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IT and AV

How about using a digital avatar on a virtual campus?

If video chats have gotten you through COVID and online learning so far, you might consider creating a digital avatar to meet virtually with colleagues or teach remote classes.

If online is the “new normal,” fully online colleges can teach us a lot 

In the wake of COVID-19, college and university leaders can learn a lot from their fully online peers—which have been iterating for years on how best to deliver online education.

4 tech strategies for successful hybrid learning

A combination of tech tools is needed for distance learning, from video streaming and web conferencing to recorded video.

How one university is reopening research labs safely

By mid-summer, the University of Rochester had reopened about 140 lab spaces, allowing about 675 researchers to go back to work.

4 COVID-era strategies for reopening facilities, including ‘bubbles’

Family bubbles,’ waiting rooms and priority elevator access are a few ways to prevent COVID’s spread as colleges and universities reopen for the fall semester.

Why Unity College is going hybrid for good

Unity College will shift permanently to a hybrid online learning model that will offer students lower tuition and could also lead to a sale of the school's campus in Maine. 
Mon Aug 3rd, 2020

Twitch, Cxmmunity to launch esports league for HBCUs

The Twitch partnership will provide minority students with opportunities to earn scholarships and increase skills in STEM-related education fields.
Thu Jul 30th, 2020

Building community with social media, esports on campus

Christian Gross of the American Video Game League and Boom.tv says smart, campus-wide strategies that reach all gamers, not just superstars, can foster growth, retention.
Thu Jul 30th, 2020

How to teach digital literacy during the COVID pandemic

College libraries, already a key source of digital literacy lessons, are finding new ways to offer guidance to students as online learning continues into the fall. 
Thu Jul 30th, 2020

Illinois students lend critical data help during pandemic

The university's CHIME team is getting the project-based learning experience of a lifetime, working with the World Health Organization and the Pan-American Health Organization.
Thu Jul 30th, 2020

Post-pandemic universities: Taming the COVID dragon in the 21st Century

As the fall semester gets closer, higher education leaders are finalizing complex plans about reopening campuses safely, plans that must be able to change at a moment's notice as the pandemic continues.
Wed Jul 29th, 2020