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Looking to render your files unreadable to hackers and other intruders? Here are the best services that encrypt your data.

https://www.makeuseof.com/best-encryption-software/

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Ever try to read a physical book passed down in your family from 100 years ago?  Probably worked well. Ever try reading an ebook you paid for 10 years ago?   Probably a different experience. From the leasing business model of …

Focusing on online learning as the problem means lost opportunities to identify solutions and supports for student well-being, which could then be designed into online, in-person or mixed forms of learning.

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/why-its-wrong-to-blame-online-learning-for-causing-mental-health-issues-during-covid-19/

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As learning becomes more personalized, learning opportunities expanded and unbounded, and learning science research more robust, an updated and revised advisory role is more important than ever.

https://www.gettingsmart.com/2022/11/15/every-student-needs-a-learning-coach/

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Below are some good bibliography generators to help create annotated bibliographies. All of them work, more or less, in the same way: You start by generating a citation, add your annotation, and save your annotated entry. Most of these bibliography …

Bill Gates has made a tradition of releasing lists and reviews of his favorite books, but his holiday installment this year is a little different. His five picks aren’t his favorite books of the year, but rather five of his …

To keep physical copies of your emails, you can print them (and any attachments) directly from Microsoft Outlook. You can do this using Outlook on your desktop, in your web browser, or via the mobile app. We’ll show you how.…

There is a tendency to record webinars and online classes as a matter of course. It’s time to regularly ask ourselves whether we really need to record this session, who we might exclude if we record and what more inclusive …

One Gmail, one address. That seems right. After all, you have one phone number, and one home address. The same should be true for your email addresses, Gmail included. As it happens, though, your Gmail account has an unlimited number …

New AI aims to democratize 3D content creation, no modeling skills required.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/nvidias-magic3d-creates-3d-models-from-written-descriptions-thanks-to-ai/

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The live captioning function in PowerPoint lets you choose the language in which you want your subtitles to appear. The great thing about it is that you can have your subtitles appear in a language other than the one in …

The last year has seen a boom in AI models that create art, music, and code by learning from others’ work. But as these tools become more prominent, unanswered legal questions could shape the future of the field. 

https://www.theverge.com/23444685/generative-ai-copyright-infringement-legal-fair-use-training-data

 

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Improve your privacy and add essential features to Firefox with these add-ons (yeah, that’s what they call them).

https://lifehacker.com/the-best-firefox-extensions-everyone-should-use-1849784170

 

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The 48th edition of the events list provides a potpourri of webinars, online courses and programs, hybrid conferences, and in-person events. One does not have to attend an event in order to benefit from the list. If you want to …

In the midst of the pandemic’s long-term effects, including, for some, the disabling effects of Long COVID, we wondered what disabled students could tell us about what makes university classes more (or less) accessible to them. Their insights highlight practices …