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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Combined with the Apple App Store, which first debuted in 2008 with 500 phone applications, in less than 20 years, technology has revolutionized how the average consumer communicates, entertains themselves, and obtains information. Consequently, renormalizing consumer expectations for end-user experiences.

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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From the burgeoning focus on diversity and inclusion in the 1980s and 1990s to the rise of digital technology in the late 1990s and 2000s, I have been privileged to observe and contribute to significant shifts in the educational paradigm. Each phase of my journey provided unique insights into the challenges and opportunities within academia.

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

Supporting Student Success

In 2008, through some fabulous colleagues, I discovered TED Talks, which led me to leadership guru Simon Sinek. 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.

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Lecture Recording: What does research say about its effect on attendance?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

First-year medical students also commented in a separate study, that they found it extremely useful, and lecture recording decreased stress and anxiety (Pilarski, Alan Johnstone, Pettepher, & Osheroff, 2008). Educational Technology Research and Development , 58 (1), 19–37. 2007; Dolnicar, 2005). 2007; Dolnicar, 2005). Goebel, A.

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Augmented reality, STEM and remote learning

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Image credit: Danai Korre Dr Danai Korre and Professor Andrew Sherlock explore how three pilot educational AR applications can promote digital technology in teaching. The rapidly advancing technology of Augmented and Mixed Reality (AR/MR) allows for interactions between real objects and virtual objects.

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Working environments: a short overview of the literature

SRHE

Research by Danielsson and Bodin (2008) further supports the idea that private and agile office environments contribute to better emotional health, largely due to the sense of control they afford employees. ” This fatigue arises when we rely on directed, or focused, attention for extended periods.) Personal communication to Kipar, N.,

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President moves: Hired, fired, retired and one unexpected loss after a 19-year tenure

University Business

Remembering Sister Candace Introcaso The word came from La Roche University’s Twitter page: “With a heavy heart, I must inform you that moments before the 2 p.m. Wagner took the presidency amid America’s 2008-09 recession, facilitating efforts to remodel the school’s financial tools.