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These different spellings for “electronic sports” reflect the rapid takeup of video games as a competitive sport around the world. The growth of esports can be traced from South Korea, with the founding of the Korean e-Sports Association in 2000 ...
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The worldwide expansion of demand for higher education during the past half century has fostered systemic national reform efforts to expand access to greater proportions of respective populations. Educational technologies have exponentially accelerated these efforts and changed their means of ...
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President Michael Crow is approaching 20 years as President of Arizona State University which has been ranked as the most innovative US university for seven years running. He joined the HEDx podcast to share a clear message of the need ...
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