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Ep. 83 – Student Mental Health as a Priority in Higher Education with Daniel Eisenberg

Daniel Eisenberg talks about student mental health as to learning, retention, belonging, and the future of universities. ...
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Facing University with a Chronic Illness

Being a college student with a chronic condition can feel like a constant struggle: you against the world. However, when you prioritize developing a balance ...
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Opinion | Receiving and Being Well Received: What Human Element Is in Play in Virtual Life?

Is it possible to look at each other in the virtual world? In remote conferences, we certainly see each other's eyes. But is that a ...

UAM Knowledge: The Importance of Communicating

UAM Knowledge is a platform where the research produced at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) moves beyond classrooms and laboratories to become stories, analyses, and ...

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Siemens Foundation awards scholarships for up to $100,000

The Siemens Foundation reorganizes its Competition in Math, Science and Technology and will now award prizes of up to $100,000 for high school students that ...

After criticism, Turnitin launches new tool

After hearing teachers’ complaints, plagiarism-prevention platform Turnitin releases a new writing tool: Revision Assistant.

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Sung-Chul Shin: Integrated disciplines and humanities are “key in the wake of the fourth industrial revolution”

Innovations in education, research, and technology commercialization of universities are critical for responding to the transformations that the Fourth Industrial Revolution will bring about. 

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Tec de Monterrey awards inspiring teachers

During the Annual Teachers' Meeting, six teachers earned the Inspiring Teacher Award 2017 for being an example of excellence in their practice.

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Taking breaks while marking exams increases productivity

It is common sense (and proven) that fatigue accumulates with effort and decays with rest, and now researchers have come up with a model that ...

Teachers fail to innovate due to “fear of looking stupid”

A new study has found that teachers are too afraid of looking stupid in front of their students to try something new. 

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‘Lazy geniuses’: Brighter students study less hard

A German paper that studied individual effort decisions in higher education found that the most talented students worked less hard and fewer hours than other ...

MIT launches lab to help learners in the developing world

The MIT has created a new laboratory to help educators, universities, governments, and companies, revolutionize the effectiveness and reach of education, through innovation. 

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What teachers say they need to use technology effectively

A new report focuses on the readiness of teachers to use digital tools to transform teaching and learning and explores what teachers say they need ...

Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative has an ambitious plan to push personalized learning

The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative will be investing "hundreds of millions of dollars a year" in personalized learning with the aim to expand the efforts to provide ...

Report warns that university email addresses are at risk

Digital Citizens Alliance releases a new report that shows that .edu email addresses are very prone to cyber theft. The researchers found around 14 million ...

Coventry University partners with FutureLearn to offer 50 online degrees

Coventry University, from England, and FutureLearn, one of the largest MOOC platform in the world, will offer 50 online degrees over 5 years, focusing on ...

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