December 31, 2020
KERMIT S. RANDA, eCampus News
Reforecasting involves reassessing the budget at regular intervals — typically, one to four times a year — and making changes to the budget based on current trends and activity. But frequent reforecasting has been slow to take off in many college and universities — one in five institutions with long budgeting cycles do not reforecast at all. But resistance to reforecasting can hamper data-based decision-making as financial conditions change. It’s a scenario that holds true during the pandemic and in a less volatile economy.
https://www.ecampusnews.com/2020/12/10/5-ways-to-begin-reforecasting-for-post-covid-financial-success/?all
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Madeline St. Amour, Inside Higher Ed
New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show that nearly 22 percent fewer students from the Class of 2020 went to college immediately after high school this fall compared to the Class of 2019, according to a news release from the center. The overall immediate college enrollment rate fell from 35.3 percent to 27.7 percent, a drop that is 10 times greater than the decline between 2018 and 2019. The data are preliminary and estimate immediate enrollment rates from more than 2,300 high schools reporting as of Sept. 18. “Based on preliminary data, there is little evidence that COVID-19 impacted high school graduation,” said Doug Shapiro, executive director of the center, in the release.
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/12/10/report-fewer-high-school-students-went-straight-college
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Rich Kremer, Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin System Interim President Tommy Thompson says he wants to transform one of the state’s prisons into a college for inmates. Thompson will pitch the “UW System Prison Education Initiative” to the UW Board of Regents on Thursday. Thompson, who oversaw a large expansion of Wisconsin’s prison system when he was governor in the 1990s, told WPR the initiative would also include technical colleges, private colleges, businesses and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
https://www.wpr.org/uws-tommy-thompson-turn-wisconsin-prison-college-inmates
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December 30, 2020
Mordecai I. Brownlee, EdSurge
According to the Community College Research Center, developmental education is essentially a “reteach” of high school and junior high school reading, writing, and math. Based on entry exams or multiple measures assessments, nearly two-thirds of entering community college students and more than a third of students entering less-selective four-year colleges are assessed as lacking the math and language skills necessary for college-level placement, according to research published in Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. These students are typically referred to one, two or even three courses of developmental education, which serve as a gateway to college-level courses and ultimately degree attainment.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-30-the-pandemic-will-leave-more-students-unprepared-for-college-developmental-education-can-help
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Sean Burns, EDUCAUSE Review
Many privacy concerns have arisen in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote working and learning. Institutions need to make sure they have privacy policies and resources in place to help staff, faculty, and students. In our discussions with higher ed privacy professionals, interviewees highlighted several areas in which privacy policies, practices, and resources are available across the institution
https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2020/12/key-findings-on-privacy-in-higher-education
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Randolph Hall, EDUCAUSE Review
The alternative, today, is “open science.” Through open science, data are contributed to shared repositories as they are produced and collected, methods and designs are revealed at the onset of a study, and papers are shared widely in their draft form. As a consequence, the slow and sequential process of traditional research (see figure 1) is transformed into a system of parallel research that occurs more rapidly and collaboratively (see figure 2). When the underlying data, materials, equipment, and detailed experimental design are shared, research from one laboratory can be more readily validated by another.
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/12/information-technology-for-open-science-innovation-for-research
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December 29, 2020
Dian Schaffhauser, THE Journal
Fledgling developers were more likely to contribute to open source coding projects this year than last and adopt Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ and PyCharm as their preferred integrated development environment (IDE). Those results surfaced in the latest GitHub “Classroom Report,” which provides a look at GitHub-oriented computer science education in 2020. GitHub is an open source development platform for hosting and reviewing code, managing projects and collaborating on software coding. On the demographic side, the average age of respondents was 24. Most were male–90 percent for students and 93 percent for instructors. About a third (32 percent) were based in the United States; the next largest segment of participants was in Canada (10 percent).
