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What does it mean to be a student in 2023? EDUCAUSE's recent study, based on their 2023 Student Survey involving 1,951 students from 10 U.S. institutions, explores this question. The report examines three critical themes: - The Locationality of Education: How institutions are striking a balance between residential and off-campus learners in terms of engagement and support. - Students as Consumers: The power of student choice in shaping their educational journeys and the ethical considerations that arise. - Equitable Education: The growing expectations for institutions to provide equitable education, with a focus on assistive technologies and accommodations for students with disabilities. For key findings and a deeper understanding of students' tech experiences, check out the full report: https://buff.ly/45SZdqt #HigherEd #EdTech #StudentExperience #HigherEducation #OnlineLearning #HybridEducation #DigitalLearning

If #communitycolleges are going to fulfill our mission to provide #equitableaccess to a #collegecredential and a pathway to a good career, we are going to have to overcome these perceptions and expectations and ensure that our institutions are relatable and relevant and a real opportunity for #students, particularly those we have failed to reach and serve. Read, A New Data Mindset: Creating #Equitable #StudentOutcomes and Vibrant Communities, from EDUCAUSE: https://ow.ly/KIWS50QMVLa

#stemeducation and #steam have been buzzwords for decades, but with the pandemic came new focuses such as entrepreneurship and website-based commerce. As a country, we must not lose sight of the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The rise of AI has shown us more than ever that we must provide opportunities for all to enter STEM fields. https://shorturl.at/lpCEK

🔍 Exploring the Transformative Trend of Dual Enrollment in Community Colleges 🎓🚀 Hey, fellow #data nerds 👋 We love keeping a close eye on emerging trends in education that carry potential data implications. Today, we're diving into a fascinating article from FutureEd, "How Dual Enrollment is Changing the Face of Community Colleges." 📚 👉 Article Link: https://lnkd.in/eawaNHrX 🔑 Dual enrollment, where high school students simultaneously earn college credits, has been rapidly gaining popularity in recent years. And the implications it carries for data management are truly intriguing! 📈📊 📚 Enhanced Data Collection: With more students participating in dual enrollment programs, educational institutions are grappling with how to gather data among various service providers. Managing this data effectively becomes crucial to track academic progress, ensure smooth credit transfers, and provide personalized guidance to students. 🎯 Predictive Analytics: Dual enrollment programs open new avenues for leveraging data to identify at-risk students, analyze success patterns, and design interventions to bolster student outcomes. Predictive analytics can play a pivotal role in shaping these initiatives. 💻 Technology Integration: The seamless integration of data systems and technology platforms becomes essential to facilitate smooth collaboration between high schools and community colleges. Real-time data sharing ensures timely support and guidance to students throughout their academic journey. 🌐 Equitable Access & Inclusion: As we celebrate the positive impact of dual enrollment, it's vital to address potential data disparities that might arise. Ensuring equitable access to these programs for all students, regardless of socio-economic backgrounds, is a critical aspect of data-driven decision-making. 🚀 Future Opportunities: Embracing data-driven practices in the realm of dual enrollment opens up exciting possibilities. From designing more personalized learning pathways to tracking long-term student success, the potential for positive change is enormous! #DataManagement #EducationTrends #DualEnrollment #DataAnalytics #EdTech #CommunityColleges #FutureReady #TransformingEducation #highereducation

The report is in. Students like interactive work, flexibility of hybrid classes, and technology satisfaction for students have a lot to do with internet access. *** In their latest Student and Technology Report - EDUCAUSE asked 1,951 students from across 10 US institutions the following questions: - What does it mean to be a student now in 2023, on the fading tail of a global pandemic and in the midst of lingering uncertainty about the world, our leaders, our economy, and our own futures within all of it? -What do students still need from a postsecondary education now and in that uncertain future, and how can they best go about meeting that need? - Where does technology serve as a fulcrum, for better and for worse, both opening and closing students' paths forward through their educational journeys? Key findings: • Students prioritize internet access as a crucial factor in their technology experiences when selecting their places of residence. • Students' satisfaction with hybrid courses significantly increases when they have the autonomy to choose their preferred mode of engagement, highlighting the importance of accommodating diverse learning preferences. • Students with reported disabilities face lower satisfaction levels in terms of technology support, potentially indicating a need for tailored solutions based on specific impairments. Curious? View the summary report at https://lnkd.in/ggFnbW3A and the full report at https://lnkd.in/g29cv6CD #studentsatisfaction #studentsuccess

The Postsecondary Equity/Excellence Imperative (Part 2) Recently I posted about the Postsecondary Equity/Excellence Imperative model from the Boyer 2030 Commission report (link to post in comments). Maybe call it "Equillence"? Here I share questions verbatim from the report designed to guide us to realization of the equity/excellence imperative (link to report in comments). How might thoughtful and equitable use of AI help us to respond effectively to these questions? 1. World Readiness: Will we prioritize transformative education for life, work, and citizenship in an age of daunting challenges in need of world-embracing solutions? Will we ensure such education for all students, not only those already privileged? 2. Freedom of Speech and Expression in Supportive Campus Cultures: How can we nurture trust within university communities and build student capacity for leadership in democratic society?  3. Access to Excellence: How can we render high-impact practices—hallmarks of excellence—accessible to all? 4. Teaching: How will we ensure that our students—all of them, without exception—are educated using evidence-informed pedagogies in intentionally inclusive and empathy-based environments? 5. Advising: How can we ensure that all students receive excellent advising—holistic advising that is student-centered and encompasses academic, career, and basic needs guidance—so students can best benefit from our complex institutions? 6. Faculty Rewards and Structure: How can we best recognize, support, and reward faculty across all appointment types for the expertise and dedication they bring to achieving equitable, excellent undergraduate education? 7. Access and Affordability: How can we recruit and best support undergraduates from diverse communities and include them in research universities’ empowering academic programs and myriad scholarly projects aimed at advancing the quality of human experience in the US and worldwide? 8. Degree Pathways: How can we identify curricular and other opportunities to facilitate degree completion at our universities—and leverage and enhance them? How can we identify curricular and other similarly institutionalized barriers to degree completion—and remove them? 9. Digital Technology: How can we use technology strategically and in financially sustainable ways to ambitiously scale up equity/excellence in undergraduate education? 10. Nurturing Mental Health and Well-Being: How can we urgently support belonging and wellness in the university community? How can we identify and eliminate policies or practices that exacerbate mental health problems, which disproportionately affect students from underrepresented groups (including first-generation, low-income, and students of color)?  11. Assessment and Accountability: How can we best assess our progress toward meeting the equity/excellence imperative? How should we hold ourselves accountable?  #equityineducation #excellenceineducation #postsecondaryeducation

