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Canada has most educated workforce in G7 BY James Burton
11/30/22
The labour market is tight and recruitment a challenge but Statistics Canada’s latest study has revealed some encouraging news – the country has the most educated workforce among the G7 nations.
The latest release of 2021 census data shows Canada leads the G7, which includ -
Apple will pay up to $395 to people with broken MacBook butterfly keyboards [Updated] by ANDREW CUNNINGHAM
11/30/22
Update, 5:20pm ET: Girard Sharp partner Simon Grille, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, contacted Ars to clarify that the payouts would cover affected MacBook buyers in any US state, not just the seven initially involved in the lawsuit as we originally stated. -
The State of Edtech According to Michael Horn by Victor Rivero
11/29/22
Michael Horn speaks and writes about the future of education and works with a portfolio of education organizations to improve the life of each and every student. He serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for the Entangled Group, an education technology studio, and as a senior partner for Entangled Sol -
Fast Company: Work experience is important for students UC professor offers advice for students seeking internships, co-ops
11/28/22
For college students and recent graduates, the right internship can be a make-or-break component when it comes to landing that first job. While the pandemic turned many hands-on internships into virtual opportunities over the past two years, as more companies welcome back employees to the office, in -
Work Experience for Students in High School and College
11/28/22
Abstract— Studies have shown that engineering graduates benefit from work place experience
gained during college, including development of practical intelligence, increased career decisionmaking self-efficacy, and more career progress and job satisfaction. Benefits are found to be
mor -
Blockchain Incentivized Learning: Learn To Earn By Dr. Michael Jurgen Garbade
11/28/22
Summary: The application of blockchain in the learning industry has spurred a novel concept, learn to earn. Now, both teachers and learners can get crypto rewards for their participation in the education process.
Learning Rewards Brought About By Blockchain
The blockchain technology has co -
Data Science: 3 Career Fields Where This Skill Is a Necessity
11/26/22
Data is the future. From automakers to social media platforms, every business that you interact with would like your data. What they all understand is that your data is one of the most valuable assets they can obtain. Why? Because your personal data tells a major story about who you are, what you li -
Survey: Student Preference for Online Learning Growing by Amy McIntosh
11/23/22
By now, it’s universally accepted that technology is a vital part of higher education, but how has its growing use impacted the student experience? EDUCAUSE surveyed 820 undergraduate students about their technology use, asking about challenges and solutions, modality preferences, access to educat -
Higher Ed, State Government Collaborate on Security Operations Centers
11/23/22
by Tony Sivore & by Andy Viano
In 2015, students at Purdue University were presented with a golden opportunity to learn firsthand about one of the most in-demand jobs in technology.
As Indiana began establishing a security operations center, it turned to Purdue, one of the -
How University IT Leaders Can Support Marginalized Communities
11/23/22
I visited the University of California, Berkeley with my dad and younger brother when I was 11 years old, and afterward, I told my dad that I was going to go to school there.
I was accepted as a transfer student from Los Angeles City College, and put myself through undergraduate and gradu -
Nvidia AI plays Minecraft, wins machine-learning conference award by BENJ EDWARDS
11/22/22
A paper describing MineDojo, Nvidia's generalist AI agent that can perform actions from written prompts in Minecraft, won an Outstanding Datasets and Benchmarks Paper Award at the 2022 NeurIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems) conference, Nvidia revealed on Monday.
Microsoft is -
3 Ways to Boost Student Persistence Beyond the Classroom
11/19/22
Higher education institutions can be challenged when it comes to helping students persist and graduate, even under normal circumstances. However, the past two years have not been normal circumstances for anyone. Many of our students are working adults who balance the pursuit of a degree with family -
Dealing with Technical or Professional Jargon By Kate Moran
11/19/22
Unfamiliar words can cause confusion and misunderstandings for users. To write clear, easy-to-understand digital content, we must avoid jargon.
Definition: Jargon is the specialized language used by a particular profession or group, which is unfamiliar or meaningless to outsiders -
How Technology And Lifelong Learning Facilitate Women's Professional Development By Amit Gautam
11/17/22
Women's Professional Development: Women, Learn To Earn (More)!
The world celebrated International Women's Day on the 8th of March. A week on, the sentiments of gender parity and equal pay still remain strong in our hearts and minds. And why not? After all, among the several assets th -
Does Solving Inequality in Education Mean Embracing ‘Birth Equity’?
11/17/22
By Daniel Mollenkamp
Sanaa Sharrieff, a mother based in one of North Carolina’s largest school districts, Guilford County, is certain that where her son was born limited his education.
Her son, Kendrick, an 8-year-old in third grade, was diagnosed with autism last year. But -
15 Quick Tips for Gaining Valuable Experience in College
11/15/22
No soon-to-graduate college student should have an excuse for a weak resume. Employers hiring recent college grads are demanding that college grads have work experience, and luckily for you, a plethora of ways are available to gain experience while in college. While work experience in your chosen ca -
U.S. Department of Education Launches New Initiative to Support Career-Connected Learning and Increase Job Pathways for Young Americans by press@ed.gov
11/10/22
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced the launch of Raise the Bar: Unlocking Career Success, a new Biden-Harris Administration initiative supported by the Departments of Commerce and Labor to increase and expand access to high-quality training programs to help young American -
4 emerging tech cities for new graduates
11/08/22
With colleges finishing up towards the end of April and early May, this year’s crop of technology graduates will be thinking about next steps. The great news is college grads aged 25-to-34 have an employment rate of 86%, based on a recent study from the National Center for Education Statistics, so -
Full-stack observability is gaining swift momentum, Cisco AppDynamics report finds
11/08/22
Presented by AppDynamics
Digital experiences have to be seamless (and flawless), or the company takes the hit. Delivering those experiences means grappling with an increasingly complex, interdependent nexus of cloud environments and applications. Nothing less than full-stack observability -
It’s time for startups to get proactive and prioritize security
11/08/22
Founding a company is hard work. Between the start-up costs and time invested in insurance, equipment, sales, and payroll, early-stage technology thinkers and leaders have their hands full. However, arguably the most important aspect, and the one that is most notoriously neglected, is security.
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The best of hybrid and native apps is a no-code solution
11/08/22
Presented by Bryj
Over the past 20 years, we’ve witnessed companies, no matter their size or industry, make the massive migration online. Yet most of those digital efforts have stopped at the desktop browser, where one size fits all. That’s resulted in most consumer, business, and emp -
This Togolese Tech Entrepreneur Built His First Robot Before His Tenth Birthday
11/08/22
Growing up, Sam Kodo had a penchant for taking things apart, but unlike most, his was not a destructive adventure. But then again, he was no ordinary child, he saw things differently. Where others saw a compact device that could ideally serve a single purpose with satisfactory results, Sam could see -
Imminent Mass Layoffs At Meta Threaten The Africa Project
11/08/22
Meta (formerly Facebook Inc.), the parent of globally influential social platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp among other ventures, is reportedly on the verge of laying off many thousands of workers in a retrenchment exercise that is billed to be the largest to date at a major tech firm. -
The Future of Self-Driving Cars and Automotive Tech
11/03/22
In 2009, Google began the self-driving car project that would eventually become Waymo, a driverless taxi service that is already performing test taxi services in limited areas of Pheonix, Arizona. These taxis are capable of handling fully self-directed automation, with a clearly empty driver’s sea -
A Great Way For Us To Validate Our Learning
11/02/22
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Student Learning (or Learner) Certifications is an excellent way for students to obtain learner certifications which they may not be able to otherwise due to experience. Lear
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Canada has most educated workforce in G7 BY James Burton
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