The study included 10,000 students, with an average age of 13.5 years. Teens who used the internet, social media or video games for four or more hours daily were four times more likely to skip school than those who did …
Can Machines Control Our Brains?
Advances in brain-computer interface technology are impressive, but we’re not close to anything resembling mind control.
Intellectual Integrity: It Can Be Learned!
Since spring 2015, the community of practice of the Réseau des répondantes et répondants TIC (REPTIC) and the Regroupement des bibliothèques collégiales du Québec (REBICQ) [in Fench] have combined their expertise and strengths to address a growing concern within the …
A Collaborative Brainstorming and Voting Tool – No Registration Required
Brainstormer doesn’t require any kind of registration in order to use it. At the end of every brainstorming session students can vote for their favorite ideas that were submitted during the session.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/05/a-collaborative-brainstorming-and.html…
Recommendations for Good Practice Using AI in Learning
This is intended to be a quick and accessible summary you can give to management.
https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2021/05/recommendations-for-good-practice-using.html…
Creating and Using Rubrics for Assessment
Learn more about rubrics and alternative assessments in our online courses, online certificates, and graduate degree.
What College Students Wish Professors Knew About Inclusive Online Teaching
Knowing who our students are, recognizing what they bring into virtual or physical classrooms, intentionally centering equity and accessibility, and building trust are all tenets of inclusive pedagogy. It is clear from the reflections from our student partners that these …
Collaborative Note-taking as an Alternative to Recording Online Sessions
In collaborative note-taking, students work together to provide a set of notes to share with the entire class. For each class session, I assign two students the task of taking notes. During class, note takers record their notes in a …
Brain implants let paralyzed man write on a screen using thoughts alone
Researchers combine neural implants with AI to develop a “mindwriting” system that converts imagined writing to text on a screen.
https://www.cnet.com/news/brain-implants-let-paralyzed-man-write-on-a-screen-using-thoughts-alone/
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73 Percent of Students Prefer Some Courses Be Fully Online Post-Pandemic
In a recent survey, , nearly three-quarters of students — 73 percent — said they would prefer to take some of their courses fully online post-pandemic. However, only half of faculty (53 percent) felt the same about teaching online.
The HyFlex classroom: a paperless classroom?
An article article by Dawson teacher Anne-Laure Teichet. During the pandemic, I taught a few HyFlex classes. Wanting to take advantage of all the technological means at my disposal, I found instead that students who came to class physically chose …
How to use RSS feeds to boost your productivity
If you think RSS died when Google Reader shut down—or if you’re unaware, or only vaguely aware, of how to use RSS feeds—this guide is for you.
Mult.dev – A New Way to Quickly Make an Animated Map
Mult.dev is a new mapping tool that creates animated maps illustrating the connections and travel distance between two or more places.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/05/multdev-new-way-to-quickly-make.html
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Moodle 3.11: what’s new in the latest release of Moodle LMS
The latest release of Moodle LMS, the open source learning management system used by hundreds of millions of learners worldwide, enhances the online learning experience for both educators and learners, including a new Accessibility checker toolkit and a new activity …
A Typology of Educators Using Open Educational Resources for Teaching
With Open Educational Resources (OER) teachers have free access to high-quality educational resources and open licenses to prepare, enhance, or supplement their teaching practice. A typology of OER users has been developed with five types of OER users. Implications for …
