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Ray Schroeder

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Springfield
As seen in: Flipboard, Inside Higher Ed, Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Review of Books, NewsBreak, The Greenville News, The Spectrum & Daily News, Central Penn Business Journal, The European Business Review
Covers:  Online learning, artificial intelligence, higher education
Senior Fellow, UPCEA Leaders in Professional Continuing & Online Education + UIS Professor Emeritus ~ My personal views

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Ray Schroeder’s Biography

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Ray Schroeder is UIS Professor Emeritus of Communication and Senior Fellow at the University
Professional Continuing Education Association. His professional career, now spanning more than half a
century, continues to expand daily. Holding degrees in Speech from Augustana College and Radio and
Television from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Ray began his academic career as
a part time instructor of Radio-TV in 1972. Serving as a radio news reporter for public radio station…

Ray Schroeder’s Journalist Portfolio

A few hidden gems among AI apps

A few hidden gems among AI apps

In the flurry of launches of generative AI apps this year, there are some gems that don't get enough attentio…

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The Metaverse and Web 3.0: Embedding Ourselves into the Internet - The European Business Review

The Metaverse and Web 3.0: Embedding Ourselves into the Internet - The European Business Review

We are embarking on an online environment transformation that is every bit as revolutionary as the inception …

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Where Will Generative AI Lead?

Where Will Generative AI Lead?

I just returned from the largest-ever UPCEA annual conference in Washington, D.C. More than 1,000 leaders in …

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Innovation and Creation in Ever-Advancing Artificial Intelligence - The European Business Review

Innovation and Creation in Ever-Advancing Artificial Intelligence - The European Business Review

By Ray Schroeder We understand that artificial intelligence (AI) resulted in the loss of many blue-collar job…

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AI Is Impacting Education, but the Best Is Yet to Come

AI Is Impacting Education, but the Best Is Yet to Come

When generative AI came rolling out of development lab obscurity last year, most of us were surprised-even sh…

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The Emerging New Task and Partner for Higher Education

The Emerging New Task and Partner for Higher Education

What is our primary mission? I turned to our new partner to briefly articulate that "the primary mission of h…

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‘RAISE US’ Is a Rare Positive Development in AI Transformation

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By Ray Schroeder
| Inside Higher Ed Verified
Remarkably, in this highly partisan era of American history, there is a newly formed, nonpartisan association with the stated purpose of “partnering with governors, employers and training partners to help the American workforce make a successful transition to an AI economy.” This is the first large-scale, independent entity formed to address the challenge that is top of mind of many of us in higher education and associated fields who are concerned with the anticipated impact of artificial...
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A Course Refresh This Summer

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By Ray Schroeder
| Inside Higher Ed Verified
As we review our courses, their currency, relevance and value, it is an opportune time to reach out to those employers who hire our graduates and review literature from the field on how well prepared our students are for careers in this emerging artificial intelligence era.
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Tech Future Promotes Continuing Professional Education

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By Ray Schroeder
| Inside Higher Ed Verified
It wasn’t that long ago that professional education was the less-respected, fragile forum for night school, weekend programs, extension and applied study at many colleges and universities. More recently housing the nascent online programs of the 1990s, this school or college was last in recognition and stature among the more powerful renowned and acclaimed schools and colleges.
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