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The Catalysts for Competency-Based Learning and Prior Learning Assessments Have Arrived

eLiterate

Worse, in this new era of economic, geopolitical, rapid technological advancement (e.g., Worse, in this new era of economic, geopolitical, rapid technological advancement (e.g., Long-term economic forces will increasingly drive demand for more rapid reskilling than our current system can support. But situations change.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

But our core educational values—that each learner deserves individual attention and encouragement, and that education should nourish the entire person and not simply provide short-term skills—must be preserved. So we reject solutions that involve replacing teachers by robots, taking all lessons online, or demoting the humanities.

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Teaching and Thinking with Technology

Faculty Focus

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. Within weeks of its release, the program amassed an unprecedented 100 million users, setting a new record for the fastest technology to reach this milestone. Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges.

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Teaching and Thinking with Technology

Faculty Focus

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. Within weeks of its release, the program amassed an unprecedented 100 million users, setting a new record for the fastest technology to reach this milestone. Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges.

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Wonders of the Invisible World

Inside Higher Ed

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.” The country needs to accept the fact that undergraduate education is only a small part of research institutions’ mission.

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