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The pandemic may have ended but the demand for edtech is growing

University Business

Colleges didn’t choose but were forced to overcome barriers to instruction through innovative educational technology solutions with little to no turnaround as students returned home for remote learning. One of the greatest challenges higher education has ever had to face was the pandemic. to nearly $78 billion in 2020.

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

Faculty Focus

The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Inevitably, the quality of student learning has taken center stage, and with it is an emerging focus on changing teaching and learning pedagogy and harnessing technology to deliver new modes of learning (APLU).

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

Faculty Focus

The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Inevitably, the quality of student learning has taken center stage, and with it is an emerging focus on changing teaching and learning pedagogy and harnessing technology to deliver new modes of learning (APLU).

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IIT Guwahati Launches Online Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence on Coursera

Coursera blog

According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023 , tech roles, including AI and machine learning specialists, data analysts, and data scientists, are expected to grow by more than 30% by 2028. AI is transforming the world, and we need professionals who can harness this technology.

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We need to talk about staff retention in the sector

HEPI

UCAS predicts the sector will see one million applicants by 2028, compared to a little over 750,000 in 2022 – rising by a third in six years, which means university students paying thousands a year for their education will continue to see their classes increasingly crowded amid an exodus of academic staff.

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Why are learning management systems quickly becoming student favorites?

University Business

The Insight Partners speculate the LMS market to elevate at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 19% by 2028, reaching $50.99 (Source: The Annual Course Materials Report) Edtech market booms With the rate of student preference toward LMS exponentially rising, the market value is going up with.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

EAB

By 2028, six million less working aged adults will be in the workforce, causing more competition for talent across all sectors, not just higher education. One way to retain your current staff, and stave off disruptions to student services, is to right-size their workload by leveraging technology.