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How an OER Rookie Dove Deep Into a Zero-Cost Textbook Degree Program

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Water is a unique discipline, it’s not like math or history or communication studies were major publishers put out multitudes of textbooks on,” she says. Reviews for relevancy and accurateness “went beyond the community college in that sense,” the instructor says. Using OER in those courses, she added, “really started out of necessity.”

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EdSurge Live: Who Controls AI in Higher Ed, And Why It Matters (Part 1)

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And the infusion of algorithms is leading to questions—ethical questions and practical questions and philosophical questions—about how far higher education should go in bringing in artificial intelligence, and who decides what the algorithms should look like. They must be peer-reviewable. They must be transparent.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large. A developmental math instructor might direct students to ask, “Explain quadratic equations,” receiving tailored responses, freeing class time for conceptual exploration (Topol, 2019). link] Means, B., Bakia, M., & Murphy, R. Mitchell, T.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large. A developmental math instructor might direct students to ask, “Explain quadratic equations,” receiving tailored responses, freeing class time for conceptual exploration (Topol, 2019). link] Means, B., Bakia, M., & Murphy, R. Mitchell, T.

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It’s 2018, not 1918. Basic skills are not enough.

Dangerously Irrelevant

. “When we give them a diploma without ensuring that they have basic skills and they go to post-secondary education and they hit a brick wall – when they get into those English and math gateway courses, when they don’t have the necessary basic skills or preparation to get a job and take care of themselves,” he said.

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Celebrating 33 women and non-binary people in education

Teach Your Kids

. “ Research Shows Women Are Better Leaders During a Crisis ”, from the Harvard Business Review explores qualities like adaptability, empathy, and resilience , which are essential in both business leadership and founding new ventures, qualities that often give women an edge, especially in challenging environments.