Spreading coronavirus forced the University of Washington to close all classrooms on its three campuses and move to online learning for the rest of March.
Drexel and Syracuse universities are among the schools preparing to move instruction online should coronavirus and COVID-19 illnesses force campuses to close.
For higher ed leaders considering esports, research, buy-in, budget and tech are among the top priorities, says UB Tech Perspective columnist Kelly Walsh. And any institution can tackle a program by starting small.
Encourage your students to use their phones to lock into—rather than tune out—class through instructional tools, says UB guest columnist Brent Warner, who is a professor of English as a second language at Irvine Valley College and who will be co-presenting a UB Tech keynote address with Timothy VanNorman, instructional technologist at Irvine.
Giving to higher education hit a record $49.6 billion in 2019. Growth was driven by an increase in donations from organizations, though personal giving declined.
