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UW Gets Google Gift to Diversify Computer Science Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Washington (UW) and Google have announced a $400,000 gift from the tech giant that will go towards efforts to diversify the field of K-12 computer science education. Computer science is one of America’s most critical fields. Ko Th e lack of diversity is mirrored in the computer science teaching force.

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New Technology and Attitudes Emerge from the Pandemic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the start of 2020, there was robust availability of online higher education, but no one anticipated that a worldwide pandemic called COVID-19 would soon usher in a new world of distance learning. “The Making the shift and continued development Luoma was on Yale University’s faculty initiatives team when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020.

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Pey Kin-Leong, Singapore University of Technology and Design

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Singapore University of Technology and Design, the island-nation’s fourth public university, has embarked on a new project to reinvent blended learning. When Singapore entered its first lockdown in April 2020, SUTD – like institutions around the world – was forced to move its lessons online. pic.twitter.com/zP5rbyKRDw.

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The employability end game: are we preparing graduates for the future world of work?

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The capabilities of Chat GPT and similar programs not only underscored the extraordinary advancements in technology but also ushered in new career pathways previously unseen. According to McKinsey and Company, the future of work entails understanding how businesses and organisations can adapt to rapid technological changes.

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Guide, Don’t Hide: Maximizing Course Assignments with ChatGPT Integration

Faculty Focus

For me, ChatGPT is just another in a long line of technology-assisted tools that I accept may become a routine part of my professional/personal life. Early approaches in the field of generative AI are situated within 1950s-60s computer science and AI research and “aimed to mimic human expertise to generate outputs” (ChatGPT, 2023).

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

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For instance, kinesthetic learning often takes place in classrooms and may contribute to the success of some neurodiverse learners, whereas they may have previously struggled in classrooms that heavily focused on either auditory, visual, and reading or writing (El-Amin, 2020). Procedia Computer Science , 217 , 507-512.

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University at Buffalo expands cutting-edge facilities to meet the needs of students, researchers and society

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The University at Buffalo (UB) is experiencing remarkable growth in international enrollment, with students from 104 countries choosing UB for its focus on high-demand fields like computer science , artificial intelligence (AI), engineering, data science. Building on UB’s supercomputing center, launched in 1999 with a $1.3