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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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The Next Chapter for Public Libraries: How Current and Future Trends are Shaping the Libraries of Tomorrow

Clark Nesxen

Over the last few years, public libraries have transitioned from being buildings that only store and lend books to being fully featured community centers. The most successful public libraries are designed with people in mind and with the help of the community they serve. What is most important to those who use the library?

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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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5 High Tech Solutions that Enable High Touch Campus Experiences

University Business

It’s no great revelation that today’s students are digital natives and view technology as an intrinsic part of how they navigate the world. However, despite their preference for using digital technology to complete day-to-day tasks, they crave interpersonal connections and relationship building.

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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

The great majority of textbooks, Wikipedia pages, newspapers, social media posts, and other sources are absorbed by ChatGPT first. The more information someone can memorise, the more issues they should be able to solve. Then, it makes predictions about which words and phrases are most likely to go together using the data.

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How Virtual Reality is Changing Campuses

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

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. Cal Poly Pomona took advantage of AR for its library orientation and scavenger hunt , using an app called Aurasma. Not for years. . The ethics of VR.

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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions

SRHE

I’d be interested to see what the role of space utilisation monitors/ technology will be in the future of spaces like this. There have been some great StudentShapers projects at Imperial in this area – and the spaces that have been transformed to create more informal social space have garnered lots of positive feedback.