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LbSD podcast, episode one: Teaching with a scientific understanding of how students learn

Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact · Teaching with a scientific understanding of how students learn. Subscribe: Learning by Scientific Design is a podcast series by Deans for Impact that explores how an understanding of cognitive science, or the science of how students learn, can lead to more rigorous, equitable and inclusive teaching.

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University of Pittsburgh Launches $15K Master of Data Science on Coursera — No STEM Background or Application Required

Coursera blog

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera The University of Pittsburgh, one of the top 35 public U.S. universities, now offers a fully online Master of Data Science (MDS) on Coursera for $15,000, which is 38% more affordable than the average online master’s degree. To learn more, visit [link]. Source: Lightcast.(2023),

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International students have a role in applied research in Canada

The PIE News

Canada is home to 318 billion trees and a vast array of colleges, universities, polytechnics and other institutes of higher learning – proof that it’s a fertile land for growth. College and university models of applied research differ significantly. Some 600 students are presently involved in paid applied research activity.

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The F Word

Inside Higher Ed

Deans, department chairs, and other administrators should inform faculty about classes with unusually high DFW rates or with significance performance and achievement gaps and target assistance to help faculty redesign such classes. Therefore, colleges and universities need to be more enterprising. I’d say it’s the faculty.

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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

“We’re seen as a bunch of geeks who provide the raw materials for them but not necessarily as equal players,” said Cherri Pancake, past Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) president and professor emeritus at Oregon State University. In machine learning, it is about three months.”

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The push for more active learning spaces on campus

Inside Higher Ed

These are positive developments from the perspective of groups such as the Association of American Universities and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, which promote high-impact practices that increase student engagement and deep learning. Yet the growth of active learning spaces remains incremental.