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Tecnológico de Monterrey

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of Educational Innovation

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Like every Tuesday, here is a curated selection of articles and news on education and innovation. 

Free educational resources and good practices to cope with COVID-19


The novel coronavirus pandemic is transforming the way we work, learn, teach, and socialize. We have created a special section with educational resources, good practices, and useful readings aimed at teachers, non-academic staff, and students to face this global crisis.

 

How do we Prepare Faculty for Future Challenges?


Peter Mathieson, Principal of The University of Edinburgh, explains how to prepare faculty for future challenges, why it is crucial to make sustainable universities and the ethics of Artificial Intelligence.

 

How Does Gen Z Learn, and What Do They Expect from Education?


The challenge for higher education is to connect Gen Z with a digital imprint to real environments, where societal problems can be addressed from new teaching methodologies with the help of technology.

 

Why Are Parents Withdrawing Their Children from Online Homeschool?


Parents with the option to work remotely must balance their work obligations with the tasks that need to be done at home plus help their children with school assignments. This has proven to be a weighty burden for parents with children in primary schools.

 

Should the VARK Model Be Adapted to Online Classes?


According to the VARK model, students learn differently. In the face of the current widespread adoption of emergency remote teaching, should teachers adapt their online classes to cover all learning styles?

 

What we are reading

What If Colleges Don’t Reopen Until 2021?
"When there are tens of thousands of dollars at stake for students and their families, I don’t know is not a satisfying answer." (The Atlantic)

For Southern New Hampshire, the Future of the Campus May Be Online
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SNHU is accelerating new hybrid models that will bring campus tuition down to $10,000 per year by 2021. (Education Dive)

In Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, an Oxford Group Leaps Ahead
Scientists at the Jenner Institute prepare for mass clinical trials, new tests show their vaccine to be effective in monkeys. (The New York Times)

Can Remote Teaching Make Us More Human?
We aren’t going back to business as usual any time soon, and education may become more human as a result. (Inside Higher Ed)

The Quandary: How Available Should Faculty Members Be to Students Online?
Virtual office hours can help struggling students but shouldn’t be 24/7. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

The Purpose of Publications in a Pandemic and Beyond
"The virus is reminding us that the purpose of scholarly communication is not to allocate credit for career advancement, and neither is it to keep publishers afloat." (Wonkhe)

Will Coronavirus Bring Back the Cubicle?
“The increased density that is the hallmark of the open plan is the problem,” says Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler. (Quartz)


 

Quote of the week

"How can we even dare imagine putting our students, staff, and faculty at this level of risk?"

Argues Sarah Parcak on a Twitter thread about the controversial NYT Op-ed "College Campuses Must Reopen in the Fall. Here’s How We Do It," where Christina Paxson, president of Brown University, says that the reopening of college and university campuses in the fall "should be a national priority."
 

Upcoming events

April 29   Webinar: UNESCO learning cities' response to COVID-19
May 6   Webinar: Distance education
May 20   Webinar: New ways of governance, partnership and education
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