Changing student expectations are a key driver of higher education’s digital transformation. In particular, students want a customer experience that is personalized and seamless. More...
How do you know what news is being written by artificial intelligence, and does it really matter?
How do you know that what you’re reading was actually written by a human? Interesting question considering the times. As the rise of artificial intelligence (A.I.) begins to creep into more and more facets of life, a conversation over a network – just like this one – can leave some wondering: Am I reading what another human is writing, and how do I know. More...
Snitch Switch: Smart Assistants With “Moral AI” Could Call Police on Owners Who Break Law
Snitch Switch: Smart Assistants With “Moral AI” Could Call Police on Owners Who Break Law. Call it Terminator meets the second-grade tattletale, but some “experts” have suggested that electronic home assistants could be programmed with moral artificial intelligence (AI) that could decide whether to report its owners to the authorities for breaking the law. More...
Outlook 2019: Tulsa County leads the way in preparing kids for career tech, college while in high school
Gov. Kevin Stitt has made cooperation among the state’s public education systems a priority for his administration. In his first State of the State address, he called for tearing down the “silos” separating common education, career tech and higher education. More...
Posties using virtual reality headsets to learn how to avoid being dog attacks
Royal Mail has used the system more then 750 times since November after a string of horrific attacks in which rogue pets have bitten off fingers, thumbs and even a nose. More...
Popularity of online education grows rapidly in China
China saw rapid growth in online education last year, with the number of users of such services rising 29.7 percent year on year to 201 million, accounting for 24.3 percent of total Internet users, according to a statistical report on Internet development. More...
Is your campus ready for AI and other technology trends?
Have you prepared your campus for augmented reality and artificial intelligence? A survey from the Center for Digital Education (CDE) recently found that college and university leaders are focusing on transforming academics, securing students and data, improving student services, and modernizing IT. More...
STUDY CONFIRMS PERSISTENCE OF RURAL DIGITAL DIVIDE
Croft and Moore’s report, Rural Students: Technology, Coursework, and Extracurricular Activities, is based on a data collected from two different student surveys administered to selected students who wrote the ACT in 2018. More...
CREATING AN ONLINE MBA AT A TOP BUSINESS SCHOOL: THE LATEST FROM MICHIGAN ROSS
One of the most ambitious efforts in online education is currently underway at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Since August, the #7 business school in the country has been working to put together an Online MBA degree offering for the fall semester of this year. More...
ASU offering rapidly deployable online courses to refugees, displaced people
Every day, more than 44,000 people are forced to flee their homes as a result of persecution, conflict or generalized violence. Millions cross borders into new countries seeking safety, bringing with them a determination to positively contribute to their new communities. More...