Techno-News Blog. According to a 2006 report by the American Psychological Association, “mentored individuals often earn higher performance evaluations, higher salaries, and faster career progress than non-mentored individuals.” Notably, a 2015 analysis of Harvard law school graduates found that women who had not become partners in a firm had fewer mentors during their first five years than either women partners or men who had not achieved partnership status. More...
The Future of Education: Online, Free, and With AI Teachers?
Techno-News Blog. Duolingo is a website and smartphone app that helps 300 million people across the world learn new languages. It’s absolutely free. It uses an artificial intelligence engine to deliver the lessons to students. More...
Top Universities (Including Harvard) Offer Hundreds of Free Classes Online. Here’s How to Join In
Techno-News Blog. Universities around the world—including Ivy League schools like Harvard University, Princeton University, and Columbia University—have recently launched hundreds of free online courses, according to Dhawal Shah, the founder of the online course search engine and review site Class Central. Shah has been keeping track of these Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on Class Central since 2011, when MOOCs were first starting to emerge as a trend. More...
Two-Thirds of Phishing Emails in Ed Use ‘Attached Invoice’ Ploy
Techno-News Blog. The most common form of phishing email in education tends to include an attached invoice; 66 percent of hacker attempts use the attached invoice ploy to get unwary recipients to click on an infected link; another 28 percent use a payment notification scheme; and 6 percent try online order tricks. More...
Take Yale University’s ‘Science of Well-Being’ class for free online
Techno-News Blog. Everyone can usually stand to be a little happier, right? A little more on top of their game? A little more boss like? There’s a very popular class at Yale University teaching students how to do just that, and they’ve opened it up to the public to take for FREE online. More...
Lawmakers address rural education
Techno-News Blog. Many barriers to education in rural areas could be reduced through reorganizing school districts and using technology to bring specialized classes, state legislators said Friday at St. Francis University. More...
A pioneer in the development of education technology
Techno-News Blog. If you want to discover how technology will change higher education provision in future, Rome-based International Telematic University Uninettuno, a wholly online institution, which claims to be a pioneer of educational technology, may be a good place to start. More...
Will community colleges solve education ‘mix-match’ with tech training?
Techno-News Blog. There is a significant imbalance between the types of jobs available in the U.S. and the number of people who have the corresponding education to apply, according to an Urban Institute report, which notes the “mix-match” is more apparent in local markets than nationally. More...
The role of AI in education and the changing U.S. workforce
Techno-News Blog. The types of jobs that are at the least risk of being replaced by automation involve problem solving, teamwork, critical thinking, communication, and creativity. More...
Adaptive Learning: A Stabilizing Influence Across Disciplines and Universities
Techno-News Blog. This study represents an adaptive learning partnership among The University of Central Florida, Colorado Technical University, and the platform provider Realizeit. A thirteen-variable learning domain for students forms the basis of a component invariance study. More...