UB guest columnists Mark Warschauer and Di Xu of the University of California, Irvine address how instructors can work to provide quality, equitable digital education now—and over the long haul.
This UB Tech session focuses on how to engage support from multiple campus departments, whose staffers will be integral in securing physical space, building tech infrastructure, coordinating professional development for coaches, and engaging in advocacy to promote competitive esports on campus.
Creating continuity and a campus-like environment should be the first step for faculty shifting students to online learning during coronavirus closures.
Maryland's four HBCUs could use a $577 million legal settlement to establish new degree programs, recruit faculty, and invest in scholarships and financial aid, according to reports.
Among the key considerations are licensing and privacy requirements and insurance coverage for counseling services, say UB guest columnists Anne D. Cartwright and Mary Deweese, attorneys for Husch Blackwell LLP.
Never has academia's labor problem been more visible than now when higher education finds itself having to turn on a dime to make sure students can finish courses that can no longer be taught on campus in classrooms, says UB guest columnist Paula M. Krebs, of the Modern Language Association.
The California-Irvine professor and former White House Senior Policy adviser will discuss "The Intellectual Life of Esports" in the inaugural event's opening session.
Learn about the student-run computer repair center at Valencia College in Orlando, the topic of a UB Tech 2020 session. Students fix devices for any member of the college community for free and have worked with peers at a university in Paris on artificial intelligence and other IT projects.
Some predict higher ed's shift to pass/fail grading and online learning during coronavirus closures will raise greater awareness about the inequities some students face.
