Coursera blog

MAY 2, 2024

Investing in employee education can have a positive impact on the company’s bottom line. Education can be a way for a company to address critical skills shortages and reduce high turnover costs, which can be as much as twice an employee’s salary.

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Today's Learner

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

History will record the 2020s as not only the decade that ushered in a global pandemic, but also one that generated some of the fastest developments in artificial intelligence. For our context in higher education, we must understand that students are now learning and completing their assignments differently than a year ago.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Start spreading the news. As Georgetown’s Center for Education and the Workforce says : “Majoring in business pays off. The most distinctive feature of American higher education is the value it places on liberal education. ” Wait a second. My undergraduates already know that.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Political interference in higher education, we are told , is increasing. The partisan divide in views on higher education, we hear , is deepening. ” As her own books demonstrate, political attacks on higher education date back much further. Campuses “ are driving political division.”

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In spring 2021, inspired by feedback from students, I redesigned my two undergraduate education courses as blended learning courses. As we look to the future of higher education, blended learning might be the model students need as they navigate an ever-changing and ever-challenging world. Nurse education today, 82 , 51-57.

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HEPI

JUNE 20, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Angeliki Lymberopoulou , Senior Lecturer in Art History and Employability lead for the School of Arts and Humanities at the Open University , and Richard Marsden, Senior Lecturer in History and formerly Director of Teaching for the School of Arts and Humanities at the Open University.

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HEPI

APRIL 3, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Steven Cousins, alumnus of Durham University and the Open University. The Open University has responded to the blog: you can read their response underneath the article. The OU is the UK’s largest university and it is embarking on the most major educational transformation in its 50-year history.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma U.S. These are also the institutions that do the most to educate the Pell-eligible students who didn’t have the luxury of growing up in an affluent home and do the most to contribute to social mobility. ” The future of American higher education hinges on these campuses.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Jolanta Edwards , Director of Strategy at London Higher , and Susanna Kalitowski , Head of Policy at University Alliance. However, the NHS is under pressure like never before in its history. It is one of the institutions we treasure most as a nation. There are no easy or cheap fixes.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 22, 2023

HEPI has marked the event with a Policy Note on the influence of the Robbins Report and a blog series – you can access all the material here. The review made a series of recommendations which have provided a reference point for comment on UK Government higher education policy ever since. The Times Were A-Changin!

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Civics education is all the rage. ” Support for civics education cuts across the political spectrum. What does civics education entail? But today, per-pupil federal spending on K-12 history and civics education averages $0.05 AAC&U’s track record speaks for itself.

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Kortext University Leaders' Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Over the last three years, we have seen digital technology weave itself into the rich tapestry of higher education in a way never seen before, but where there is opportunity there is always a level of trepidation – particularly when it comes to the importance of student collaboration. It’s a collective experience.

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Coursera blog

MARCH 8, 2024

This is OLAY’s first Specialization on our platform and is designed to educate learners on skin care fundamentals and encourage more learners, especially women and women of color, to enter the cosmetic science field. Our partnership with OLAY comes at an important time for careers in STEM. Women and women of color are encouraged to apply.*

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I don't think any of my undergraduate or graduate school professors taught in ways that teaching centers prescribe. To know ourselves, it’s essential to know our own history. Unfortunately, most academics know remarkably little about their collective history, even its more recent iterations.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The book brings together 55 different authors – including academics, a vice-chancellor and numerous education policy experts (such as Sam Freedman, Lord Lucas, Jonathan Simons , Ann Mroz and Tom Richmond). Public relations (PR) While it is a fascinating collection, there is – perhaps inevitably – a slight arrogance in tone to some of it.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

This blog was co-authored by Martin Betts, Emeritus Professor at Griffith University, Australia, and Co-founder of HEDx, Professor Ian Dunn, Provost of Coventry University and Chair of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE) , and Ceri Nursaw, CEO of NCEE.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma NPR just pulled the plug on its once stunningly popular Invisibilia podcast, which explored “the invisible forces that shape human behavior.” Within higher education, its historical sociologists, like Steven Brint and David F. Let’s begin with the history of American higher education.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In spring 2021, inspired by feedback from students, I redesigned my two undergraduate education courses as blended learning courses. As we look to the future of higher education, blended learning might be the model students need as they navigate an ever-changing and ever-challenging world. Nurse education today, 82 , 51-57.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The past’s meaning only becomes clear in hindsight. This is the case in politics, but it’s also true in higher education. What were the most important events in higher education in 2022? What if we were to look back at higher education in 2022 a decade or so in the future?

