Top 5 October stories in one place

Top 5 October stories in one place

What's the best way to enjoy the Autumn atmosphere? ... Light up some candles and curl up with a good book!

No books here, but you'll definitely find something worth reading. Scroll down!

  1. EDUCAUSE 2024

The annual EDUCAUSE conference took place in San Antonio on the 21-24 of October (online November 13-14). Haven't been there and won't attend it online? Don't worry!

There is a great coverage for you.

2. STEM, 3D and robots

You might ask: What have these three got to do with each other?

It turns out that using 3D printers to repair classroom robots can help students develop real-world STEM skills. Sounds intriguing? Find out more.

3. Being a student, being a parent

Did you know that:

  • 300 000 undergraduates (around one in eight total) are studentparents?
  • 47% work full time, compared to 19% of nonparenting students?
  • 70% of student parents pursue shorter-term credentials, including certificates and associate’s degrees

New research from the California Alliance for Student Parent Success uses state data to understand the experiences of parenting students in higher education and opportunities to better serve them. Check this out.

4. Optimizing budgets with data

In this article, Frank Murray , Director of Instructional Technology and Campus Support for Belton ISD in Belton, Texas, speaks about the best practices schools and districts can use to help efficiently improve their technology budgets.

“The hardest thing is how do you make data-driven decisions on what you’re using in the school. The main thing to us is usage results. What are our usage reports on devices? We use a piece of software that tells us exactly how many times a kid has logged [into a device] and how long they were there. How long they stay and whether they were on task with it. And we break that down.”

Dive deeper here.

5. Case study: an AI-based assessment generator

The traditional manual assessment method, which involves individually compiling questions for tests and quizzes, has always been tedious. To solve this issue, we've developed an AI-powered content generator for knowledge assessment.

With this tool, tests are created automatically, making the work of teachers and content creators much easier. The results:

  • 90% quiz creation time saved
  • +27% conversion rate
  • +4 points NPS growth

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