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The Evolution of the Humanities

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written fro HEPI by Professor Marion Thain, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Culture and Technology at King’s College London. However that doesn’t mean humanities disciplines don’t have to change.

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How will technology change education in the future?

HEPI

There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. This seems unlikely given we have more, rather than fewer, universities since Thrun spoke and given the work many institutions have been doing to deepen their local roots.

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AI ‘not yet ready’ for language testing without humans

The PIE News

English language testing providers are using Artificial Intelligence to enhance the experience of students, but maintaining a human touch within exams is still important as technology develops. But other providers also maintain a reliance on humans within testing.

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Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. After all, the humanities are frequently characterized as being in crisis and, since 2008, have suffered massive hemorrhaging in the numbers of new majors. To put it simply, an applied humanities approach is needed in STEM education.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“If we want to disrupt systemic oppression, we need a model that prioritizes care, empathy, love, authenticity, healing, hope, collectivity, solidarity, and community,” said Gaston Gayles, president of ASHE and distinguished graduate professor and senior advisor for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion at North Carolina State University.

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Riding the wave of technological change to enable transformative learning for all

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Ian Pickup , Pro Vice Chancellor, Students, at The Open University, and builds on opening and closing remarks made at a recent HEPI round table event. Thinking through the implications of the advance of Generative AI-powered technologies for universities has been a cause for personal reflection.

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Generative AI: a technology that “makes previously exclusive interactions available to all”?

HEPI

Next Wednesday 5th June we are hosting a webinar on the Australian Universities Accord – you can register here. Earlier in May 2024, HEPI, with support from learning technology service Studiosity, hosted a roundtable dinner to discuss how important the human touch is in the age of AI learning.