In the age of information, every single field of research is progressing at a staggering velocity. Higher education institutions are faced with a single truth; it's becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the shifting landscape. The conventional methods used by universities to process changes and adapt are simply not efficient enough. This is where Nutshell comes in. In this context, AI is a force of good that allows institutions to rapidly aggregate, analyze and make decisions based on their data. We're aware of the challanges university administrators face, so we adapt AI to academic administration and learning management. Nutshell Curricula is the tool that transforms non-deterministic text generation into an explainable, accountable semantic information labeling system. Turn hundreds of faculty hours worth of tasks into instantant results with Nutshell.

The Challenge

Universities are required to manually review their curricula and individual course offerings periodically. This review is carried out by qualified faculty members who are responsible for ensuring that the content of the courses is up-to-date and relevant to the needs of students. Curriculum management is not the only task of these facultiy memebers and a large quantity of person/hours are allocated each year, this keeps them from focusing on the actual teaching and research. There are multiple factors that create the need for curriculum reviews such as accreditation cycles, inter-institution collaboration efforts, and developments in the industry that institutions are required to accomidate.

Putting in the hours is not enough by itself. The analysis process needs to be managed intelligently. The output from each field expert needs to be evaluated as a grander picture. Coursewise analysis is often incoherent with the departments broader vision. The lack of communication throughout the department can lead to individual efforts falling short. Orchestrating a department-wide analysis process is a challenge of its own.

A visualization of topics taught in a computer engineering degree
mapped to the Nutshell Knowledge Atlas taxonomy.

The Solution

Nutshell Curricula is designed specifically to remedy these issues. The process is very straitforward from the user perspective. You just need to submit your course syllabi and a curriculum plan of the department. Thats all, really! After three to five business days, you'll have access to the platform with your own credentials.

Inside the platform, you will have access to a self study of your department, a benchmarking panel that allows for departmental comparison, and a change drafting tool that helps you draft changes to your curriculum. The drafting tool is also used to create joint degree programs from scratch. These features all use one common languge to classify course teachings, the Nutshell Knowledge Atlas. The platform serves as a common workspace where changes, evaluations and analysis notes propogate to all users. This allows for asynchronous collaboration.

1. See what your curriculum is covering in the knowledge space using self analysis features.


2. Compare your department with other departments to simultaniously capitalize on your strengths or identify areas for improvement.


3. Draft changes to your curriculum or create a new one from existing courses, wether intra-institutional or inter-institutional.

Results

A few hours on Nutshell Curricula is equal to months of work spent on manual analysis. We don't cut any corners, we just build a smart approach and leverage the newest developments in the filed of AI and onthology engineering. Utilizing Nutshell Curricula will save you hundreds of expert hours that are normally spread over months. It condences the process to a few days and allows for universities to take quick and decisive actions, make sharp turns, and stay ahead of the trends.

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