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2023 Summit convenes local, global leaders to further digital inclusion

Smart technology enhances the ways we live with more convenience, safety and inclusive services. When applied to the systems governing campuses, cities, regions and even the world, they can connect underserved communities and respond effectively to…

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Top edtech trends in 2023 and the ASU example

In spite of our tendency to break things down into tidy time frames, like a new year or academic semester, change constantly turns over the status quo. Especially in the world of technology, where disruptive innovation may evolve rapidly from the…

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Faculty teach using ASU Sync Studios to connect with remote students

Lily Wong, an instructor at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, opens her laptop and links to the five motion-detecting smart screens fixed to the walls in front and beside her desk. She opens her Zoom room, and one by one, remote students replace…

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Fostering human-centered support: Key findings from working with Arizonans to close the digital divide

“Don’t give up. We can finish this together,” said Alexa Tarvid, team supervisor at ASU’s Experience Center, as she recounts conversations with Arizona residents applying for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). 

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ASU students create podcasts to harness creativity, collaboration in class

Karla Murphy and Chelsie Schlesinger, co-instructors at ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, have spent the last few semesters steeped in student podcast episodes. 

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ASU students explore real-time braille translation in the classroom

ASU computer science senior Krishna Prasad Sheshadri worked with visually impaired students when he was in high school in India. “I got involved in the processes for visually impaired students, especially those with economically disadvantaged…

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