Today's Learner

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Artificial intelligence, or AI , is the term to describe the creation of computer systems that are capable of carrying out tasks that traditionally require human intelligence. ChatGPT is a computer application that can communicate with human beings in real-time. ChatGPT in academia: Is the future artificial? What is ChatGPT?

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HEPI

APRIL 23, 2024

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Roger Watson, Academic Dean, School of Nursing, Southwest Medical University, China and outgoing President of the National Conference of University Professors. Obtaining funding certainly is a major distraction in some corners of academia.

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HEPI

APRIL 30, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Shadi Hijazi, Principal Consultant at QS Quacquarelli Symonds. The panic around AI replacing human effort has calmed as knowledge has grown. Get our updates via email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. Our series on the lives of early-career researchers so far: Dr Louise Folkes, ‘Getting to grips with the rules of the game: reflections on being a first generation academic’ , HEPI blog, 3 October 2022. Email Address.

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ACRLog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

There is one name at the top of the CV, the exam, the LibInsights report, this blog post. In November I helped with two major outreach initiatives, a conference and a multi-day medical humanities event series, neither of which would have had any hope of success if they had fallen on the shoulders of one individual as opposed to a team.

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ACRLog

MARCH 21, 2025

In a shocking turn of events, students react better when you treat them as human beings and act human yourself. For example, in case you noticed in this blog post I avoided the phrase academic misconduct … academic integrity is much better because it places value on the goal, not the punishment.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: University of Venus Burnout has been the focus of much of my work life for the last five years—first experiencing it as a tenured faculty member, then writing about it as a researcher and memoirist, and now coaching about and facilitating workshops on it as well as burnout resilience for faculty across the country.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

She blogs here. They are both based in the School of Education, Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Lucie Wheeler is a Research Assistant in education.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In this piece, we explore how social media, as a pervasive cultural force, impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students while shaping their persistence and success in academia. Social media reflects the spectrum of human emotion and can be a powerful educational tool. Frontiers in Digital Humanities, 5.

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ACRLog

JANUARY 31, 2023

As I’m sure anyone in academia is aware, ChatGPT and its AI counterparts are taking us by storm. These were my instructions to the AI in order: “Can you write a different blog post, this time talking about the nuances of engaging with teaching faculty as an academic librarian? Can you tailor it to the style of the blog, ACRLog?” “Can

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HEPI

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Priya Madina, Director of External Affairs and Policy at Taylor & Francis. This blog provides viewpoints from Taylor & Francis , a global academic publisher and draws from remarks shared at the roundtable to open discussions. There are many global challenges that we face.

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HEPI

JULY 9, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Ruth Arnold , Director of External Affairs at Study Group. 25 years later that project which uniquely brought together academia, industry, national and regional government is a flagship advanced manufacturing research campus of the kind every government in the UK and beyond wants. We need beauty.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? Like most underrepresented scholars, I consider these students my own, and mentoring them is a privilege and a blessing.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In this piece, we explore how social media, as a pervasive cultural force, impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students while shaping their persistence and success in academia. Social media reflects the spectrum of human emotion and can be a powerful educational tool. Frontiers in Digital Humanities, 5.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation When I learned that Dr. Alexandra Urban recently completed her EdD (Doctor of Education ) while working full-time at Coursera, I had to hear more. My background is in Educational Neuroscience, applying how the human brain learns to improve teaching environments. Q1: Tell us about your role at Coursera.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! Explaining or discussing faith can ignite heated, passionate and explosive debates in academia. The existence of faith finds evidence in declarations by numerous international human rights organizations insisting on equal access to higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Blog: Just Visiting It is Thanksgiving week, a week that for many of us consists of rituals repeated after year, particularly around the meals. ” It has been well documented that many who intersect with academia have not found it to be particularly fun but instead have found it arbitrary, hostile and punishing.

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totallyrewired

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The following blog post was created entirely by AI (MS Teams/Claude/ChatGPT/DALL-E). The presenters argued for greater transparency in academic writing processes, debunking myths of inherent genius and emphasizing the need for human editing and critical thinking.

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HEPI

MAY 19, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Winchester. My qualifications and publications may be evidence to the outside world that I belong in my position here in academia, but that’s very different to feeling I belong. I shouldn’t, but I do.

