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Hello readers,
Today we report on a meta-analysis of more than 100 studies on online learning; a professor shares six key activities to spread scientific knowledge, ponder if academic integrity is obsolete in the 21st-century and hear that naps improve academic performance.
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In a time where higher education is getting more and more expensive, and the student debt keeps on growing, can online education come to the rescue? A meta-analysis by George Mason University looked through more than 100 studies on online learning to find out if it lives up to its promise.
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Communicating from science requires the development of particular communication competences. It is not possible to use the same message or speech with diverse audiences. Each one has characteristics that must be considered when presenting the information. In this article, I share six key activities to spread scientific knowledge.
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Academic integrity is an indispensable element of educational and academic experience. But to stand the test of time, it needs a complete reevaluation about its policies, rules, and mechanics.
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More than a leisure activity, biphasic sleep can be a resource to maximize students’ focus during class, according to new research on sleep patterns conducted by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Age-Friendly Universities Are Finally Here
Being an age-friendly university means not just thinking about older students, but also about older faculty and staff, alumni and community residents. (Forbes)
Schools Should Serve Humans, Not “The Economy”
Schools are not and cannot be “the one true path out of poverty.” It’s time to demand education for human liberation, not profit. (Jacobin)
ReUp Education Raises $6 Million Series A to Help College Dropouts Return
“It becomes very hard for some learners, especially first-generation, to continue to stay in a traditional institution.” (EdSurge)
Decline Of The M.B.A., Fall Of The Humanities: What's Left?
New college students routinely state that the primary purpose of college is getting a job. (Forbes)
Millions of Students Lack Home Internet, Creating a Vast 'Homework Gap'
Nearly 3 million students in the U.S. struggle keeping up with their studies because they must make do without home internet. (Education Week)
Moving From 5% to 85% Completion Rates for Online Courses
Here are seven practices for moving completion rates for online courses from 5 to 85 percent. (EdSurge)
What taxi drivers and traders teach us about tomorrow’s workplace
Learning must be a lifelong endeavor. Educators and employers have a shared responsibility to help our workforce adapt and thrive. (Times Higher Education)
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“They want to figure out what to do with life without going into a lot of debt.”
Anti-college programs like Wayfinding Academy, Outer Coast, and Deep Spring are among the expanding number of educational experiments born out of a deepening sense that mainstream American colleges are too expensive, too bureaucratic, too careerist and too fragmented to help students figure out their place in the universe and their moral obligations to fellow humans. These experimental programs represent a revolt against treating the student as a future wage-earner.
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