel
L'Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) dispense, en formation initiale ou continue, un enseignement supérieur visant la maîtrise des problématiques, des usages et des techniques du secteur audiovisuel, du son dans le secteur de la radio et de la télévision et désormais de la création de contenus animés, audiovisuels et interactifs (graphisme). Plus...Welcome students, let’s talk about Confederate statues
Also known as the University of the South, the liberal-arts school in the Tennessee mountains was conceived by slave owners who didn’t want their sons going North for an education, and many ex-Confederates taught there after the Civil War. More...
Mentors play critical role in quality of college experience
In order to have a rewarding college experience, students should build a constellation of mentors. More...
Alexa Fund invests in student scientists and entrepreneurs
We're thrilled to announce that we have selected 18 universities from around the world as recipients of the 2018-2019 Amazon Alexa Fellowship, fueling the future of conversational AI research, education, and entrepreneurship. More...