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HEPI

MAY 27, 2024

Similarly, interdisciplinary modules such as those offered by the University of Leeds on the theme of Creating Sustainable Futures enable students to work together to explore the human costs of high consumption societies and manage change to more desirable ways of living and being.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

Similarities Between Industry and Academia. So by the time I got into this perspective of being in academia, that piece was part of how I operated. My favorite term is 'a thousand flowers blooming,' because what you can do in academia which works out really well is that you can literally start a lot of things going.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I find it quite striking: the most successful unionization efforts have shifted from the traditional working class to the educated class. Academia is a calling. programs, especially in the humanities, are likely to shrink, irrespective of unionization. At tech firms rather than in warehousing.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Like many of you, I know Marni Baker Stein. Q: What inspired you to move to an ed-tech company after a career in academia? With 25-plus years in the industry, she's known for her astute observations on the higher ed space and creating accessible, student-centered online experiences. Talk to the students.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Dr Gavin Miller ( @drgavinmiller ) is Reader in Contemporary Literature and Medical Humanities at the University of Glasgow. This blog post draws on his recent article, ‘ Disruption, transformation and silos: medical humanities and the management gurus ’ published in Medical Humanities.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This blog has been compiled by Sam Elkington, Jill Dickinson, and Rihana Suliman (SRHE Conferences and Events Manager.) What is the role for human agency in these types of assemblages with human and non-human actors, so as not to feel helpless or a “cog” while respecting the need to de-centre the human?

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eLiterate

JULY 12, 2023

The repetitive work they are doing now would be replaced by the software over time, freeing up the human brains for other things that human brains are particularly good at. On top of that, it’s just a bad idea to have spread bits of glue code here, there, and everywhere, regardless of whether a human or a machine writes it.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2025

Institutions must address ethical concerns, such as data privacy, bias in AI algorithms, and the potential displacement of human roles in teaching and administration. Carnegie Mellon also actively researches the ethical implications of AI, setting standards for responsible use in academia.

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PeopleAdmin

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Human resources teams in higher education institutions face a unique set of challenges when it comes to recruiting and hiring, as they must continually adapt to changing trends in academia, technology, and workforce expectations, along with shifting perceptions of HigherEd as a workplace.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Assemblages In this final symposium, we shifted the focus by using the lens of ‘assemblages’ to examine the expanding range of contemporary HE learning spaces and the heterogenous collection of material and non-material, human and non-human elements that compose them.

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Today's Learner

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Part two of “Digital Nexus in Higher Education” aims to demystify the complex relationship between technology and academia, offering practical guidance for educators to navigate this digital nexus while upholding academic standards and organizational effectiveness. There are great podcasts and blogs devoted to the topic.

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SRHE

JANUARY 20, 2023

She debated how discursive constructions of mobility may influence who can access academia/higher education, who can gain recognition, and who can establish a feeling of belonging. She holds a PhD in human geography, and have worked with pedagogical training of staff for many years including international academics.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

As we mentioned in the previous blog, this requires the board to step into a consulting role instead of only an oversight role. This approach also allows the institution to tap specific talents, skills, and knowledge that a board member may have, such as finance, technology, human resources, or marketing.

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idfive agency

APRIL 8, 2022

And while efforts have taken many forms, none have become more visible and have built more momentum than the increasing efforts in business, government, and academia to address the issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). . If change is going to happen, it’s only going to happen through action, not platitudes.

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ACPA

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

I’m specifically supporting master’s students in the Peabody College of Education and Human Development. And also, I think the reality of academia. Cassandra Goodpaster (57:29) I think we’re really lucky at Peabody that we work in a space dedicated for education and human development.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

Dr. Drumm McNaughton discusses contemporary EdTech trends and predictions with Phil Hill, publisher of Phil on EdTech Blog and partner at MindWires LLC. About Our Podcast Guest Phil Hill , publisher of Phil on EdTech Blog and partner at MindWires LLC. He is most notably recognized for writing his blog, On EdTech.

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SRHE

JANUARY 26, 2024

I addressed the ways in which administrative staff and professional services staff are included within academic research, as a representation of their human capital, roles and responsibilities, the ‘minions of management’ that Dopson & McNay discuss leads to an absence of voice and authority.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

In academia, I've always been enamored with folks who can work the art of leadership in a really clear way, all kinds of models, all kinds of people who've inspired me to think, 'If I could just steal a little of that, a little of that.' His work has appeared in The New York Times and USA Today, among other publications.

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