{"id":9724,"date":"2019-01-22T12:44:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T18:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=9724"},"modified":"2019-02-21T22:03:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T04:03:50","slug":"maryville-university-receives-apple-distinguished-school-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/maryville-university-receives-apple-distinguished-school-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"91制片厂 Receives Apple Distinguished School Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"

91制片厂 has been named an Apple Distinguished School for 2018\u20132021 \u2014 marking the second recognition \u2014 for leadership and excellence in providing students with a high-tech, mobile learning environment. Maryville\u2019s Digital World<\/a> program gives students the digital skills and personalized learning they need to succeed in the workforce of the future.<\/p>\n

\u201c91制片厂 is proud to receive our second consecutive Apple Distinguished School designation,\u201d said President Mark Lombardi, PhD. \u201cThe recognition reaffirms our active learning approach as a revolutionary model for the future of higher education. Our students overwhelmingly say Digital World<\/a> is essential to their academic success. Our commitment to personalized learning using the technology of today and tomorrow is essential to our students\u2019 academic and career achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apple Distinguished Schools inspire creativity, \u200bcollaboration and critical thinking through the innovative use of technology in learning and teaching, with documented results of academic accomplishment.<\/p>\n

Through Maryville\u2019s Digital World, every traditional undergraduate student receives a free iPad loaded with over 80 learning apps designed to facilitate study in fields from the sciences to math, the humanities and many more. The program creates a faculty-student partnership that puts students at the center of their learning. To enhance this partnership, Maryville has invested significant resources in faculty professional development to expand their understanding of best practices using iPad learning technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaryville educators are tremendously committed to student learning \u2014 and technology is a proven invitation and inspiration to be even more powerful and imaginative communicators,\u201d said Cherie Fister, MFA, vice president for academic affairs.<\/p>\n

Below, President Mark Lombardi, PhD, on receiving the Apple Distinguished School recognition.<\/p>\n