{"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":"Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP Receives Apple Distinguished School Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP 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

\u201cË¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP 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, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPhas invested significant resources in faculty professional development to expand their understanding of best practices using iPad learning technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cË¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPeducators 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