Inside Higher Ed

Can’t Quit the Lecture? Try Quasi-Active Learning

Step into most college classrooms today and you will likely see a familiar scene: slides glowing at the front, a professor lecturing, students scribbling notes or staring at laptops. Despite decades ...
Hypebeast

Akai Introduces The Portable MPC Sample Hardware

Summary Akai Professional has officially introduced its most accessible standalone sampler with the new MPC Sample The hardware features a built-in speaker, internal microphone, and rechargeable ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A New Book of Toni Morrison’s University Lectures, Now Collected for the First Time, Shares Some of the Legendary Novelist’s Most Important Lessons

Before her career as a novelist, Toni Morrison was a teacher. The famed American author, best known for works such as Beloved and Song of Solomon, was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931. After attending ...
The Atlantic

The Lecture I Couldn’t Give

Last May, I gave a lecture at the Air War College, the Air Force’s senior service school for officers. I have taught at West Point and spoken at several other senior service schools. At the Air War ...
Variety

Peter Thiel Sparks Vatican Ire With Antichrist Lectures in Rome

The tech billionaire and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir has been holding Antichrist talks in Rome's Renaissance-era Palazzo Orsini Taverna that are rubbing the Vatican the wrong way Last year, ...
CNN

Peter Thiel’s secret lectures on Antichrist in Rome spark debate

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. It’s an event that the Vatican, and the pope, are treating with ...
The Verge

Akai is following Teenage Engineering and Casio with a new portable sampler.

Retailer Alto Music has leaked a new portable sampler by Akai that looks inspired by the company’s MPC60 and MPC3000, according to Synth Anatomy. The streamlined $399 Akai MPC Sample will pair 16 pads ...
Purdue University

March 2 Presidential Lecture featuring AMD CEO moved to Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center due to strong interest

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The March 2 Presidential Lecture Series event featuring a conversation between AMD CEO Lisa Su and Purdue University President Mung Chiang is being moved to Stewart Center’s ...
Purdue University

AMD CEO and global tech leader Lisa Su to headline upcoming Presidential Lecture on what will power AI era

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Influential global technology leader Lisa Su, the visionary chief executive officer and chair of semiconductor company AMD, will join Purdue University President Mung Chiang in ...
The Straits Times

Sunset for traditional lecture halls: How polytechnics are rethinking learning and student spaces

Singapore's polytechnics are transforming lecture halls into collaborative spaces, reflecting a shift towards blended learning and student-centric approaches. Examples include SP's green screen studio ...
Daily Times

Google NotebookLM tests 30-minute lecture mode for deeper learning

Google is testing a new “Lecture” mode for its AI-powered research assistant, NotebookLM, as part of an expansion of its Audio Overviews feature aimed at deeper, long-form learning. According to ...