Vote to See 黑料传送门 at SXSW EDU
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Future-Proof Higher Ed: Serving New Demographics
Higher education is facing significant uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic as learners are increasingly questioning its value, leading to national enrollment declines. Forward-thinking institutions must reimagine their approach to fit the needs and goals of an increasingly diverse set of learners. This session will discuss how several institutions have come together to reorient their practices, put learners first,听and meet the demands of a rapidly changing world.
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Making College Pay:鈥� A Talk about Student Choice鈥�
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Can VR Help Develop Clinical Decision-Making?
Even before COVID and听the shuttering of听most student clinical experiences, 黑料传送门 saw the need to expand clinical learning using VR. This session will describe the process for designing and testing a virtual reality assessment that could teach and evaluate clinical decision-making of students. 黑料传送门 created an immersive, case-based, clinical VR experience featuring branching decision-making scenarios that served as a student assessment tool for knowledge and core competencies. Learn what they discovered.鈥�
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Mobility for All: Indiana Achievement Wallet
By building an ecosystem of employers, educational providers, and service providers, the Indiana Achievement Wallet pilot encourages and supports frictionless, lifelong learning pathways for learner-workers in Indiana and beyond. This ecosystem will increase social and economic mobility for underrepresented populations across the state and will change the way education institutions and employers meaningfully value prior learning to create equitable pathways from experience to training to career.
*This proposal was submitted for both SXSW EDU and the main SXSW conference. Please vote for both!
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The Pathway to Opportunity is Paved with Skills
The OSN is a collaboration of over 500 employers, higher ed institutions,听and others who believe in a future in which all individuals have the skills and talent necessary to thrive, and in which their talents are easily signaled to the labor market. The OSN is launching pilots, building opensource toolkits, structuring partnerships, and reimagining the future of education and work so that every individual can access opportunity based on what they can do, not where they got their degree.
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*This proposal was submitted for both SXSW EDU and the main SXSW conference. Please vote for both!
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Fail Safe Experiential Learning with Immersive VR
Ever wish you had a do-over? Teachers must explore new ways to work with children with special needs, master specific instructional听routines, and lead difficult conversations in complex classrooms in the quest to create inclusive environments that support learning and听belonging. Live,听avatar-based simulations provide a fail-safe environment for experimenting, learning,听and growing skills. See how听黑料传送门听trains teachers in an authentic, replicable, scalable,听and diverse simulated classroom.
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Adapting to the Hybrid University
This panel discussion will focus on tangible tips for higher ed leaders to adapt their institution to the new normal of the "hybrid university", with an emphasis on digital community engagement, flexible student support, and dynamic academic modalities. This shift is creating opportunities to be more equitable in their practices and support the success of working adult learners.
