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Backlash as a university says its library will be 'all digital'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Last week, Vermont State University announced plans for an “all-digital” academic library when the new institution, formed from the consolidation of three colleges, officially launches on July 1. “What we heard was that they need and want access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.”

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A (Dorm) Room of One’s Own

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Academic work requires material access to information in libraries, and other resources like computers and (relatively quiet) space in which to write. This is one in a series of articles about New York University's Faculty Resource Network.

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Striving for Digital Equity in Education

The Scholarly Teacher

Mabel CPO Okojie , Mississippi State University Tinukwa Boulder , University of Pittsburgh Zoey Zhao , University of Pittsburgh Keywords: Digital Divide, Digital Equity, Educational Technology Key Statement : We discuss the complexity of the digital divide and the possibilities of achieving digital equity.

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Engaging young people in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Recent statistics show that in the United Kingdom, the percentage of women graduating from computer science was only 15%, and in engineering it was slightly lower at 14%. Wikipedia is one excellent source of information on STEM because it is a large, online encyclopedia that is free to use. May 28, 2019

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How Virtual Reality is Changing Campuses

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

In 1999, THE Journal published an article about virtual reality (VR) in education. But thanks to technological limitations and prohibitive costs, it didn’t. Now, 20 years after that breathless article, VR technology is finally catching up with its promise. O’Connell. The future is here,” it crowed. Not for years. .

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It can tell you the reason for climate change but does not know what the climate is

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Once, I input an academic article’s name and questioned “can you find the DOI for this article” in the chat box, ChatGPT generated the wrong DOI for me. The more information someone can memorise, the more issues they should be able to solve. But what ChatGPT gave me is another wrong DOI, again!

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20 Citizen Science Projects for Students of All Ages

Experiential Learning Depot

All they need is a computer or phone. This project was added by the Boston Public Library to include citizens in transcribing their collection of letters written by anti-slavery activists. The blog articles illuminate the impact of citizen science on our understanding of the world.