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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The University of Canberra is preparing for legal action against the Commonwealth for what it argues is an unlawful cancellation of a A$26 million (US$19 million) federal grant to set up a Centre for Quality Teaching and Learning, writes Emma Macdonald for The Canberra Times.
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Enghelab Square lies at the heart of Tehran’s urban and revolutionary landscape, just metres away from the gates of Tehran University. The site of some of the most pitched battles of the 1979 revolution, the square today bustles as an open-air market of goods. There, among the booksellers and fruit vendors, visitors can buy bootleg DVDs, banned books, drugs and alcohol and, if need be, an entire masters thesis – written from scratch and prepared for oral defence, in less than a month, writes Shervin Malekzadeh for The Washington Post.
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