https://thejournal.com/articles/2020/12/07/open-source-python-and-visual-studio-code-top-themes-in-github-student-survey.aspx
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DESHAWN PRESTON AND KELLI RAINEY, eCampus News
In today’s higher education landscape, the collection, appreciation, and usage of data and analytics is not only necessary, it is essential. As our industry continues to adapt and change to new realities, this is even more true, as many institutions are facing new and recurring circumstances around enrollment management, student success, completion, infrastructure, and finance. To tame the chaos, it is critical to use data to gain information needed for strategic decision-making and meaningful change. To do so, campuses must understand, utilize, and educate their communities on the use and integration of data and analytics for the greatest impact.
https://www.ecampusnews.com/2020/12/09/4-key-lessons-in-data-and-analytics/
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Tony Wan, EdSurge
To date, about 60 U.S. colleges offer ISAs, estimates Tonio DeSorrento, CEO of Vemo Education, which designs and services such agreements for universities and vocational educational programs. More common among private vocational programs, income-share agreements are increasingly offered by colleges and universities. Yet with little data on outcomes from ISAs and with labor markets upended by a pandemic, the exercise remains very much an experiment in higher education.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-12-09-more-colleges-are-offering-income-share-agreements-are-students-buying-in
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December 28, 2020
Open edX
There are numerous reasons why instructors or institutions are increasingly converting their traditional face-to-face courses into online courses. From cost-effectiveness and scalability to their naturally wider reach, online courses offer an abundance of advantages to both instructors and learners alike. When it comes to the right platform, Open edX platform continues to lead in the learning technology space owing to its rich user experience, cross-platform accessibility, and intelligent analytics. However, successfully converting an in-person course to an Open edX course requires a fair amount of analyzing, strategizing, and planning because, without it, you’ll
probably end up publishing a long e-book that nobody wants a part of instead of the engaging online course that your material deserves to become.
https://open.edx.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/9-steps-for-converting-an-in-person-course-to-an-Open-edX-course-Aug-2020.pdf
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Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed
Say that the leadership from a liberal arts institution of higher learning and a scaled online learning platform provider should get together to discuss a potential partnership. The conversation that liberal arts schools have with scaled online learning platform providers should be around the colleges and universities’ concerns and goals. The liberal arts are about asking questions, thinking critically and discovering how to be an active participant in shaping one’s future. Partnering with platforms such as edX and Coursera will be one way to create the liberal arts higher education of tomorrow.
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/learning-innovation/liberal-arts-institution-and-scaled-online-learning-platform-provider
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Jo Best, ZD Net
Most hardware today is based on the von Neumann architecture, which separates out memory and computing. Because von Neumann chips have to shuttle information back and forth between the memory and CPU, they waste time (computations are held back by the speed of the bus between the compute and memory) and energy — a problem known as the von Neumann bottleneck. As time goes on, von Neumann architectures will make it harder and harder to deliver the increases in compute power that we need. To keep up, a new type of non-von Neumann architecture will be needed: a neuromorphic architecture. Quantum computing and neuromorphic systems have both been claimed as the solution, and it’s neuromorphic computing, brain-inspired computing, that’s likely to be commercialised sooner.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-neuromorphic-computing-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-it-will-change-the-future-of-computing/
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December 27, 2020
JESSICA STILLMAN, INC
Class Central just released a roundup of the most popular courses of the year. As you’d expect, the complete list of 100 includes lots of Covid-19 related courses on topics like contact tracing and moving lessons online (as well as perennial favorites like test prep and English as a second language). But it also contained some gems well suited to entrepreneurs and other professionals looking to expand their skills and improve their lives in 2021.
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/class-central-best-online-courses-2020.html
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Dian Schaffhauser, THE Journal
While there’s not anything new in, “10 Ways to Make Online Learning Work,” the report is a good reminder that education quality shouldn’t go by the wayside even during a pandemic. Among the topics: connecting all learners with devices and high-speed internet, supporting teachers by providing the professional development they need and then recognizing their efforts with “credits and compensation,” following best practices for online programs from sources such as ISTE, SETDA and the National Standards of Quality and rethinking the use of instructional time “to take advantage of the strengths of both synchronous and asynchronous learning.”