"Five Higher Education Trends to Watch for in 2024- Fourier Perspective" The recent Forbes article "Five Higher Education Trends to Watch for in 2024" spotlights essential shifts in the educational landscape, particularly the rise of hybrid learning and the integration of advanced technologies. The einstein™ solutions promote a future-ready approach and lifelong skills - curiosity, autonomous reasoning, analytical thinking, problem-solving, multiple process understanding, and teamwork - to ensure that students are not just consumers of information but skilled problem-solvers and collaborative innovators. MYQ, Fourier's recent investment, developed Computational Thinking applications (Pixel and Spark) for Grades 1-6. These applications introduce young minds to the realm of logical reasoning through immersive characters and enjoyable activities. By using these apps, students get valuable insights into fundamental concepts like cause and effect, abstraction, conditional reasoning, and the ability to dissect complex problems into more manageable components. Both companies, Fourier and MYQ, believe that education is the key to unlocking students' potential and have developed innovative solutions to facilitate STEM education that empowers teachers and students. Visit MYQ website- MYQ.co.il For more information on the einstein™ products, please visit https://lnkd.in/daBqvJ5h, from which you can also download the 2024 Fourier catalog at- https://lnkd.in/dwS9ds9d 
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The age of the “well-rounded” student is ending. It used to be that the student with the most AP classes, extracurriculars, skills, and experience won big during college admission season. But now, we’re seeing colleges (especially Ivy Leagues) increasingly reward students who exhibit a higher level of subject matter expertise on their applications. Because of that shift, schools will need to reconsider how they support students in finding a particular niche and delving deeper into it, starting as early as middle school. What can schools do to help students in this effort? In my view, one-on-one engagement and personalization are the best ways to champion students in this effort. By giving students room to explore the areas of study that really capture their interests, and then creating flexibility with a curriculum to integrate those interests academically, students will be able to follow that thread from year to year, ultimately building a more specialized resume that will strike the chord colleges are looking for. Of course, that’s easier said than done. To achieve this kind of personalized approach to education, teachers require the proper time and tools. With recent AI innovations, however, it’s more possible than ever to develop personalized teaching materials at a greater scale. If schools can really deliver on this approach, the implications of the shift reach beyond mere college admissions. Hopefully, by encouraging students to embrace their interests and hone particular skills, they’ll also be able to learn about potential career paths earlier on and struggle less when it comes time to actually pursue a profession. Now, it’s worth saying that generalists still have an important place in society - and I hope this trend doesn’t minimize the value of having broad interests. But from an educational standpoint, there’s definitely a benefit in encouraging students to find their own path based on their own interests. Schools that can react to this trend and find ways to prioritize personalized education will serve their students well in this changing admissions (and life) context.

The best data is finally out and learning loss from the pandemic is staggering. In both reading and math scores, students who perform below grade level rose 50% from 2019 to 2023, and students overall are, on average, 5-9 months behind—that's a solid year behind for many. The New York Times published a scary and scathing op-ed on this two weeks ago, noting that funding for learning catch-up, which has barely made a dent in the problem, dries up in 2024. It will take a herculean effort to address this, the paper notes. One bright spot is an experiment in the state of Virginia which is rolling out "high dosage tutoring," that aims to pair students with teachers in very small groups for intensive tutoring. Virginia is investing $418m—the GDP of a small Caribbean nation—in the effort. The program is based on research conducted at Stanford University as part of its education accelerator that shows how high-dosage tutoring, in which students are paired consistently several times each week with the same tutor, drives 2.1x results. In other words, in a single year of tutoring students are gaining 10 extra months of learning. A key ingredient in Stanford's recipe is that the tutor has to remain consistent and be supported in a way that they can forge a strong rapport with their students. "The basis of effective tutoring is strong tutor-student relationships." This, of course, is exactly what we do. Or, at least it's on the spectrum. Our groups are smaller—1 student per teacher, instead of 4 per teacher in the Stanford research. And, instead of tutors—who are often college students looking to earn a little extra money—we employ teachers with years (often decades) of experience. If Stanford's recipe is high dosage, Cicero is an overdose. Dad jokes aside, the data is incredibly clear: When you take kids out of the classroom and pair them with an expert teacher in very small groups or, ideally, one-to-one, for a solid period time, magic happens. If you create an environment where a student and teacher can build a strong rapport and sense of trust, huge amounts of learning can happen. This is what we focus on. Every day. https://lnkd.in/gRfM2T3A

Hello everyone! Here is an interesting post created by my amazing colleague Mariana Aguiar about the importance of data tracking and utilization in enhancing the teaching and learning experience. I hope you enjoy it! 🤓 #HigherEd #DataDrivenTeaching #LearningAnalytics