WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

At this year’s WCET Annual Meeting, Brandon Karcher, the Manager of Instructional Technology at Bucknell University, facilitated an unconference session titled “Higher Ed Technology: Innovative or Overwhelming.” What’s Working and What Isn’t?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Image: Student interest will continue to grow when it comes to virtual courses and remote learning options for live courses, the desire for creating richer academic and on-campus experiences, and new technology options. Yet, on many campuses, technology dollars are limited, with a wide variety of initiatives competing for that funding.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 2, 2022

I don’t know why, but I don’t tend to write book reviews. This isn’t your typical president-of-a-large-university-writes-a-book-about-the-future-of-education book. It provides a framework that will change the way you read Students First and, frankly, many other books as well. But read Broken first.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Now I am no scientist, as will become evident, but technology is a wonderful thing – from the advent of the television in the late 1920s, and the CT scan in the 1970s, to the camera phone in the 2000s. We knew, even when they had booked holiday, that they could not be on holiday. Then 2020 arrived. There was nowhere to go.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Founded in 2016 with headquarters in Pune, India, student-housing platform, AmberStudent ends the year with a $600 million in gross booking value with 40% net margin. Eyeing 100,000 bookings with a gross value of $1 billion by 2023, the company is looking to solidify their presence in the global real estate market. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

She examines such technological approaches as virtual manipulatives and the virtual manipulative-based instructional sequences. Bouck is published in over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and has authored six books and over 30 book chapters.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 27, 2023

copyright law when it digitized countless physical books from four major book publishers and offered them online. million books protected by copyrights, including 33,000 of the publishers’ titles—was swift, landing days after the March 20 hearing. Koeltl of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan wrote.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 11, 2022

On March 28, 2023, Bryan’s new book, Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis (JHU Press), will come out. Bryan’s new book, I predict, will catalyze a postsecondary ecosystem–wide conversation about how colleges and universities are both preparing for and addressing climate change.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

What began in 1996 as an audacious attempt to archive and preserve the World Wide Web has grown into a vast library of books, musical recordings and television shows, all digitized and available online, with a mission to provide “universal access to all knowledge.” In The Librarian’s Book of Lists ( ALA, 2010 ), George M.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2024

We have been here before and can recognize the potential of technology tools in the hands of both teachers and students, which promotes more efficient learning, can save time, and focuses on what’s needed. Only affluent universities and technology companies had access to experiment with what AI could mean in the future.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Gaja Capital invests in technology-enabled companies in high growth sectors such as education, software, financial services and the consumer sector. Amber also provides loan and guarantor services, and flight booking discounts for students. million beds will fall short of keeping up with this increased demand.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The postdigital engages specifically with our current state of technological development, where digital technologies appear to be both ubiquitous, but also increasingly invisible, as they sink down into the mundane activities of everyday (educational) life.

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ACRLog

JUNE 23, 2023

I really enjoy getting to see the thought processes of librarians past, with what books have made it this far and what was purchased when. Additionally, it’s fun to see when a patron clearly had a burst of energy in researching their specific topic when all or many books in that topic have the same return date.

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University Business

APRIL 29, 2024

Anticipated job growth in information technology and health sectors, combined with changing demands for skills in the labor market, creates the potential for their premiums to remain high. However, IRR is highly sensitive to the costs incurred to obtain a specific degree.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Policy makers could help colleges protect students, promote access and improve both institutional and student return on investment, without introducing regulations that curb innovation, according to the presidents interviewed in our book. Colleges are navigating complex technological environments with limited resources.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 29, 2022

“It seems like every year we are getting more technologically savvy, and I honestly love it.” Using an app called Ultimate Drill Book has enabled marching band members to more quickly and efficiently learn their parts for the on-field drills they perform during football games.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Delving into the dynamic crossroads of technology and education, this episode shines a spotlight on the transformative power of structural disruption. A glance back at the entertainment industry and how technology shifted the ground beneath it. Smith is J.

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ACPA

MARCH 6, 2023

Dr. Berry is committed to using her research to support practitioners in teaching and leading with technology. Her recent book, “ Creating Inclusive Online Communities : Practices that Support and Engage Diverse Students ” focuses on how to better support college students in online learning environments.

