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Should Higher Education Consider Cloud-Based VPNs?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

While virtual private network technology has been around in one form or another for over a quarter century, many people’s first encounters with VPNs were during the pandemic, when the ability to remotely access secure campus networks became a necessity for people working and studying from home. To make that decision…

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New Technology and Attitudes Emerge from the Pandemic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the start of 2020, there was robust availability of online higher education, but no one anticipated that a worldwide pandemic called COVID-19 would soon usher in a new world of distance learning. “The Smith University (JCSU), taught Introduction to Network Science spring semester 2020. Dr. Rebecca S.

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From technology enabled teaching to digitally enhanced learning: a new perspective for higher education

HEPI

Teaching and learning in UK higher education is at a pivotal moment as it moves back to widespread on-campus learning and teaching while seeking to retain some of the advantages delivered by the digital innovations introduced during the pandemic. UK higher education has under-invested in digital for years.

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Thoughts and Reflections on Summer Sessions: A Conversation on Higher Education Trends

MindMax

MindMax recently hosted an interactive event with higher education leaders to discuss higher education trends regarding summer sessions : past, present, and future. Davis Lowell kicked off the conversation by focusing on a word that he joked higher education leaders would be happy never to hear again: pivot.

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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Because Hispanics have been historically underrepresented in areas like STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), for example, or in C-Suite (executive corporate) positions, unfortunately so many students question if these things are possible for them.” About 200 students attended each event.

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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

Faculty Focus

While statistics show that the 2015-2016 academic year ushered in an increasing number of students with disabilities in higher education, countless students do not inform their university about their disability. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 2020, April 26). ??A FAST FACTS Students with disabilities.

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The Shift in Digital Learning Modalities: Is Higher Education Ready?

WCET Frontiers

Department of Education’s Fall Enrollment survey statistics. The COVID-plagued year of 2020 was an anomaly as institutions pivoted to “emergency remote learning.” The results of questions around faculty readiness and related questions around specific technologies they use in each modality are included in the new report released today.