https://thejournal.com/articles/2020/12/07/10-ways-to-make-online-learning-work.aspx
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Laura Pappano, Hechinger Report
Federal data show that less than 30 percent of rural residents age 25 and up have an associate degree or higher; more than 43 percent of urban residents do. That’s a problem because the data don’t lie: Two-thirds of all jobs and 80 percent of all “good” jobs (paying a median wage of $65,000) demand a postsecondary credential, according to research by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. The foundation’s results in several small, rural counties are eye-popping. By 2019, Ayers had helped impoverished Perry County reach an 86 percent college-going rate (57 students), the highest in the state, according to government figures.
https://hechingerreport.org/how-to-raise-rural-enrollment-in-higher-education-go-local/
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December 26, 2020
Katie Roof, Kiel Porter, and Crystal Tse; Bloomberg
Coursera Inc. is considering an initial public offering in 2021 that could give the online education provider a valuation of around $5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is talking to potential IPO underwriters, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter isn’t public. No final decision has been made and Mountain View, California-based Coursera could opt to remain private, they said.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-04/online-education-firm-coursera-is-said-to-weigh-2021-ipo
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Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate
Bloom’s Taxonomy has been in existence since 1956 and has been used for conventional classroom training. However, it was revised in 2001 to meet the modern approach to learning. In modern times, instructional designers are using Bloom’s Taxonomy to develop online courses. One of the responsibilities of Bloom’s Taxonomy in online learning is used to structure learning content. I’m sure you know a lot about Bloom’s Taxonomy, and in this article, we’ll be focusing on how Bloom’s Taxonomy can be applied to achieve effective online training.
https://www.thetechedvocate.org/aligning-your-online-learning-with-blooms-taxonomy/
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Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, HigherEd Dive
Temple University will pay the U.S. Department of Education a $700,000 fine following the agency’s investigation into its business school submitting false data for U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings. The department argued that the Fox School of Business and Management “knowingly and intentionally” gave incorrect information in an attempt to boost the reputation of its online MBA and other programs. The university already reached a multimillion dollar settlement with students in the business school who sued after they felt they were misled.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/temple-settles-for-700k-with-ed-dept-over-false-us-news-rankings-data/591660/
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December 25, 2020
A Harris Poll commissioned by USA Today confirms that change, showing that 63 percent of workers who lost their jobs because of the outbreak will or plan to change industries. But starting over seems daunting to many workers, especially if they are older than 40, Carnevale pointed out. And even those who do switch careers can expect to receive a pay cut. I believe our nation needs to address these hard facts with a transformative program to provide more of our citizens with the broad skills that will allow them to adapt to the changes we’ve experienced in the past year and the changes we can’t predict in the future.
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Yang Meiping, Shine, Shanghai
The city’s adults are spending more time learning online, according to a survey report released by the Shanghai Open University. Those spending more than five hours a week on online learning increased by more than 15 percentage points to 16.51 percent, and those spending three to five hours a week increased by more than 11 percentage points to 32.98 percent. Those spending less than three hours a week dropped from 76 percent to about 50.5 percent. The online learners also showed longer plan for personal development, said the researchers. Two years ago, more than 70 percent of those surveyed said they learned online to improve vocational skills, while the number dropped to less than 30 percent this year. Those choosing for professional qualifications increased by 26.56 percentage points, learning new things grew by 15.74 percentage points and acquiring academic degrees 14.08 percentage points. Those choosing for personal interests also increased by 3.49 percentage points.
https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2012051140/
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Aaron De Smet, Laura Tegelberg, Rob Theunissen, and Tiffany Vogel, McKinsey
Pandemic fatigue: it’s plaguing organizations and employees right now. In 2020, we’ve endured a global pandemic, a massive economic crisis, and widespread social unrest. Layer on top of that forces that are fundamentally reshaping societies—technological innovation, business-model disruption, societal inequality, and workforce automation—and it’s clear that an epidemic of stress has been building, with the COVID-19 crisis as the tipping point. Perhaps most important, companies are waking up to the need for greater empathy and compassion to create a workplace that can unleash the full potential of their people even beyond the crisis. Global trends were already starting to turn the old rules of industrial-age management on their heads, introducing new, more human-centered principles that truly put talent and people at the heart of organizational success.
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/overcoming-pandemic-fatigue-how-to-reenergize-organizations-for-the-long-run
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