Conferences
Faculty Development Professionals Conference – August 20–21 (Online) – Magna Publications
The Faculty Development Professionals Conference offers the opportunity to explore evidence-based tools and innovative pedagogical practices to improve your ability to assist faculty, as well as sessions that focus on skills for your own professional development such as leadership, publishing, and well-being.
The HighEdWeb Annual Conference is the conference created by and for all higher education professionals who want to explore the web and digital’s role in their organization.
The Leadership in Higher Education Conference is designed to provide academic leaders, such as deans, department chairs, administrators, and aspiring leaders a platform to embrace new tools to put in place when returning to academia.
This is THE event where professionals and technology providers from around the world gather to network, share ideas, grow professionally, and discover solutions to today’s challenges.
Articles
Engaging Libarians in Student Success Work – Inside Higher Ed
Campus librarians can play an important role in supporting institutional goals for student success and can help libraries become centers of student engagement while also serving as vital social and service spaces.
This coming semester, students in five classrooms at Morehouse College will be able to get their course questions answered 24-7 through the use of AI-powered, animated Teaching Assistants. The increasing use of AI bots in the classroom can provide an important service for students, but the technology is also raising concerns.
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning the Chevron doctrine, credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service indicated that the US Department of Education will most likely experience a weakening of its authority. Several important regulations could be threatened, including new gainful employment and Title IX rules.
Prospective students can suffer sticker shock when looking into annual college attendance costs, and feel that they must consider the likelihood of taking on substantial loans. In general, however, students don’t pay this full cost attending public universities; family income is in fact a better indicator of what a student can expect to pay.
Difficult classroom discussions may on occasion result from controversial topics, intensified emotions, or varying student backgrounds. Conflict resolution techniques such as active listening, compromise, and setting good discussion ground rules can help educators navigate these situations, and even turn them into positive learning experiences.
The new Teaching Assistant Certificate Program at Empire State University is a great example of providing a low-cost, high-quality option for furthering career advancement. Instructional programs can follow this example by utilizing Open Educational Resources and existing resources and by taking advantage of online accessibility.
Initial apprehension has started to give way to an acceptance and even a feeling of enthusiasm as higher education institutions have begun finding innovative ways to use generative AI. Generative AI can be integrated into visual content creation tools and can be used to enhance students’ creative thinking and problem-solving skills. As an example of one of these tools, generative AI’s integration into various Adobe offerings is discussed.
Artificial Intelligence
Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Higher Education: The Dynamics of Ethical, Social, and Educational Implications – Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This study surveys educators in Saudi Arabia and explores their attitudes, perceptions, and expectations regarding AI. It concludes that there is “a prevailing optimism regarding AI’s future role in higher education,” with participants envisioning personalized learning experiences, ethical AI integration, collaborative endeavors, and ongoing support for lifelong learning.”
How to Craft a Generative AI Use Policy in Higher Education – EdTech Magazine
This article provides an overview of how universities are currently setting “guardrails for how and why generative artificial intelligence is implemented,” as well as advice on how to craft a robust set of university policies around AI.
Majority of Grads Wish They’d Been Taught AI in College – Inside Higher Ed
This article summarizes recent Cengage survey data that shows “The survey, released today, found that 70 percent of graduates believe basic generative AI training should be integrated into courses; 55 percent said their degree programs did not prepare them to use the new technology tools in the workforce.”
ChatGPT Assignments to Use in your Classroom Today – University of Central Florida Created OER Works
This OER book explains the basics of Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and maps out 61 possible ways to integrate their use into the classroom.
The Impact of Generative AI on Higher Education Learning and Teaching: A Study of Educators’ Perspectives – Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence
Recent survey of how faculty are using artificial intelligence (AI) in their course design, and how they believe it has impacted their students’ learning for the better and the worse.
Ed Tech
Digital Accessibility Resources – LinkedIn
In this post Matthew Guyan provides a comprehensive list of curated resources exploring digital accessibility that can help inform actionable steps for creating inclusive content across various digital platforms, from adding alt text to ensuring color contrast and more.
Traditional eLearning methods—think of those straightforward, lecture-style lessons—are just not cutting it anymore. In a world full of distractions and with everyone’s attention span shrinking, it’s hard to keep learners interested. This article will show you powerful ways to make your courses more engaging.
Contrary to popular belief, creating quality online courses doesn’t always require professional, complex authoring software. If you develop training materials, don’t give up on good old PowerPoint before reading this article.
In the fast-evolving world of digital learning, innovations in AI and technology continually invite us to explore new and improved methods of engagement and experience. This article will explore the practical applications of these technologies, particularly in making them accessible and cost-effective for smaller organizations.
Podcasts
Explains the importance of a learner-centered syllabus. Explores ways to design syllabi that can both guide users and foster a community-focused learning environment. The podcasters assert that crafting a syllabi with these elements can directly support institutional goals such as improving student retention rates.
Two experts share their advice for creating a classroom that supports language learning and understanding and how language learning itself creates more empathetic communication. Geared more towards providing students with a space to develop their cross-cultural communication skills.
Discussion about how students lives affect their learning and how to help students learn your content area. Many students are under constant stress, which impacts their learning. These ladies discuss how professors can help their students and provide resources for educators.
Focuses on open education and how universities can bring down costs for students, increase interdisciplinary collaboration, and refocus the academic world on strengthening the public good.
Examines how learning is recognized across institutions via transfers of credit. The podcaster takes a look at the new commissions aimed at improving the policies and practices we use to evaluate undergraduate learning.
Reports
2024 Graduate Employability Report: Preparing students for the GenAI-driven workplace – Cengage Group
This survey report by Cengage features data about how employers are increasingly looking for workers with AI knowledge and how universities largely aren’t providing the AI training students need.
Building Better Internships: Understanding and Improving the Internship Experience
Strada’s newest report, “Building Better Internships,” looks at the latest findings from the National Survey of College Internships, a survey developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions. The survey, now administered in partnership with Strada, examines the reasons students seek internships, common barriers they face in securing internships, the overall quality of the experience, and connections to career goals.
Higher Education: Education Could Improve Information on Accommodations for Students with Disabilities – U.S. Government Accountability Office
The percentage of college students with disabilities has grown since 2004—largely due to more students reporting mental health conditions. Some students with disabilities face challenges in college because they don’t know they should request and self-advocate for reasonable accommodations.
The Department of Education has issued tips for students on this topic that may not reach them.
Webinars
The emergence of generative AI tools has increased aspirations for a long-sought goal in academe: providing personalized learning experiences for every student. When used properly, those tools help foster personalized learning by allowing students to move at their own pace and to learn in ways that best work for them. However, there are inevitable pitfalls, around data privacy and the potential for students to overly rely on the technologies. How can institutional leaders support their faculty members in experimenting with AI while avoiding those pitfalls?
As higher ed faces more challenges, how can libraries play a greater role in student success and in other institutional goals? Today they are offering strategic value to a campus as hubs for student services, learning technologies, and academic innovation.
Upon the release of novel generative AI (GAI) systems in November 2022, the team at RUSH University responded by developing interactive skills labs for faculty. To date, they have hosted four skills labs, each focused on a different facet of generative AI capabilities and applications.
Explore innovations working to ensure a college degree remains a powerful driver of economic & non-economic value.
Get chief business officers’ thoughts on topics such as college affordability, cost-cutting measures & mergers.
