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Effective Strategies for Sustaining Student Attention during PowerPoint Lectures

Faculty Focus

Despite debate and disagreement about how to define and measure attention spans, numerous studies have put student attention spans in approximately the 10-minute range (Bradbury, 2016). So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities?

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

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Will GenAI narrow or widen the digital divide in higher education?

SRHE

Introduction the widening digital divide Our recent study ( Zhou et al , 2025 ) surveyed 595 undergraduate students across the UK to examine the evolving digital divide across all forms of digital technologies. The core issue lies not in the absence of support, but in its uptake.

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Leader of Learning Podcast episode 165: Exploring the Future of Technology in Education with John Sowash

Leader of Learning

Episode 165 of the Leader of Learning Podcast features John Sowash, an expert in all things Chromebooks, Google apps, and Google Workspace for Education live from the FETC conference in Orlando, Florida. He began his educational journey as a high school science teacher exploring the use of Google Docs and Wikis with ninth grade students.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Such policies demonstrate compassion and respect for the complexities of students’ lives (Nilson, 2016; Hammond, 2015).

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India and South Korea partner on vocational education initiative

The PIE News

The initiative is designed to establish a robust framework for vocational education and training in the discipline, aligning with the needs of a rapidly evolving job market. This marks KOICAs debut project in India since Korea was designated Indias official development assistance partner for development cooperation in October 2016.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of our most defining initiatives started in 2016: the Career Pathways Initiative (CPI), a $50 million investment by the Lilly Endowment. When we set out to build that digital learning network, we weren't just thinking about online education. Could you talk about the intentionality behind including students as part of this process?

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