Sat.Jun 13, 2020 - Fri.Jun 19, 2020

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The Great COVID-Forced Migration to Online Learning: Using Learning Theory to Inform Optimal Enculturation

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

By Steve Joordens. This article addresses the side-effects of the great COVID-forced migration to online learning in terms of its potential impact on educational innovation. I argue that prior to COVID-19 those faculty engaged in online learning also tended to be those who had the greatest knowledge of, and interest in using, educational pedagogies.

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A Time for Radical Empathy

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

by Terri E. Givens. We are once again at a moment in history where people are in the streets calling for racial justice. George Floyd is another name in a long line of African Americans who have lost their lives at the hands of the police, those who are supposed to “protect and serve.”. In order to understand this moment and why it has led to such a strong response by the public, it is important to understand that these are not random incidents.

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How universities are using big data and predictive analytics to support students

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What can universities do at an institutional level to help decrease their drop-out rates?

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