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Virtual Reality Technology Enhances Modern Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

This is because youre in a virtual chemistry lab, wearing a virtual reality headset and experimenting in a digital environment that doesnt carry the risks of an actual chemistry lab. But despite this error, no one gets hurt and theres absolutely no threat to others. This is the future of teaching and learning, one higher

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Technology Initiatives Support Student Mental Health in a Modern Higher Ed Environment

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Mental health has become an increased focus recently for both students and the schools they attend. According to a 2024 U.S. News-Generation Lab report, 70% of students have experienced mental health challenges since starting college.

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Transforming Student Success Through Enterprise Technology

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Once-skeptical educators are increasingly embracing these applications, and trends point toward a significant uptick in adoption and use. The contemporary AI environment has evolved from experimental use of new tools by eager early adopters to wider availability of a variety of platforms and tools with embedded AI functionality.

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Spatial Computing Tech Gives Students Real-World Experience in Virtual Environments

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

This is the power of virtual reality and other immersive technologies in higher education. And in a rhetoric class, a restless audience prepares to mercilessly heckle students who drone on in a monotone as they practice their speeches.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

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The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

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Higher Education Faced Mounting Enrollment and Security Challenges in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from United Educators reveals that enrollment concerns reclaimed the top spot as the most pressing risk facing colleges and universities in 2024, with 71% of institutions identifying it as a major challenge. This represents an increase from 67% in the previous year.

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HBCU Leaders Unite to Address Threats to Black Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Smothers In a powerful response to growing challenges facing Black students and institutions, Virginia Union University (VUU) recently convened over 250 educational leaders for an urgent national summit addressing the state of Black education in America. Board educator displacement and current threats. The virtual B.L.A.C.

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