Sunday, March 19, 2017

H1B Premium Processing Suspended: USCIS Will Temporarily Suspend Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions

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Just a couple of hours ago, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services agency, USICS, announced that starting with April 3, 2017, All the H1B Premium Processing Applications are now suspended.

This news has come as a panic to many F1-OPT Students and H1B applicants, as some of them are mistakenly considering it as a suspension of the H1B program itself. Contrary to this, USICS has clearly mentioned that this is a suspension on the “premium processing” of the program and not the actual applications itself.

H1B applications are generally done using the USICS designated form I-129. This is a petition form for the application for the H1-B visa, which as you know, is done through a lottery process in the recent years.

More at: http://higheredublog.com/h1b-premium-processing-suspended-uscis-will-temporarily-suspend-premium-processing-for-all-h-1b-petitions/
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Friday, March 3, 2017

HOW DOES GAMIFICATION AFFECT THE LEARNING PROCESS?

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Education is any practice that constructively modifies the way we behave, think, and feel. We as humans always have the desire to learn, regardless of age. We also learn in different ways, owing to intrinsic and extrinsic elements not only related to age but also to the level of development and maturity, personality, experience, as well as genetic and environmental factors. In order to allow students to use and explore their full potential, it is a prerequisite to optimize the educational methods.

How can we make education more enjoyable and more efficient? The answer lies in understanding how students learn. Basic knowledge in educational psychology is indeed what makes good instructors stand out and allows them to convey knowledge efficiently, as required per recipient.

More at: http://www.thetechedvocate.org/how-does-gamification-affect-the-learning-process/
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