See how to use the following free tools to create short audio recordings: Vocaroo, Online Voice Recorder, and Twisted Wave.
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The future of online learning: the long-term trends accelerated by Covid-19
With the technology now available, it’s clear that simply broadcasting pre-recorded lectures is no longer an option for forward-thinking universities.
Let’s talk about feedback!
Feedback is often a resource-intensive and time-consuming process. Nevertheless, feedback offered throughout the duration of the course (formative feedback), is a crucial element in the learning process. Together with the feedback given at the end of the course (summative feedback), …
3 Better Ways to Store Your Files Than on the Desktop
The Windows desktop isn’t meant to be a folder for your files. Here are some of the better options to store your files.
Whiteboard.chat – Create Online Whiteboards You Can Share and Monitor
Whiteboard.chat allows teachers to create whiteboards for their students. Teachers can then remotely monitor the whiteboards to see what their students are doing on those whiteboards. It’s great for doing things like asking students to solve a math problem and …
Two-Stage Assessments: Teach While You Test
Two-stage assessment is an approach in which students first answer questions individually (Stage 1) and then discuss them in teams prior to resubmitting their answers (Stage 2). The student’s grade is determined by a combination of the scores at both …
Which artificial intelligence applications will flourish by 2030?
For decades, artificial intelligence has been depicted as a sinister force in science fiction. Think of HAL-9000, the main antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey series. But while applications of AI and machine learning are indeed sophisticated and carry …
8 Cheapest Cloud Storage Providers
Looking for the cheapest cloud storage possible? We show you the best budget cloud storage for 100GB, 1TB, and other tiers.
The differences between data analytics, machine learning and AI
Discover how data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence are shaping the future and the differences between each discipline.
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Academic Integrity in Assessment at a Distance or Outside the Classroom — Part 2: Moving Away from the Traditional Written Exam
In the present article, I suggest ways to move away from traditional written exams or essays, during which it is more difficult to be sure of the students’ honesty. There are many cases where it is not easy to find …
Academic Integrity in Assessment at a Distance or Outside the Classroom — Part 1: Prevention
Plagiarism is on many teachers’ minds, especially in the context of distance learning. While there is no silver bullet against academic dishonesty, I offer you different strategies so that you can be confident that your students did write the answers …
Demystifying Deep Learning
“The article gets into a few technical concepts like connection weights, overfitting and local minima, but it does so in a way that makes them clear. If you know nothing about deep learning but would like to know what …
Introduction to OBS – Video Tutorial
In an hour or so, covers how to set up a live stream broadcast in YouTube using Open Broadcasting Systems software. This will allow you to broadcast your camera, applications, online meetings, and basically anything you want to a live …
What’s wrong with online learning? We asked Sal Khan, the world’s most prolific tutor
Pandemic forcing schools to ask: ‘How do we make sure we’re engaging students?’
How to Help Students Think for Themselves
A Teacher’s Guide to Philosophy for Children by Topping, Trickey, and Cleghorn is a short, comprehensive approach to coaching and engaging students in the process of thinking for themselves. Instead of being the giver of knowledge, teachers can focus on …