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HEPI

JUNE 4, 2023

This book review of Paper Belt On Fire by Michael Gibson was authored by Lucy Haire , HEPI’s Director of Partnerships. When books and articles are published that are critical of higher education institutions, whether their curricula, culture, scale, structure or even just their mere existence, the temptation is to be quickly dismissive.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

Later, he closes the book and puts it under his head and falls asleep. The normal thing in recent decades is to interpret the symptoms of acedia as a matter of depression—a tendency reinforced by Andrew Solomon’s widely hailed book The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (2001), with its nod to Evagrius in the title.

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HEPI

APRIL 25, 2024

The London Book Fair 2024 shed light on numerous critical issues currently impacting the publishing industry. AI-driven technologies contribute to the exponential growth of these papermills, exploiting vulnerabilities in the system. Moreover, instances of AI misuse extend to the hacking of citations for increased credit.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 22, 2023

Some professors are phasing out take-home, open-book assignments — which became a dominant method of assessment in the pandemic but now seem vulnerable to chatbots. There can be model bias in such technologies. They are instead opting for in-class assignments, handwritten papers, group work and oral exams.

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University Business

APRIL 20, 2023

It’s no great revelation that today’s students are digital natives and view technology as an intrinsic part of how they navigate the world. However, despite their preference for using digital technology to complete day-to-day tasks, they crave interpersonal connections and relationship building.

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Leader of Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I am passionate about showing teachers, parents, and students that they can use technology and social media to make a difference in the world. Topics I talk and write about include Digital Leadership, Digital Wellness, Technology-enabled Learning. I am a wife, mom, and a Teacher-Librarian, and a former Literacy Consultant.

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Educause

APRIL 6, 2023

CASE President and CEO Sue Cunningham discusses the impact of technology on alumni relations and the shift toward meeting people where they are, which is increasingly online. She also talks about her new book Global Exchange: Dialogues to Advance Education.

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The PIE News

MAY 18, 2023

Written with my British Council colleagues, Mike Solly and Steve Copeland, the book builds on the 1997 and 2006 seminal work by British linguist David Graddol. Common issues affect teaching and learning everywhere and can be seen in the eight key themes we collate in the book. Could technology narrow or widen the equity gap?

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Dan Cohen

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Before one can become a Cassandra or Pollyanna about the uses or abuses of impressive text-to-image AI tools like DALL•E and Midjourney , it is worth stepping back and reflecting about the fundamental nature of this new technology. But then again, it also competently echoed the science fiction book covers of my childhood.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

In January 2022, Wiline Pangle, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Central Michigan University (CMU), collaborated with 14 of her colleagues to create an innovative new program aimed at equipping students with often overlooked yet essential skills needed in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Perhaps what inspired me the most in terms of understanding this topic was a book published right before Covid called, Distracted: Why students can’t focus and what you can do about it. Dr. Pratt’s area of focus is educational psychology, technology and assessment. References Bramer C. 29(12):677–683. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2020.29.12.677.

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Mistaken Goal

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

A few weeks ago, I posted a set of recommended readings that I originally sent to a colleague who asked me what I would recommend as essential reading for understanding technology in student affairs. Daniel Bell’s 1973 book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society is a classic example of this work.

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University Business

JANUARY 16, 2024

President Gee characterizes land-grant universities in his book, “Land-Grant Universities for the Future,” as institutions meant to “prioritize their activities based on the needs of the communities they were designed to serve.” More from UB: Is this the future of business school learning?

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Nick Hillman, HEPI Director, takes a look at a new book on private schools, The State of Independence. 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).

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 8, 2023

In an  LA Times op-ed published in early 2023, psychologist Angela Duckworth, PhD, argues against banning the bot, explaining that it and similar technologies are here to stay—and that instructors should learn how to incorporate it into curricula. Some schools are blocking the technology altogether.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Perhaps what inspired me the most in terms of understanding this topic was a book published right before Covid called, Distracted: Why students can’t focus and what you can do about it. Dr. Pratt’s area of focus is educational psychology, technology and assessment. References Bramer C. 29(12):677–683. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2020.29.12.677.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Funding for the purchase of databases, books (both electronic and physical), as well as other resources are separate from salaries and benefits for library staff, or any staff member. My concern was the simplistic assumption you put forth that librarians themselves have some agency in shifting funding from material budget to salaries.

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