Author: RM Barton

Fall 2020 Campus Scenes

Brightspace Innovation Program announces new grant awardee 

A Purdue Fort Wayne project to incorporate story-based pedagogy in engineering classes has been selected for a Brightspace Innovation Program grant by Purdue’s Brightspace team.  Brightspace is Purdue’s learning management system. The Brightspace Innovation Program grants are designed to encourage...
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Modern Electronics Factory: Female Supervisor Talks to a Male Electrical Engineer who Works on Computer with CAD Software. Designing PCB, Microchips, Semiconductors and Telecommunications Equipment

Thriving in the Evolving Landscape of Electrical and Electronics Engineering: A Key to Success

In today's landscape of advanced technology, the engineering profession is undergoing more transformations than ever. Innovations such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and robotics are reshaping a multitude of sectors. Consider manufacturing, where conventional operations are...
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Purdue’s Pharmacy Tech Training Course Gives Students Training in a Vital, Growing Industry

In the United States, the number of Americans who have chronic health conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes, has gone up. This is in part because the United States' population is skewing older – studies estimate that there will...
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Purdue University to offer Google Career Certificates for learning in-demand tech skills

Program available to the public as well as Purdue students WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is offering the Google Career Certificate program, making it possible for Purdue students — undergraduate or graduate and on campus or online — as...
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Purdue Online is now Purdue University Online, with a new resource website for online students

The name change to Purdue University Online is designed to better reflect the organization’s primary role – facilitating online courses and programming in partnership with the colleges, schools, departments and faculty of Purdue’s flagship West Lafayette and regional campuses.

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Purdue’s Online Dual Engineering + MBA and Management and Leadership Master’s Degrees Prove to be Career Boosters

Two years after completing his bachelor’s degree, Januario Mendes wanted to upgrade his engineering skills while gaining business expertise that could position him to move into leadership as his career advances.

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Turnitin adding AI writing detection, but instructors should use it with caution

Turnitin Originality, the centrally supported originality and plagiarism checker made available by Purdue through its Brightspace learning management system, is adding a feature to scan for writing generated by artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT.

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Purdue VetBloom partner to offer online mini MBA to veterinary professionals

Filling a need for high-level business training in the veterinary profession is the goal of a partnership between Purdue University and VetBloom, an online learning ecosystem for the veterinary industry.

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iClicker Cloud will be Purdue’s new classroom response tool

After a selection process that included vendor demos open to faculty and staff, Purdue has selected iClicker Cloud to be implemented as the university’s new centrally funded and supported classroom response tool on the West Lafayette and Northwest campuses.

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New website makes it easier, faster for Purdue instructors to find and use instructional technology tools

A new-look instructional technology website includes filtering and category options to help Purdue instructors find tools, access resources for getting started with tools, and request new tools. The instructional technology site covers Purdue’s centrally funded and supported tools, as well as integrated third-party vendor tools.

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