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Launching the Computer Science Education Group: Fostering Collaboration and Advancement

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Photo credit: Unsplash CC0 In this extra post, the authors share details about the new Computer Science Education Group; an innovative initiative that aims to bring together staff and students of varied backgrounds involved in Computer Science Education. What Sets Us Apart?

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Report: Undergraduate Enrollment Finally Rising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

higher education institutions is finally seeing growth again, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). Computer and information sciences and support services proved to be the academic pursuit that had the largest enrollment boost at undergraduate four-year institutions (9.5%).

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Working environments: a short overview of the literature

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Ruohomäki et al (2015) identify key factors, such as privacy, personal space, and control over tasks and schedules, as critical for reducing distractions and supporting mental focus. Wellbeing and working environments The psychological dimension of workspace design is essential to employee wellbeing and productivity.

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Spotlight on Alternative Assessment Methods: ‘A little bit digitalised?’ Developing practice with online exams

Teaching Matters Online Learning

2019, Myyry & Joutsenvirta 2015, Williams & Wong 2009). The first was migration , whereby exams are expected to transition from pen-and-paper to computer-based delivery largely unaltered, resulting in improvements in efficiency and the student experience.

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Top six trends in highered

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Reduced return on investment for students, cuts in government spending, and “significant skills mismatches between graduates’ abilities and the jobs available” are driving six new trends in higher education, according to a new report from The Brookings Institution. million in 2015 to nearly seven million in 2030.

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How Virtual Reality is Changing Campuses

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

The piece, which went on to discuss virtual field trips and the other possibilities of VR in education, was typical of the articles and academic papers being published at the time: commercial video games had been experimenting with VR for a few years, The Matrix movie had just come out, and VR had the potential to change education forever.

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AI for Pathways & Credentials

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In the Berkeley School of Education, I also teach in the data science major at Berkeley and have background in computer science, PhD. Have been studying though the application of AI to education since I was an undergrad. So those technologies have been part of the research is these kind of rerouting technologies.