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Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women have been making crucial contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics since long before STEM was an educational buzzword. Women wrote the first computer algorithm and the first programming language to use English words. But as time has passed, that excuse has rung less true.

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Academics work to detect ChatGPT and other AI writing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. In this cat-and-mouse game, some computer scientists are working to make AI writers more humanlike, while others are working to improve detection tools. Academic fields make progress in this way.

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How to Use Technology to Meet Accreditation Standards Effortlessly in Higher Education

Creatrix Campus

How to Use Technology to Meet Accreditation Standards Effortlessly in Higher Education editor Thu, 10/24/2024 - 00:22 Overview - Reimagining Accreditation Let's get into the actual difficulties surrounding accreditation. Envision yourself to use technology to not just complete the certification process, but to turn it into an asset.

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Learning Outcome Based Curriculum Framework: Best Practices and Case Studies in Higher Education

Creatrix Campus

Within this framework are three major objectives;: Students are guaranteed to acquire particular information and skills thanks to the Learning Outcome-Based Curriculum Framework (LOCF). For instance, in a computer science curriculum, the objectives may include things like problem-solving abilities or programming language fluency.

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Teaching AI writing in terms of co-authorship (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The real question now is definitional: On what terms should educators interact with writing generated from machines? While the sources of the language and information generated by ChatGPT seem to be without precedent, unlike a Google search or a Wikipedia entry, it’s not because there aren’t sources.

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D'Youville struggles with network reliability for a month

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The cancellation of two days of classes at D’Youville University almost a month ago turned out to be only the start of computer network problems that have led to frustrations across campus, faculty members say. “I think that it would be helpful if more information were shared,” Fox Garrity said.

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My first chat with ChatGPT (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It is important to recognize and celebrate the diversity of experiences and expressions of masculinity and femininity and to avoid making judgments or evaluations based on narrow definitions of what it means to be “macho” or “feminine.” ” Q: Do I contain multitudes?