A big barrier to lifelong learning can be the cost of resources. There are worldwide initiatives to change this, though, and it’s helpful to know how to use these resources legally. More...
30 octobre 2019
30 octobre 2019
Too hungry to go to class: South Africa’s university students need better support
The South African university student population has changed over the past 20 years to reflect wider society more closely than before. It’s no surprise therefore that more students need support than before. The homes they come from are also struggling. More...
30 octobre 2019
The power of the purse threatens academic freedom in Kenya’s universities
Academic freedom is the right enjoyed by university teachers to teach, research and write in their areas of expertise without fear of retribution by institutional powers or political authorities. More...
30 octobre 2019
Affective Artificial Intelligence: Better Understanding and Responding to Students
As a longtime professor of communication, I am fascinated with the cognitive characteristics of artificial intelligence as they relate to human communication. Image processing, computer vision, speech recognition and pattern recognition are parts of the sophisticated processes in artificial intelligence communicating with humans. But at the superficial level, these comprise only part of the communication process. More...
30 octobre 2019
Adaptive Learning to Personalized Learning
Computer-driven adaptive learning has been around for decades; in its most basic form, it is simply the computer program branching the learning path based upon responses the student makes. Some learners may be best served by materials delivered in a different format -- for example, case studies rather than theoretical study. More...
30 octobre 2019
Preparing for Tomorrow With Online Professional Development
The fourth industrial revolution is upon us! It is unlike any previous cultural change we have confronted. Sure, the previous revolutions moved us from rural to urban environments; shifted our dependence on animals to machines; and even connected us digitally to each other in ways we had never imagined. More...
30 octobre 2019
The Impact of At-Scale and Mega-U Degrees
The landscape of online higher education is changing with the growth of mega-universities and the advent of scores of MOOC-size at-scale degree programs from prestigious universities. More...
30 octobre 2019
Quantum Computing Is Poised to Change Everything
It is truly rare that an advancement comes along that changes every aspect of society; quantum computing is poised to do just that in the 2020s. More...
30 octobre 2019
Educational Opportunity in the Age of Disruption
Since the publication of my book, Free-Range Learning in the Digital Age: The Emerging Revolution in College, Career, and Education, in mid-2018, and after a year of listening, learning and reflecting, I would like to explore and look at the future of learning and work with refreshed eyes and new understandings. I am writing not as a critic but as a friend and longtime observer of higher education, learners, learning and opportunity. More...
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