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The Microsoft Teams app is great for video conferences and virtual meetings. Here’s how to join a meeting using it.

https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-join-microsoft-teams-meeting/…

Here are some interesting “hidden” features of Office 365 for teachers and students.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/05/my-ten-favorite-hidden-office-365.html…

Virtual Reality training is becoming more common in teaching. A study in VR training has shown it is more effective than traditional teaching at developing technical, practical and socio-emotional skills. The study also found students who complete VR training reported …

It goes without saying that we’re tired of seeing our coworkers’ faces in small boxes on Zoom—and maybe we’re even looking forward to being in the same room again. With Zoom’s new Immersive View feature, you can join other meeting …

The COVID-19 pandemic made traditionally proctored in-person exams impossible. This article provides a summary of the arguments against institutional adoption of remote proctoring services with a focus on equity, an account of the decision to avoid remote proctoring on the …

“FAIR Competence Framework for Higher Education (Data Stewardship Professional Competence Framework)” is the third deliverable from Work Package 7 “FAIR Data Science and Professionalisation” of the FAIRsFAIR project (www.fairsfair.eu).

https://zenodo.org/record/4562089

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One of my main sources for new educational technology ideas, tools, and resources is reading blogs. Every day is an adventure to see what new technology integration ideas I can learn, explore, and share with others.

https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2021/04/edtech-blogs.html…

Connectivism which aims to explain the learning that takes place within the digital environment by learners’ forming networks with other learners and even digital

sources such as Wikis, blogs, data clouds etc. is a new theory for the 21st century …

Technology in Education has been among us for a long while, and due to the Covid-19 pandemic, technology-based teaching took a sprint. But let’s face it, it has not always been for the better. This article delves into the pros …

A 2014 research study with a catchy title is often pointed to by those who worry that technology is having unexpected downsides in the classroom. It’s titled “The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note …

AI use cases in education include such kinds of applications as: Artificial Intelligence in training, learning and development, AI in higher education and Artificial Intelligence in K-12 education. We’ve gathered and outlined real-life examples of AI in education for each …

As colleges’ use of the technology grows, so do questions about bias and accuracy.

https://hechingerreport.org/from-admissions-to-teaching-to-grading-ai-is-infiltrating-higher-education/…

Can a film be shown during a synchronous activity? Can you distribute photocopies of a book on Moodle or LÉA? It is easy to get lost in all the considerations associated with copyright in education, especially when it comes to …

Like crafty genies, AIs will grant our wishes, and then hack them, exploiting our social, political, and economic systems like never before.

https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-hackers-used-to-be-humans-soon-ais-will-hack-humanity…

In the Bioecology Technology program, 3rd-year students must set up a research project that is spread over 2 courses, Initiation à la recherche 1 and Initiation à la recherche 2 [Introduction to Research 1 and 2]. In order to provide …