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King calls on Malaysia's workforce, talents to make lifelong learning a priority By Bernama
10/30/23
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's workforce and talents must be encouraged and inspired to make lifelong learning and continuous personal development a priority for the country to remain strong and competitive in the future.
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustaf -
How Can Educators Leverage Google Duet AI? by Mehedi Hasan Shoab
10/30/23
Over 170 million students and instructors use Google Workspace for Education worldwide, and according to Business Insider, the platform now has more than 9 million paying subscribers, up from 6 million in 2020.
Now, Google has integrated the power of generative artificial intelligence int -
Hong Kong schools in crisis as teachers and students flee ‘toxic’ political climate by Verna Yu
10/29/23
In a few weeks’ time, eight-year-old Peter* will say goodbye to his school friends as he moves to Britain with his parents. In the past few years, Hong Kong children have got used to seeing more and more of their friends leaving the city.
A decade-long decline in the birthrate, exacerba -
School Cybersecurity Becomes the Focus of Federal Government and K–12 Leaders by Joe Simone
10/28/23
The flood of devices and other technologies into K–12 schools has brought with it heightened attention from the federal government, specifically as it pertains to security. From the Biden administration’s K–12 Cybersecurity Act in 2021 and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency -
Edtech group Byju’s faces shrinking empire with creditors at the gates by Chloe Cornish
10/28/23
Online education company was once India’s most valuable start-up but now plans asset sales to settle debts...
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Texas and Alabama's Tech-Powered Approach to Workforce by Ashley Silver
10/27/23
Both states are leveraging digital platforms to centralize job prospects, skills data and educational opportunities in the hopes of creating strong talent pipelines to address job access, training and education barriers for residents.
Texas and Alabama education officials have been workin -
Platforms Like Canvas Play Fast and Loose With Students’ Data by BRITT PARIS, REBECCA REYNOLDS and CATHERINE MCGOWAN
10/23/23
Many universities have yet to reckon with the data justice implications of learning technologies—now, with online learning the norm, these practices deserve more scrutiny.
In 2018, Rutgers University made a move that hundreds of other universities before it had made: It switched its onl -
Privacy Evaluation for Moodle.com
10/17/23
https://privacy.commonsense.org/evaluation/Moodle.com
Overview
Moodle is an open source learning platform that enables educators, administrators, and learners to create personalized learning environments. The privacy policy clearly states that interactions between users of Moodle.com -
Skills not needed: Egypt's labour market struggles to absorb university graduates
10/15/23
A glut of educated graduates, many in fields with few job opportunities, are proving difficult for the Egyptian labour market to employ.
On a sunny morning in Cairo, Ali, a fresh university graduate, woke up dizzy due to lack of sleep from overthinking - not typical at his age.
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From the Bus to the Wilderness: How Hyperconnected Schools Expand Learning Opportunities by Lauren Manfuso
10/14/23
Until just a few years ago, school-issued laptops, tablets and hotspots were largely considered a luxury in many K–12 schools.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, only about 49 percent of schools had implemented one-to-one device programs, according to a 2019 survey by OverDrive Education and -
Area Students to Compete at Small Business Leadership Conference
10/13/23
JONESBORO – Students from area schools will be at Arkansas State University on Tuesday, Nov. 14, from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. for the annual Small Business Leadership Conference and Competition.
The event will be held in the Auditorium of the Reng Student Union.
“We expect o -
Privacy Evaluation for edX
10/12/23
https://privacy.commonsense.org/evaluation/edX
Overview
edX can be accessed at the following locations: website, Apple App Store, and Google Play Store. The following 2 policies were used to evaluate edX: 1 and 2. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly a -
NAU, statewide partners launch Arizona Attainment Alliance, to improve educational attainment and drive economic mobility in Arizona by Nau.edu
10/10/23
Northern Arizona University announced a new, first-of-its-kind partnership with all ten community college districts across the state and the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) to launch the Arizona Attainment Alliance (A++). This unique partnership aims to harness the collective impact of distinct ins -
AI tests into top 1% for original creative thinking by University of Montana
10/09/23
New research from the University of Montana and its partners suggests artificial intelligence can match the top 1% of human thinkers on a standard test for creativity.
The study was directed by Dr. Erik Guzik, an assistant clinical professor in UM's College of Business. He and his pa -
Top scientists, engineers choose startups over tech behemoths for reasons other than money
10/09/23
Fledgling technology startups need to hire skilled scientists and engineers to bring their cutting-edge products from the proverbial Silicon Valley garage to the market. But to attract the best and the brightest, startups also must routinely compete with established firms for top talent.
