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Tune into the discussion between Alice Whitehead, founder of Orenda and Shameema Parveen, CEO of Edutech as they talk about the partnership, Be The Change, the importance of service learning and more.

Business Colleges At a Crossroad: Keeping Ahead Of the Curve

Businesses today operate in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment. Business students require more than just academic knowledge to thrive in today’s hyper-competitive world. So, are business programs in the region preparing students for the complex business environment? In our latest article, we address this question in detail.

Is your library future-proofed?

👨‍🎓📚 Is your library future-proofed? There are gaps in current library systems due to the lack of compatibility with library workflows and security issues with legacy systems. Libraries need next-gen technologies to bridge these gaps. Next-Gen Library Management Systems help by providing students with the power to find out, gather resources, promote group learning, and improve knowledge and skills.

Why are Virtual Classrooms better than video conferencing tools for teaching and learning needs?

In a classroom - physical or virtual, the communication between students and teachers is a complex network. Teachers need to have the attention of all students when delivering lessons, students need to interact with teachers and each other to share their insights and collaborate, groups should be able to interact with each other and the teacher needs to have individual conversations with each student or a specific group. These important learning experiences aren’t easily reflected in a Zoom or Adobe Connect call. Educators need a solution to learning online. Enter virtual classrooms.

Get the latest news and updates about both OCLC and Research.

In these webinars, you will get to know about the new projects taking place; a session based on Resource Sharing and how Tipasa can help you simplify your interlibrary loan processes and enhance your patron experience at the same time; and an OCLC Update where we will share all our latest news from the cooperative.

The Threat Of False Positives

Plagiarism is an ever-present threat to academic integrity and original thinking. If you do not quote and reference correctly, research that has previously been done cannot be identified properly and academia would most likely be engulfed in constant fights over who came up with what.

Three Visions, One Aim,

Finland is well-known for thinking outside the box when it comes to education and its universities are no exception.

STEM Has Teachers Rolling Up Their Sleeves

There is not one way for kids to learn Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). In the past, book learning and lectures were a popular way to teach...

Looking into the Crystal Ball: The Future of VR in Education

The future is a realm of all sorts of unimaginable possibilities. But it isn’t too difficult to answer the question of where VR will be in the next five years.

Delivering Innovation in Education at One of the Best University Systems in the World – A Case Study

Finland has a long and well-deserved reputation for innovation in education which appears to yield results, with its universities recently ranking..

Breaking the Mold – How VR Can Help Teachers

In India, the fifth of September is celebrated as Teacher’s Day, commemorating the birth of Dr. S Radhakrishnan, the first Vice President and second President of India.

3 Ways that Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Will Improve Your Echo360 Experience!

You may not realize it, but you’re probably already using Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) in your daily life today.

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

littleBits’ New Line of Three STEAM Inventor Kits Gives Young Changemakers the Tools to Change their World

Teaching in the Digital Age for PreSchool and Kindergarten: Non-textual Programming

Technology is moving faster than teachers and children can keep up with.

5 STEM-tastic Ways to Challenge Kids at Home

You already know that kids learn important skills, including creativity and problem solving, by working on STEM projects at school.

Dr. Carla D. Hayden on the need for constant change in libraries

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit my hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, for our inaugural meeting of the Americas Regional Council.

Virtual Classroom – reach and engage more students!

For the last three decades the student/teacher ratio has increased by 30% - in the US there are 26.8 pupils per teacher for public secondary schools.

Top STEAM Tips for Your Classroom in the New School Year

As teachers, we often have to get creative when it comes to preparing our students for the innovative and forward-thinking career paths they may take in the future.

A fresh look at public library marketing

I’ve always been impressed by the incredible creativity and inventiveness public library staff show as they evolve to meet the needs of their local communities.

Understanding Renewable Energy

The clean energy future isn’t just possible and desirable – it’s essential. On a vital, basic level, our decisions and actions will determine whether the Anthropocene will be an age in which human ingenuity and responsibility will allow 10 billion people..

Canvas Announces New Tools And Enhancements To Improve Learning Experiences

the open online learning management system (LMS) that makes teaching and learning easier, announced several new tools and enhancements today at its annual edtech conference,

Case study: how the pi-top is changing the game in a small town

Jerald Jolito is an instructional technologist, science and robotics teacher at Pecos High School, Texas. He’s also a pi-top champion.

Three things librarians wanting to engage with Wikipedia should think about first

Wikipedia is big. Maybe not googol big, but 5.4+ million articles in English is up there. The platform is the fifth-most accessed website globally, and billions of edits...

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