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Today's Learner

MAY 30, 2024

We root our approach to intentionality in the backwards design method: Establishing learning objectives first, then identifying the types of assessments that will best measure learners’ progress toward achieving those objectives, and finally, creating educational resources and activities that support the objectives and advance learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She held a Ph.D.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

APRIL 24, 2024

How can you design your marketing strategy to appeal to those seeking educational excellence, especially the ones who matter most to them? As you discover advertising best practices for targeting the parents of young students, remember to be guided by empathy as you center efforts on demonstrating your educational value.

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 11, 2023

Revolutionizing Education: The Role of Pedagogy in Modern Learning and Teaching editor Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:32 Education has a long history, dating back to ancient civilizations when information was passed down by oral tradition and apprenticeships. As society evolves, so, too, does our approach to education.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. There is now an enormous range of ‘higher education providers’. The history of ‘institutional autonomy’ The insistence on the importance of institutional autonomy has a long history.

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HEPI

AUGUST 25, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for the HEPI 20th Anniversary Collection by Dr Jonathan Grant, founding Director of Different Angles Ltd, a consultancy that focuses on the social impact of universities and research. We are currently running chapters from the Anniversary Collection as a series of blogs.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

If it wasn't for the education opportunities I had and the right people showing up at the right time, there's no chance I'd be doing the kind of work I'm doing now. I've dedicated my life to helping more and more diverse students be more successful in the world of higher education so that they have more opportunities in their lives.

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HEPI

JANUARY 22, 2023

This HEPI blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Natalie Day, Johnny Rich and Professor Sir Chris Husbands. As a result, the vision of a more diverse higher education system which lay at the heart of Jo Johnson’s Higher Education and Research Act (2017) was not materialising.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In the years since Leon and Rosenzweig’s volume was published, history museums and historic sites have undergone a reckoning of, yes, historic proportions. To attract broader audiences, many history museums embraced emerging technologies, introducing orientation films, dramatic lighting, simulations and interactives.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 19, 2023

T his post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. The proposals of the Robbins Report on Higher Education considered the role of providers of tertiary education.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

I suspect this pattern of continuous review and adjustment will define all of higher education in this country going forward.” Previously frozen programs are those in African studies, Asian studies, film studies, French, museum studies, music, music education and world religions, professors said.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 18, 2022

What qualities to look for when purchasing Higher Education CRM? Higher education CRMs can increase your enrollment, and boost conversion, graduation rates, and revenue. What are the qualities to look for when purchasing a higher education CRM? This blog will help you find the best CRM. . What is a Higher Education CRM?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma What if we ranked universities not by inputs but by outputs? Not by admissions selectivity or even by their contribution to social mobility, but, rather, their impact on the growth of knowledge and technological and scientific advancement? Would it be judged on scholarship, influence, or some other elements?

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Coursera blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Technology is swiftly transforming the way individuals and organisations function, giving rise to domains, jobs, and skills that didn’t exist a few years ago. Amidst these changes, the pursuit of advanced education in the field of Information Technology has become increasingly essential and rewarding.

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Kortext University Leaders' Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

AI has certainly been a topic of much debate in higher education, sparked by the launch of ChatGPT on 30 November 2022. It’s clearly an issue that resonated with you, as we were joined by over 120 attendees from across the higher education community. Next, they explored likely applications of generative AI within higher education.

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Today's Learner

APRIL 17, 2024

ChatGPT could be the powerful impetus needed to shift from understanding assessment as the assurance of an educational “product” to assessment as learning. At this point in our AI history, it behooves us as faculty to get creative with assessment, to either switch up text-based assignments or to find new non-textual ways of assessment.

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totallyrewired

JANUARY 27, 2024

This is quite a long blog post, much longer than I usually do but there is quite a lot to reflect on regarding the short course called the 12 Days of AI. Why we wanted to do the 12DoAI When ChatGPT 3 was released in November 2022 it immediately sent ripples of interest and unease across education and the HE sector.

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University Business

MARCH 21, 2023

All they had to do was follow step-by-step instructions provided by the tool and boom, one of the most iconic games in history was recreated. I don’t care that it’s not AGI, GPT-4 is an incredible and transformative technology. In another demonstration, one user had it recreate the iconic game Pong in under 60 seconds.

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