Learning to adapt The term “adaptive learning” can mean many things, even to colleges that have begun experimenting with it. A broad definition is the use of software — often driven by data collection — to create a more individualized learning experience for students. Experts say adaptive learning has promise in tailoring coursework and supports to students, which […]
Learning to Adapt “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives,” Charles Darwin once observed, “but the one most responsive to change.” If only it were true in higher education. It’s interesting to observe, isn’t it, how much higher education is still driven by a “brute force” model of delivery? As much as we might wish it […]
EdSurge As corporate world moves toward curated ‘microlearning,’ higher ed must adapt In this changing landscape, colleges and universities that seek to meet corporate needs must move beyond monolithic programs and think in terms of competencies, unbundling curriculum, modularizing and “microlearning.” Many institutions are already pioneering efforts in this direction, from the certificate- and badge-oriented University of Learning Store (led by the Universities of Wisconsin, California, Washington […]
The National Lifelong learning is route to adaptation The world’s working landscape is changing, with artificial intelligence destroying and creating jobs and professions at unprecedented speed, according to Dr Joseph Aoun. The higher-education specialist said the landscape needed to adapt to these shifts to allow individuals to remain relevant and competitive in the workforce. In his speech The Future Model of Higher Education, […]
New Player in Adaptive Learning Peter Stokes is executive director of postsecondary innovation in the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University. He has written about adaptive learning, and thinks it has the potential to be used across much of higher education. However, Stokes said the technology is particularly valuable for colleges that are concerned about boosting their student success rates, at […]
Popular Science Teens have an edge when learning from rewards In a recent experiment, teens did better than adults on a computer game that allowed them to learn from correct guesses. Two brain areas seem to work together to help teens succeed at this kind of learning and perhaps prepare for adulthood, Shohamy and her colleagues reported today in the journalNeuron. “If a developing brain […]
Scientific American Special Report: Learning In The Digital Age Higher-education administrators are warming up to adaptivity, too. In a recent Inside Higher Ed/Gallup poll, 66 percent of college presidents said they found adaptive-learning and testing technologies promising. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched the Adaptive Learning Market Acceleration Program, which will issue 10$100,000 grants to U.S. colleges and universities to develop adaptive […]
Colleges Begin to Welcome the Class of 2028 Massa said institutions like Northeastern represent a small slice of the higher ed sector that is adapting to changing times by tying their education model to employment through initiatives like their robust cooperative learning program—and seeing the dividends.
Teachers should enrich life, not worship the machine Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern University and author of Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, says that universities will increasingly have to offer their students life-long learning plans: “At present, our education system is not affordable, adaptable or scalable,” he says. “Education needs to be continuous, which means we have to rethink […]
CIO With robots on the job, it won’t be IT as usual Companies will also need someone experienced in A.I., since it will be the smarts in autonomous machines. “Applications of machine learning in robotics is on the rise,” said Taskin Padir, an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University, in Boston. “Each practical robot system will rely on some level of A.I. to […]
Is practice overrated? At Northeastern University, an effort based, in part, on Langer’s ideas is under way to help students become more aware of their learning and study habits. Leading that effort is Susan Ambrose, senior vice provost of undergraduate education and experiential learning at the university, and one of the co-authors of How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based […]
Boston Herald NU’s Scott Eatherton rebounds with new body The Scott Eatherton who has become one of the more efficient rebounders in college basketball was not the same person just a few years ago. Not according to the coach who knows him best. That 6-foot-9, 220-pound frame on Northeastern’s power forward, the one who held his own against Florida State and Georgetown in the Puerto […]