{"id":3273,"date":"2016-11-16T12:06:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T18:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2024-02-22T16:30:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T22:30:52","slug":"maryville-university-apple-distinguished-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/maryville-university-apple-distinguished-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Named Apple Distinguished School"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ is pleased to announce it has been named an Apple Distinguished School for 2016\u20132018. Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has been recognized for its Digital World<\/a> program, which gives students the opportunity to personalize their education in an enhanced technology environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis designation affirms Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ as a leader in revolutionizing higher education in the twenty-first century,\u201d said President Mark Lombardi, PhD. \u201cOur innovative approach to personalized learning is a key reason for our unprecedented enrollment growth and our position as a nationally ranked university.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0selection of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ as an Apple Distinguished School highlights the University\u2019s enormous success in creating an innovative learning environment designed to engage students and support their academic achievement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis designation affirms Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ as a leader in revolutionizing higher education in the twenty-first century.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Through Digital World, all Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ undergraduate students are given free iPads in order to maximize and personalize their learning. The program emphasizes collaborative, problem-solving learning and creates a faculty-student partnership that puts students at the center of the learning. In order to support these efforts, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has substantially upgraded its campus technology and is now in the top 10 percent of all connected campuses nationally.<\/p>\n

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has also invested in faculty professional development to expand their understanding of best practices for incorporating iPads in the classroom. Eighty-five percent of faculty members completed Digital World training in the first year. This knowledge gives them the ability to guide their students by collecting real-time data on learning and create an atmosphere where every student can share and participate in the learning process, and is comfortable doing so.<\/p>\n

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