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A (Dorm) Room of One’s Own

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Academic work requires material access to information in libraries, and other resources like computers and (relatively quiet) space in which to write. Gramsci, toiling away at his notebooks in his prison cell, and other geniuses who have done important research and literary creation under the hardest circumstances, are the exceptions.

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Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar

CAPD

Lolla, a senior from Clarksburg, Maryland, is majoring in computer science and minoring in mathematics and literature. At Cambridge, she will pursue an MPhil in technology policy. At MIT, Lolla conducts research on safe and trustworthy robotics and deep learning at the Distributed Robotics Laboratory with Professor Daniela Rus.

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The Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain: Ensuring Quality and Excellence in Higher Ed Institutions

Creatrix Campus

Additionally, the HEC encourages collaboration between higher education institutions and industry, supports and promotes research in higher education, and works to enhance the international visibility of Bahrain's higher education system.

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To Weather the Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Supporting Student Success

In 2008, I was recruited to run a grant with the purpose of connecting adult learners with data to inform their college choices so they didn’t need to depend on marketing hype from lead generation websites. But he always wanted to pursue a degree in computer science—he loved technology. She earned her Ed.D.

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How the Choice Based Credit System can Improve the Quality of Higher Education in India

Creatrix Campus

The non-credit courses are evaluated as either 'Satisfactory' or 'Unsatisfactory' and are not factored into the computation of SGPA/CGPA. Providing professional development opportunities and support is crucial for effective implementation. Collaborate with experts to align courses with industry requirements and emerging trends.

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Announcing a Design/Build Workshop Series for an AI Learning Design Assistant (ALDA)

eLiterate

For a price that you may well have in your professional development budget? Here’s how we’ll do it: Guided prompt engineering: Your learning designers probably already have interview questions for the basic information they need to design a lesson, module, or course. What are the learning goals? Wanna play?

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Is HyFlex a viable teaching approach in 'normal' times?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Joining for the discussion were two professors who have both taught in the HyFlex format and done research on its impact. Enilda Romero-Hall is an associate professor in the learning design and technology program at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; she started teaching HyFlex before the pandemic and got her Ph.D.