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VR’s Higher-Ed Adoption Starts With Student Creation

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ETC offers a two-year Master of Entertainment Technology program (MET) launched in 1998 and cofounded by the late Randy Pausch, author of “The Last Lecture.”. The remaining MET curriculum features three semester-long interdisciplinary team projects. It was a phenomenal learning experience where I honestly never slept.

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How Intelligent Tutoring Systems Make Deep Learning Possible

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Art Graesser: A lot of the learning that goes on is shallow learning: memorizing things and being exposed to ideas, for example. We have evidence that when you take a demanding test that requires reasoning, reading a book or listening to a lecture in preparation is no different than doing nothing.

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Creating Community Around the Class

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Experiential Learning Separately, we brought our classes to the campus Pickles Gallery for a class meeting, during which Wright guided students’ reflections, and facilitated discussion about the art and its relevance for understanding course material. Crumb of a well-dressed suburban girl encountering a classic “dope fiend.”

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Creating Community Around the Class

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Experiential Learning Separately, we brought our classes to the campus Pickles Gallery for a class meeting, during which Wright guided students’ reflections, and facilitated discussion about the art and its relevance for understanding course material. Crumb of a well-dressed suburban girl encountering a classic “dope fiend.”

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A New Architecture for the University Campus of the Future

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Classrooms and lecture halls may, over time, fade away and become relics of our educational past. Bryant University, a private university located in Smithfield, Rhode Island with academic programs that integrate business and the arts and sciences with a global perspective, offers a glimpse of what the future of campus design could look like.

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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

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They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. Year by year, these adults have gathered threads of wisdom, which the university now invites them to weave into the great tapestry of the liberal arts. She was preparing to audition for a performing arts scholarship.

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Reviving Wonder: How a Sense of Awe Enhances Lifelong Learning in Online Higher Education

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Awe as a Catalyst for Curiosity and Interdisciplinary Learning in Online Higher Education Integrating awe into online curricula can be a powerful catalyst for curiosity and interdisciplinary learning.