Primavera De Filippi, an internationally recognized authority on the challenges and opportunities of blockchains and other decentralized online technologies, will deliver the UB Tech 2020 keynote address.
With coronavirus canceling the traditional graduation and commencement ceremony, college leaders are considering online alternatives or holding joint ceremonies next year with the Class of 2021.
UB guest columnist Karen Gross considers the implications of closing campus and/or turning to online learning, and offers 10 concrete suggestions for higher ed leaders to help students cope. She is the former president of Southern Vermont College.
With summer approaching, UB guest columnists Catherine Guttman-McCabe and Isaac Mamaysky of Potomac Law Group provide a checklist for the three major risk categories.
Three key questions to ask before implementing virtual reality tech in the classroom are shared by UB guest columnist Philippos Savvides, who helped launch VR simulations for the online biological sciences program at Arizona State U.
Coronavirus has pushed more than 130 colleges online and the number is growing quickly, ushering in an online education era that came sooner than many expected. Conference cancellations also begin to mount.
