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Presentation of the Week: Useful Accessibility Tools
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Schools Collect Tons of Student Information. Deleting It All Is a Major Challenge
Properly getting rid of student data when it’s no longer needed. “Deleting data is much more complicated than one might think, with a number of important policy, legal, and technical considerations.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2019/03/schools_data_deletion.html
…MOOCs as Tool for Development of 21st Century Skills
Is it possible for MOOCs not only to develop professional but also to promote the transversal skills? The main aim of the research was to analyse MOOCs in the field of business and management (N = 829) regarding the ability …
Should university and college instructors ban cell phones in their classes?
The Ontario government, under the leadership of its premier Doug Ford has announced it will ban cellphone use during ‘instructional time’ in its schools from September. I am sure many instructors already discourage if not actually ban the use of …
Introducing the Coursera Global Skills Index
The Coursera Global Skills Index (GSI) is an in-depth look at skill trends and performance around the world, made possible by the millions of learners who come to Coursera to learn and grow.
https://blog.coursera.org/introducing-the-coursera-global-skills-index/
…18 Free Image Sites and Tools for Schools
There are many sites and tools that can help educators and students find free photos, clipart, icons, and more. See below for a list of many of these, and be sure to share your suggestions for other resources to add …
Global guidelines: Ethics in Learning Analytics
The Report does not intend nor is it able to answer all ethical questions about the use of Learning Analytics in all countries, and accepts there are legitimate issues of differentiation deriving from national legislation and broader cultural issues. The …
Game-Based Learning Is Changing How We Teach. Here’s Why.
Teachers can create almost any type of experience they want in Minecraft because it is such a malleable space.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-02-04-game-based-learning-is-changing-how-we-teach-here-s-why
…The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is … Google Docs
As more and more laptops find their way into middle and high schools, educators are using Google Docs to do collaborative exercises and help students follow along with the lesson plan. The students, however, are using it to organize running …
Introducing Firefox Send, Providing Free File Transfers while Keeping your Personal Information Privat
Send is a free encrypted file transfer service that allows users to safely and simply share files from any browser. Additionally, Send will also be available as an Android app in beta later this week. Now that it’s a keeper, …
A Collection of Free Textbooks for Teachers
Today we are adding this excellent resource from Open Culture comprising over 200 free textbooks. This huge collection is a work-in progress meaning more resources are to be added in the future.
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2019/03/a-collection-of-free-textbooks-for.html
…Big data, learning analytics and language learning / teaching
The presence of digital data and software in education is being amplified through massive financial and political investment in educational technologies, as well as huge growth in data collection and analysis in policy making practices, extension of performance measurement technologies …
How to keep human bias out of AI
4 Educational Web Tools to Try Out
Here is a set of educational web tools you can try out in your instruction. The tools which we have shared in the past allows you to perform a wide variety of digital activities including creating and sharing online quizzes, …
Editors Canada releases new guidelines for the ethical editing of students’ work
The guidelines require students to have a letter signed by their instructor indicating what kind of editing help is permitted.
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