With so many articles about Higher Ed IT across the web, it can be easy to miss something important. Here we have collected articles from some of the best Higher Ed IT blogs for you in one aggregate feed. We are constantly updating this list from some of our favorite sources.
Announcing the 2024 – 2025 Bass Digital Education Fellows
Learning Innovation and Lifetime Education (LILE) is excited to announce the 6th cohort of Bass Digital Education Fellows, Duke PhD students participating in a co-curricular internship experience with our team. The Bass Digital Education Fellowship Program, offered in partnership with the Duke Graduate School, provides training for graduate students to develop new skills to distinguish themselves in the academic job market and to explore emerging career paths in digital teaching
Critical keywords of AI in education
Photo by Giu Vicente on Unsplash Notes for a keynote talk presented at the event Digital Autonomy in Education: a public responsibility, convened by Governing the Digital Society, Utrecht University, and Kennisnet, 7 November 2024. The development of AI for education has a long history, but has only become a matter of mainstream excitement and anxiety since so-called “generative AI” arrived. If you want a flavour of the excitement about
Summit Reflection: Alternative Credentials for Innovation in Higher Education
Over 300 attendees joined us for three days of inspiring presentations and engaging discussions at the 2024 Emerging Pedagogies Summit, which explored the theme of Designing and Scaling Transformative Learning For All. Through their work with lifelong learners, LILE staff regularly engage with both the challenges and opportunities these emerging pedagogies present. In this series of Summit reflections, they share with you their major takeaways from each session. After an inspiring keynote
Voting on election day
[T]t’s not so hard to adjust our imaginations… we can take a moment to picture a labyrinthine, sometimes obscure process in action—people and machines working together, perhaps under unpleasant circumstances, to obey our command… we might imagine a forest of gears turning, intricately enmeshed, and wonder if they’re the right gears, and if they fit as they should, and if they’ve been inspected. –Joshua Rothman This morning I got up
MSU IT Educational Technology resources for November
November offers educators a variety of learning opportunities about creating effective assessments with campus tools and mastering iClicker. Find and register for all learning sessions on the Educational Technology events calendar. Creating Effective Assessment with Campus Tools November 12, 2024, 11:00am – 12:00pm, Virtual Presented in collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI) This session covers the variety of assessment technologies available at MSU, highlighting how
Summit Reflection: Experiential Learning Throughout the Curriculum
Over 300 attendees joined us for three days of inspiring presentations and engaging discussions at the 2024 Emerging Pedagogies Summit, which explored the theme of Designing and Scaling Transformative Learning For All. Through their work with lifelong learners, LILE staff regularly engage with both the challenges and opportunities these emerging pedagogies present. In this series of Summit reflections, they share with you their major takeaways from each session. One of the last
Summit Reflection: Perspectives on Workforce Development and Lifetime Learning
Over 300 attendees joined us for three days of inspiring presentations and engaging discussions at the 2024 Emerging Pedagogies Summit, which explored the theme of Designing and Scaling Transformative Learning For All. Through their work with lifelong learners, LILE staff regularly engage with both the challenges and opportunities these emerging pedagogies present. In this series of Summit reflections, they share with you their major takeaways from each session. On the
Short-term thoughts for the American election: possibilities for unrest
Greetings from Sunday, November 3rd. I’m writing this from the travel zone of airports, airplanes, Ubers, and hotels, as I head off to a presentation. I’m writing in some haste. This week is the American election day, obviously. I’ve been writing a post about long-term trends embodied in the event, but wanted first to share thoughts on the short term. There is a great deal of anxiety about civil unrest
Generative AI and Pedagogical Innovation: Two Students’ Perspectives
CARADITE is Duke’s think-tank and living laboratory for innovative research and design about transformative education. Earlier this fall, our Center’s undergraduate research assistants–Emma Ren and Barron Brothers–participated in the second annual Emerging Pedagogies Summit. Here, Emma and Barron share their thoughts about how the Summit addressed the role of AI in education, with an emphasis on AI as “a tool to enhance—not replace—human relationships.” Enjoy! – Remi Kalir, PhD, Associate
Summit: AI, Ethics, and Education
Over 300 attendees joined us for three days of inspiring presentations and engaging discussions at the 2024 Emerging Pedagogies Summit, which explored the theme of Designing and Scaling Transformative Learning For All. Through their work with lifelong learners, LILE staff regularly engage with both the challenges and opportunities these emerging pedagogies present. In this series of Summit reflections, they share with you their major takeaways from each session. Ken Rogerson