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How will technology change education in the future?

HEPI

There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. Famously, after the Second World War IBM’s President said, ‘I think there is a world market for about five computers.’ There will be some stark challenges, especially for assessment.

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A People's History of Higher Education in the US?

Higher Education Inquirer

The History of Higher Education in the US over the last 4 centuries is worse than horrible--from a People's perspective. To make history, it's helpful to know history. At the front end of the higher ed pipeline, the US is not producing enough domestic students with the resources or skills to succeed in college and beyond.

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The Intersection of Art and Technology: A Journey from the 1960s to Today

totallyrewired

Catherine Mason, an expert in this field, has delved into the history of this evolution, focusing on a central question: Will machines amplify or supersede the artist? Another influential figure was Richard Hamilton, who envisioned a fusion of human and machine, leading to the concept of a “technological superhuman.”

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‘Freedom on the Move,’ Clarifying Complicity in American History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In Florida, the state board of education adopted social studies standards that ignited an uproar by calling for students to be taught about “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” Students could use this ad to explore so many different issues and questions.

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What Black History Month Means to Me

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 2 minutes Shaloun Mims is a student at The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee   and a Cengage student ambassador Throughout my academic journey, the meaning of Black History Month has changed tremendously. Broadening my understanding of cultural identity has opened my eyes to a new meaning of Black History Month.

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In Retreat: Why the Study of Military History Remains Essential

Inside Higher Ed

Yet despite this fraught reality, military history as an academic discipline is in steep decline, apparently out of the fantasy that if we don’t teach about war, it will go away. ” Like it or not, war is the hinge on which history pivots. Vann Woodward, wrote works of military history are long over.

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What Makes Popular History Popular?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma No longer can academic historians dismiss popular biographies or nonspecialist accounts of the past as low-powered history. But, of course, the purpose of many popular histories differs profoundly from those written by academics. ” None of that is true about the best nonacademic histories today.

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