Remove Research Remove Tradition Remove White Paper
article thumbnail

After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

ED Surge

It was only in the ’70s that we started recruiting traditional-aged students onto a campus. We had to negotiate with our traditional faculty who really controlled what we could do and not do — to get a little bit of breathing space to do what we wanted to do. Will you release a white paper, or tools?

EdTech 125
article thumbnail

The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders

ED Surge

Traditional teaching uses class time to introduce students to concepts, which they then engage with on their own through homework. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a VR experience that lets students step into the virtual set of a final scene in the classic Orson Welles film “Citizen Kane.”

Tutoring 142
educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

XPRIZE: The Real Winners? Underserved Adult Learners

Digital Promise

This translates to limited upward mobility for them and their children; children of parents with low literacy skills have a 72 percent chance of being at the lowest reading levels themselves, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), which diminishes the worker pipeline for the future. In fact, according to U.S.

article thumbnail

‘Guided play’ benefits kids—but what does that look like for parents?

The Hechinger Report

The initial findings of this survey found huge support for play among parents, but researchers found some misconceptions around how to best use play to support learning. But research is finding when there’s a learning goal, that guided play yields the best results for that. It’s really important.

article thumbnail

How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

ED Surge

The year was 2010, and Michael Gibson found himself on the first day of a research job at a hedge fund run by the controversial billionaire Peter Thiel. It’s a cause that Thiel has long championed, and a friend there tipped Gibson off that the libertarian billionaire was looking for a researcher at his fund. in it at Oxford University.

Economics 127
article thumbnail

Will the real Montessori please stand up?

The Hechinger Report

Parents were intrigued by the schools, which seemed to offer an alternative to traditional public schools. Research shows a Montessori education can affect a student’s achievement. Nearby, another student poked holes in a piece of white paper with a large push pin to create outlines of shapes. Go down, every time.”.

Library 111
article thumbnail

MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era

ED Surge

mainly comes in a few fixed shapes and sizes: the research university, the liberal arts college, the community college, the technical college. If you don’t come up with a different structure with different incentives, things won’t change,” Sanjay Sarma, an MIT professor who led the creation of the white paper, told EdSurge in an interview. “If

Sociology 145