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10th Minority Male Initiative Set to Shape the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With its theme, Tomorrow Belongs to Those Who Prepare for it Today - Malcolm X , the conference aims to provide firsthand information about different career opportunities and education on personal development. science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM; 2.) mainframe computing communications media; 3.)

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Some Universities Are Blocking TikTok on School Devices and Networks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some universities are scrutinizing or blocking usage of the social media platform TikTok on school devices and networks amid cybersecurity concerns surrounding the video-sharing app and its parent company, ByteDance. All this personal information. The question now is how are they going to use that information. That is the worry.

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11 tips to boost your pool of online students in 2024

University Business

Studying over 3,000 current, former and prospective online students during fall 2023, the marketing and enrollment firm dives deep into online students’ motivations and aspirations and the way they consume information. Respondents were “increasingly open” to streaming media platforms that allow advertising.

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A.I.: Anticipating Impact of Educational Governance

Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

It is an exciting time to be thinking about educational governance and my key message was ‘don’t get caught up in the hype’ Understanding media representations of “Artificial Intelligence”. What there is, is a clear exponential increase in the capabilities being demonstrated by computation algorithms.

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Academics work to detect ChatGPT and other AI writing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. In this cat-and-mouse game, some computer scientists are working to make AI writers more humanlike, while others are working to improve detection tools. Academic fields make progress in this way.

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How Digital Engagement Enhances the Student Experience

Eric Stoller

Eric has built a consultancy about using technology and social media to create digital engagement , with a particular emphasis on higher education. I’ve noted that Eric said that there are social media skeptics and that social media is a subject that can be polarising. We were presented with a series of questions.

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Discord in the Classroom

The Scholarly Teacher

Discord works well as a communication tool because many students are already using it, and it does not require a social media presence. Faculty should also review any academic policies related to social media or online communication to ensure that they set up appropriate guidelines for students in the server. Procedia Computer.