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In a recent study, a team of researchers from Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology found that creating computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments could help students identify common characteristics and life experiences they share with peers, which can build community and increase the likelihood that students remain in the program. More...
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Quantum Computing Explained at the University of Illinois Springfield
Quantum courses have been around for a while, but today, the theories are becoming reality. More...
Governments take first, tentative steps at regulating AI
State legislatures in New York and New Jersey have proposed legislation that represents the first, tentative steps at regulation. More...
Teaching Students How To Use Digital Literacy To Find A Job
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AI passes theory of mind test by imagining itself in another’s shoes
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What Kids Need to Learn to Succeed in 2050 – The art of reinvention will be the most critical skill of this century
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2019’s Most & Least Educated Cities in America
To determine where the most educated Americans are putting their degrees to work, WalletHub compared the 150 largest metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, across 11 key metrics. More...
What Amazon’s decision to retrain a third of its employees means for the future of work
The problem is, at present, higher education is designed for the last industrial revolution, not the current one. Universities and colleges deliver degrees at a glacial pace. More...