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Scientific knowledge should not be locked behind paywalls, or only available to those who can read and write in English. Scientific ideas and findings should be shared as quickly as possible. Scientific work should be judged on its merits, and …

Since 2020, there’s been a growing body of important research into the impact of online learning for educators. But the student voice, which is essential to informing good design and facilitation of online learning, has been largely unexamined. Our Student …

We don’t need to hide our phones during a break. We just need mobile break options that improve our state of mind—not bring us down.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90680232/if-youve-got-15-minutes-here-are-6-more-productive-ways-to-spend-time-on-your-phone…

Have you ever tried typing a complex equation into Google for the answer? It can be a challenge. These apps solve math problems – and explain the process – just by taking a picture!

https://www.brproud.com/news/local-news/move-over-calculator-these-apps-solve-math-problems-by-taking-a-picture/…

On Tuesday, Amazon unveiled a host of new products including Astro, a mobile Alexa robot that can capture every detail of your home’s layout, follow you around on video calls, and apparently even recognize people’s faces.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgbbe/amazon-unveils-astro-a-privacy-nightmare-robot-that-follows-you-around…

Interactive lessons have the power to engage students, hold their focus, and motivate them to become actively involved in their learning. There are tons of EdTech tools to help you create interactive and media rich lessons to use in class …

The best speech-to-text software makes it simple and easy to convert speech into text, and can be available for both desktop and mobile devices.

https://www.techradar.com/nz/news/best-speech-to-text-app

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I challenged 100+ attendees to prepare for the autumn term by designing a university from the ground up, leveraging what we’ve learnt about student and staff preferences and experiences in the wake of the pandemic. What old albatrosses should we …

For over seven years, Microsoft Research has been proud to have one of its AI research projects contribute to the open exchange of knowledge within the research community. We are now evolving our focus to explore how we can advance …

TextBlaze is a text expander that lets you create smart text expansions. You can easily create custom keyboard shortcuts to help you save text snippets and templates to use on different places online. For instance, to type in your signature …

For educators to properly engage their students, they must remain abreast of these latest changes and key factors that affect learning in the classroom. Their understanding of these trends can help them create more effective learning environments. As teachers prepare …

We’ve been trying to upgrade education for a hundred years. Can we tinker our way to better schooling by the 22nd century?

https://mashable.com/article/future-education…

Last week at Zoom’s annual conference, Zoomtopia, a trio of education-focused Zoom employees (er, Zoomers?) speculated wildly about what hybrid Zoom learning might look like 10 years from now, given the warp speed advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning …

Developing your web development skills is easy, when you have the right online courses to learn from. Here are seven of the best websites to use.

https://www.makeuseof.com/websites-learn-web-development-online/…

The Critical Thinking Quiz is a quiz that presents a series of five scenarios in which a logical fallacy is used in an argument. The quiz gives you two answer choices. Feedback is immediately provided when an answer choice is …