Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Large language models 1 Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are complex algorithms developed through a type of machine learning called deep learning. Neural networks and deep learning allowed more sophisticated understandings of language. Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: The State of the Field’.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1

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WCET Frontiers

JANUARY 5, 2023

In 2023, WCET will look at Artificial Intelligence (AI) and provide support and resources to help you break through the rhetoric and understand both the promises and perils of AI in higher education. What Does All of This Mean for Higher Education? Definitions. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The performance of deep learning models is generally driven by increasing model complexity and amount of training data. GPT-4 was trained on about 500 billion words – essentially all good-quality, publicly available text.

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Coursera blog

JULY 6, 2023

The National Education Policy 2020 emphasizes on training and preparing professionals in cutting-edge areas that are fast gaining prominence, such as machine learning, AI, big data analysis, etc., NEP 2020 further highlights the importance of increasing the Gross Enrollment Ratio in higher education.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As soon as the material is assessed, it is no longer significant, and what has been learned quickly drops out of memory (Zull, 2002). We must seek deep learning in students, and deep learning will only take place if the students themselves consider the material to have significance. Bozalek, V., Gachago, D.,

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 27, 2024

Engagement – it’s another one of those words that’s regularly bandied about in higher education. We know that engagement is an essential part of learning. It’s wanting to understand something and being willing to go beyond what’s required in order to accomplish learning goals.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 27, 2024

Engagement – it’s another one of those words that’s regularly bandied about in higher education. We know that engagement is an essential part of learning. It’s wanting to understand something and being willing to go beyond what’s required in order to accomplish learning goals.

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Coursera blog

JUNE 20, 2023

With its rapid growth, the region has struggled to keep pace with access to education: less than 20% of the young and adult population have completed higher education. This completely online program from Colombia’s top-ranked university delivers Uniandes’ renowned education with added flexibility for working professionals.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is an HBCU and the only public institution of higher education in the Nation’s capital. In 2021, it started to provide VR resources for the campus community through the Center for Advancement of Learning (CAL). References Bos, D., Miller, S. & & Bull, E.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Ultimately, higher education is going to have to come to grips with AI text generation. It’s just completely obvious that within five years, deep learning is going to do better than radiologists.” This isn’t “writing” in the same way that line drills aren’t basketball.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

AI-generated content may include irrelevant information because deep learning models can produce outcomes that initially appear coherent but lack depth (Cano et al. By leading in-class whole group reviews of outputs generated by AI, educators can ensure students navigate the landscape of AI resources responsibly.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is an HBCU and the only public institution of higher education in the Nation’s capital. In 2021, it started to provide VR resources for the campus community through the Center for Advancement of Learning (CAL). References Bos, D., Miller, S. & & Bull, E.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2024

From designing custom art images to creating “Soundful: AI Music Generator” songs and videos to interacting with historical figures through “Hello History” fun chats, AI has the capability to boost education and deep learning. We want to get it right and learn together.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Even though higher education has its own hazing rituals and rites of passage, it doesn’t impose tests of character. I raise these examples to prompt a bigger issue: Are there things that higher education should do but can’t or won’t? Many of those terms and ideas can genuinely improve higher education.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

AI-generated content may include irrelevant information because deep learning models can produce outcomes that initially appear coherent but lack depth (Cano et al. By leading in-class whole group reviews of outputs generated by AI, educators can ensure students navigate the landscape of AI resources responsibly.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Video-based learning is a powerful tool for many reasons; one study even notes that “well selected online educational video lectures advance students’ communication on the discourse level, critical thinking, deep learning, and future employability” (Elgeddawy, 2018, 726). doi:10.20853/33-1-1373.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Though the 28 laureates in attendance this year gave and listened to each other’s talks with optimistic titles such as “Computing for Social Good,” Inside Higher Ed took the opportunity to ask them questions about computer science’s challenges in higher education.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Video-based learning is a powerful tool for many reasons; one study even notes that “well selected online educational video lectures advance students’ communication on the discourse level, critical thinking, deep learning, and future employability” (Elgeddawy, 2018, 726). doi:10.20853/33-1-1373.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That isn’t possible in higher education. Faculty members must recognize that it’s not enough to create opportunities for students to learn – though we must certainly do that. Certainly, we can’t make students invest the time, attention, and focus that deep learning requires.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Where I agree with Malesic is that our current system and structure of higher education is far too focused on the ends (jobs, improved economic potential), and not enough on the means, the experiences that shape the person you will continue to become.

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QS (Quacquarelli Symonds)

JUNE 6, 2022

She spoke at the QS EduData Summit on the theme of Education and the Pursuit of Curiosity, alongside expert speakers from QS, Google, UNESCO and MIT. I strongly believe an interdisciplinary approach should be applied when designing higher education programmes in the AI space. Absolutely!

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2023

As a researcher in the areas of artificial intelligence and machine learning, I wanted to make sure the new MSCS degree program had a strong framework of courses in machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing and other core AI topics, along with course offerings in application and theory.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Lower student-faculty ratios increase individualized learning opportunities. Tutorials (office hours included), guided independent work, and out-of-class interactions with faculty are hallmarks of deep learning experiences. Both matter. Even so, pre-pandemic, only about 11% of college graduates had studied abroad.

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EAB

DECEMBER 4, 2023

What Every Cabinet Leader Needs to Know about AI How will AI transform higher education? In this blog, we will explore the potential opportunities and pitfalls of using AI in annual giving and offer insights into the future of advancement with this transformative technology.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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.

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Coursera blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Today, I’m pleased to introduce our fifth annual Global Skills Report , which draws on data from millions of learners on Coursera to help leaders in business, government, and higher education understand the rapidly changing skills landscape and the availability of skilled talent worldwide. 51%), followed by Latin America (49%).

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 2, 2023

In the authors words: “relationships are the beating heart of higher education and … learning and well-being are intimately, inseparably connected.” I don’t know about you, but I am astonished by how resistant most of my students are to the high impact pedagogical practices that promote deep learning.

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EAB

JUNE 8, 2023

Our EAB research team spoke with dozens of higher education leaders—ranging from presidents, provosts, and CIOs–about the emergence of AI tools on campus. To help inform ongoing conversation, this article explores six innovative ways higher education can embrace AI with examples from across sectors.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

What happens to higher education if Trump wins November’s election? We’ve been exploring this question over the past year, including months of reading, analysis, reflection, and conversation about Project 2025 might mean for higher education. [Editor's Note: This article first appeared at BryanAlexander.org.]

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