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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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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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Transforming Student Success Through Enterprise Technology

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

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. Once-skeptical educators are increasingly embracing these applications, and trends point toward a significant uptick in adoption and use.

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A Positive Environment of Engagement and Retention in the Online Learning Environment  

Faculty Focus

The online learning environment consists of a web-based learning atmosphere where student and faculty experiences and positions are located in separate geographical locations. Through the use of engaging techniques, it is possible (and essential) to create a positive learning environment across the distance!

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Working environments: a short overview of the literature

SRHE

by Nic Kipar We rarely consider whether staff on our campuses are enjoying their work environments and are able to be their most creative and effective selves. Here in the first of two blogs Nic Kipar reviews what we know from research about working environments; the second blog will look at what this might mean in practice.

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How Digital Transformation Efforts Foster Student Success in Higher Ed

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

In response, digital transformation efforts that promote collaborative and engaging learning environments, equip classrooms with modern technology, and enable a secure and seamless experience throughout campus can help institutions achieve their enrollment goals.

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