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Privacy Evaluation for Blackboard Learn
10/09/23
Overview
Blackboard provides instructors with the ability to provide students with course documents, online assignments and assessments, individual grades, and other learning materials in a single environment. Blackboard term's state users can provide comments in discussion forums and chat -
The Future of the Office Has Arrived: It's Hybrid by Ben Wigert
10/09/23
Since the pandemic ended, the workforce has watched and wondered: Will we return to the office and work like we did in 2019? Or will the great global remote work experiment stick?
Media headlines have long juxtaposed these two extreme outcomes and highlighted a power struggle between empl -
Some parts of rural America are changing fast. Can higher education keep up? by Nick Fouriezos
10/09/23
DRIGGS, Idaho – It’s barely 6 a.m., and Alexis Luna is spending her one day off at the Teton Valley balloon festival, babysitting her three nephews so her sister won’t have to pay for day care. “I want to go up!” one of them shouts, scrambling over the bed of her black pickup truck.
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New Jersey has failed to address 'persistent racial imbalance' in its public schools, judge rules by USA Today
10/08/23
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — In a case that could have momentous consequences for the state’s 674 school districts, a superior court judge ruled that the state of New Jersey has systematically failed to address the problem of racial segregation that exists in its public schools.
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Robots in workplace contribute to burnout, job insecurity
10/08/23
Working alongside robots may contribute to job burnout and workplace incivility, but self-affirmation techniques could help alleviate fears about being replaced by these machines, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
Researchers found that workers in -
Privacy Evaluation for Udacity
10/08/23
Overview
Udacity provides various online education courses alongside its partners with nanodegrees. The terms state that Udacity can share a user’s profile and all the included information, materials, documents and pictures with employers, recruiters or career related third parties. Udacity&# -
A broader definition of learning could help stimulate interdisciplinary research by Association for Psychological Science
10/08/23
We often conceive of learning through the lens of cramming for an exam or teaching a dog to sit, but humans and other mammals aren't the only entities capable of adapting to their environment -- schools of fish, robots, and even our genes can learn new behaviors, explain Jan De Houwer and Sean -
Privacy Evaluation for Indeed Job Search
10/06/23
https://privacy.commonsense.org/evaluation/Indeed-Job-Search
Overview
Indeed Job Search can be accessed at the following locations: website and Apple App Store. The following 3 policies were used to evaluate Indeed Job Search: 1, 2, and 3. This evaluation only considers policies that -
How education, work and motherhood shape women's life 'pathways' by North Carolina State University
10/06/23
A new study from North Carolina State University and Duke University offers insights into the ways that education, work and motherhood shape the lives of women in the United States. In a longitudinal study of more than 8,100 women, the researchers found seven "pathways" that illustrate the -
Machine learning used to probe the building blocks of shapes by Imperial College London
10/05/23
Applying machine learning to find the properties of atomic pieces of geometry shows how AI has the power to accelerate discoveries in maths.
Mathematicians from Imperial College London and the University of Nottingham have, for the first time, used machine learning to expand and accelerat -
Internet access must become human right or we risk ever-widening inequality by University of Birmingham
10/05/23
People around the globe are so dependent on the internet to exercise socio-economic human rights such as education, healthcare, work, and housing that online access must now be considered a basic human right, a new study reveals.
Particularly in developing countries, internet access can m -
Record High: Higher Education Enrollment in Portugal Surges to 446,028 in 2022/23 by erudera.com
10/04/23
The number of students at Portuguese higher education institutions reached a record high in the 2022/2023 academic year, official data have revealed.
Figures from the Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics (DGEEC) show the number of students totaled 446,028 d -
High school students tend to get more motivated over time by Ohio State University
10/03/23
Parents may fear that if their high school student isn't motivated to do well in classes, there's nothing that will change that.
But a new study that followed more than 1,600 students over two years found that students' academic motivation often did change -- and usually fo -
Privacy Evaluation for Canvas
10/02/23
SOURCE: https://privacy.commonsense.org/evaluation/canvas
Overview
Canvas by Instructure provides a cloud-based learning management system (LMS) that connects digital tools and resources for teachers. This evaluation covers the cloud based service offered by the vendor, not the open -
Dozens of students relocated after a second fire at USM dormitory in Gorham by Kerry Brookes
10/02/23
Gorham's fire chief says the state fire marshal was called to the University of Southern Maine's campus for the second time in roughly a week on Monday morning.
Chief Ken Fickett says his firefighters were called to Upton Hastings Hall at roughly 2:07 a.m., as students were bein -
Exposure to diverse career paths can help fill labor market 'skills gap' by University of Missouri-Columbia
10/01/23
When Patrick Rottinghaus began college, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his career. He started out as an "Open" major while he explored possibilities.
Today, Rottinghaus, an associate professor in the University of Missouri College of Education, is helping young people
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King calls on Malaysia's workforce, talents to make lifelong learning a priority By Bernama
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