Today the educational community as a whole faces a universal challenge: to ensure equitable and quality education as well as effective and efficient evaluation of student learning in hybrid…
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Professor Nicholas Damask, a popular political science professor at Scottsdale Community College, has won a major victory for academic freedom, after the college publicly chastised him, in response to criticism and death threats he received on social media for quiz questions he wrote that connected Islam to terrorism. Nine days after publicly vilifying th
The Factitious: Pandemic Edition news game challenges you to spot misinformation about the pandemic. Thousands of teachers have adopted the game with students across the country playing nearly one million games since 2017
President Trump announced that Israel and the United Arab Emirates would establish “full normalization of relations” and that in exchange Israel would forgo for now “declaring sovereignty” over occupied West Bank territory.
"Resources related to the remote learning, distance education, online learning, and the use of educational technologies during the coronavirus pandemic..."
Get ready for the start of school with some of our favorite back-to-school resources! This collection features activities and video resources to help students get to know each other and their new school routines, and lesson plans to help you get your new class off to a great start.
One becomes stupid when they abdicate their will over to an ideology or collective; while they retain their intellect, their will to think independently, and to question their beliefs, is forfeited…
Former MIT dean Christine Ortiz is building a radical nonprofit research institution focused on the intersection of technology and humanity, to increase college access for underprivileged students.
Technology and modernization are increased and students are not prepared for this 21st century. Education is obsolete and has not changed over 1000 years. For that reason, Dr Cristine Ortiz is creating a new type of university and education where the principle goals are: focuses on the transdisciplinary interface between technology and humanity emphasizes personalized, holistic and research-based pedagogy employs dynamic organizational structures and a high quality, low cost, scalable financial model, to serve more underserved and underprivileged students.Ortiz want to change the education and this is the firs step to do it.
"What technology does for the first time is allow the student to control time, place, and pace. It doesn't change the equation of higher education, but makes it much more inclusive." [Lambert]
The University of St. Gallen is using blockchain so employers can verify if a diploma is real or fake. The new pilot project aims to issue 200 tamperproof certificates by next year, says CIO Harald Rotter. It comes amid concerns of a global rise in this type of fraud.
This pre-recorded webinar is designed to provide parents/guardians and educators with a teaching methodology focused on how to teach children/youth to engage in proper hygiene routines at home and at school (e.g., handwashing). It will also cover how to properly wear a mask, including initial mask desensitization strategies for those students wanting to wear a mask but their current comfort levels are not ready. The webinar will be facilitated by one of OCSB’s Behaviour Analyst, Sarah Prince, BCBA and Psychologist, Becky Carter, C.Psych, BCBA.
International Dot Day: Peter H. Reynolds' classic book, THE DOT, challenges us to 'Make your mark and see where it takes you.' On September 15th, we celebrate this creativity milestone!
One of our children, age 7 years, was asked if he wanted to talk to his friends online. “No!” he replied angrily, “what's the point if I can't touch them!?” While his exasperation may not be shared by all of us, it concerns something basic to human life: embodied interaction with other people. Many aspects of our lives that were once taken for granted have been profoundly altered by lockdowns and social distancing measures that are part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Things as simple as hugging a friend, talking face-to-face, socialising freely, and travelling have been restricted in many countries. Even as social distancing measures are slowly relaxed, hesitation and anxiety remain. The situation has had a profound effect on our social relations. How might we better understand how people have experienced this seismic shift?
"There are over 700 undergraduate degrees in education and training listed on our course search. We looked at which ones performed best in skill teaching quality, graduate salary and full-time employment."
Many students would like to go back to university as soon as possible.
An Opinium survey on 500 students and 500 parents from the UK found that nine in 10 are keen to return to university. Nevertheless, they are worried about how COVID-19 would impact their studies and social lives.
Universities across the UK, the US, Canada, Australia are currently setting “new normal” procedures in place. They include health and safety training and safeguards, as well as more refined virtual and hybrid learning options.
Several universities plan to welcome students back on campus in September.
If you’ve been studying online for the past few months, you may have questions or reservations about returning. Here are three ways you can ease your transition back to a brick-and-mortar campus.
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