Meeting Students Where They Are
The pandemic accelerated an evolution in preferences among students, faculty, and staff for the ways in which they engage with the institution and each other. Novel technologies and models for interaction create opportunities for colleges and universities to develop individualized approaches to meeting students’ needs for expansive, engaging educational experiences.
Reshaping Learning Environments
Considering the evolving demographics of college students and students’ preferences for flexibility and personalization in how and where they learn, higher education leaders need to reshape learning environments. A key aspect of this transformation is applying the principles of universal design to make higher education more available and accessible to all students.
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Managing Digital Shock
Moving can cause culture shock for anyone, and students who travel internationally to attend a college or university often experience “digital shock,” a result of being accustomed to a very different technology environment in their home country. Institutions that recognize these differences and manage expectations create better experiences for international students, and those benefits carry over to all students at the institution.
Watch Improving International Students' Digital Experience: 4 Recommendations from Jisc.
Designing Student Experiences
No effort to improve the student experience can succeed without thoroughly analyzing and understanding how students interact with the institution and how they feel about those interactions. A central part of meeting students’ needs is unraveling the complexity surrounding technology tools and services and designing a holistic, positive experience for all users.
View Designing Student Experiences - Highlights from an EDUCAUSE Learning Lab.
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Solution Spotlight
"Northern Arizona University is pursuing a series of partnerships with community colleges to develop a highly flexible, multimodal approach to academic delivery and degrees pathways. In addition, we are working with community and tribal colleges on six initiatives to increase postsecondary attainment: (1) transforming our universal admissions program and stop-out reengagement effort; (2) enhancing learning, teaching, and advising with data analytics; (3) automatically delivering new milestone credentials to students; (4) translating the transcript into employer-relevant skills and competencies; (5) expanding high-demand, high-skill, high-wage, high-quality academic pathways; and (6) modernizing tools and data to help students maximize the value of their education and to equip faculty and staff with insights to facilitate student success." —Steven Burrell
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Feed Your Curiosity
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Darcy Van Patten, "Mind the Gap: Strategies for Unifying the Student Digital Experience," EDUCAUSE Review
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Jill Anderson, Jonathan Champ, Caitlin McKeown and David Tredwell, "An Interdisciplinary, Grassroots Team Model for Supporting Digital Accessibility," EDUCAUSE Review
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"A Conversation With Elliot Felix about Understanding and Improving Your Student Experience"
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We hope this Showcase challenged you to think about new ways to support student interactions at your institution. Next up, we’ll dive deeper into data management and governance in the Improving Data Quality and Governance Showcase launching July 8.
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