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November 03, 2017
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6 ways video technologies are fundamentally shaping higher education
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Video's impact in K-12 and higher-ed classrooms continues to grow, as educators and students report increases in achievement, engagement and active content creation, according to a new survey from Kaltura. Ninety-nine percent of institutions report they have teachers regularly incorporating video in their curriculum. More than half are using video…

University improves retention rates of first-gen low-income students by thirteen percentage points
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Ivy Tech Community College, the nation’s largest singly accredited statewide community college system, and Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), the state’s premier urban public research university, recently announced the latest results of their multi-year initiative to improve persistence rates among first-generation, low-income students.

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Predicting the next 20 years in higher ed reveals 5 major themes

Higher education in the U.S. is facing unprecedented challenges. Long viewed as an engine for success, recent surveys show a partisan erosion in that faith in higher ed. This erosion of trust, coupled with significant demographic shifts and growing costs, are fueling national debates over the purpose, value, and funding…

University builds virtual reality CAVE for a new higher ed era

Field trips or physical models can help immerse students in some topics’ different perspectives, but often budgets, time, or modeling details limit these tools’ usefulness. Thus instructors are investigating Virtual Reality (VR) as a means for bringing students into interactive, immersive contact with their subjects. At Villanova University my research…

Where are all the female engineers? And why colleges and universities should care

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