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The 2019 Connected Learning Summit, held at the University of California, Irvine earlier this month featured some provocative talks, inspiring attendees to consider what role they can play in addressing some of the big issues society is facing in a …

Technology provides a powerful way to engage students, inform individual and group instruction, differentiate lessons, document work, and empower students to direct their own learn­ing. But if you want technology to be a transformative force in your classroom, school, or …

85. It does seem like such a large number, but when you realize that there are over 1,300 learning systems around the world, 85 isn’t such a big number.  There are no rankings in this post, so please do not get

Presenting Slides with captions requires the Chrome browser. It’s important to note that this feature only works when Slides is actually in Presentation Mode.  The Captions feature is powered by machine learning and it is quite accurate.

https://cooltoolsblog.com/2019/10/10/present-slides-with-captions-for-screen-readers-with-google-docs/…

UNESCO has launched an initiative called ‘Futures of Education’, “a global initiative to reimagine how knowledge and learning can shape the future of humanity and the planet.” This is the project website. The initiative is framed around the idea of …

Young people’s privacy is sometimes nothing private and concerns the Quebec Commission d’acces a l’information (CAI) which relaunched its cybersecurity tour of secondary schools called ‘Ce que tu publies, penses-y’ this month.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/a-tour-of-high-schools-found-many-young-people-do-not-protect-their-online-privacy-1.4636726…

Education is becoming more dynamic with each passing year. The advancement of technology, especially in the last 10 years, is resulting in new ways of teaching and learning. Digitization is slowly entering into classrooms around the world.

https://elearningindustry.com/professional-development-tools-for-teachers…

None of us can predict the future of AI. But if you’re looking for an accessible guide to help you understand this exciting technology, we offer this Exponential Guide to Artificial Intelligence. Read on for more!

https://su.org/resources/exponential-guides/the-exponential-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/…

Clearly, technology opens up huge opportunities to use the science of learning in new ways. To take advantage of these opportunities, we need to have clear learning outcomes, we need to measure each student’s progress in achieving those outcomes very …

“The Quebec college network is a dynamic place where stakeholders often work across institutional borders to advance higher education in the province. For me, there are few people that embody the network’s culture of sharing and collaboration more than Rafael …

There are several web tools you can use with your students to create class newspapers, the list below features some of our favourite titles that we reviewed in the past. We have also included two important  resources where you can …

Despite its broad adoption, there’s little evidence to show that learning styles exist at all. A recent article in The Atlantic (“The Myth of Learning Styles”) described the theory, but also discussed how learners rarely study according to their self-described …

Born 1996-2012. 6.8 million in Canada, 19% of the population. 59% being raised by GenX parents (which means the ‘Bank of Mom and Dad’ doors are closed).  They’re comfortable with tech. They want flexible agile work environments. Top 3 priorities …