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You won’t have to rely on canned videos if you want to learn a new language through online streams. Duolingo and Twitch are launching a Duolingo Verified Streamer Program that will showcase broadcasters using their channels to teach new languages.…

Stock images have a bad reputation for being distracting and unhelpful, but there are plenty of beautiful, professional and entirely free photos available for use by web designers. And we’ve already found them for you – here are some of …

Conventional computers need orders of magnitude more energy than the “computer” in our heads. Neural networks made of superconducting nanowires might come much closer to the real thing.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613949/superconducting-neurons-could-match-the-power-efficiency-of-the-brain/…

Instead of assuming that students don’t want to learn, could we ask, ‘What is preventing students from learning in school?’

https://katielmartin.com/2019/07/13/whats-preventing-students-from-learning-in-school/…

Augmented reality (AR) is set to change the foundations of education, irreversibly modernizing it in ways we don’t yet fully understand. It will make classes more accessible and engaging, and it will provide new ways to study.

http://www.iamwire.com/2017/06/augmented-reality-education/154484…

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations are the new global agenda to enable all humans to live a safe, peaceful and prosperous life within planetary boundaries. But how can you engage students on the SDGs?

https://www.greenofficemovement.org/sustainable-development-projects/…

Ransomware can be devastating to anyone with essential documents on a computer or phone who has not backed them up to a separate location. Hackers and phishers have created programs that act in the background of a person’s device, encrypting …

VR takes this to the next level by putting the student right in the center of the action, allowing them to experience the subject matter face to face, rather than through a small square window on a 2D screen.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/07/26/the-future-of-immersive-education-will-be-live-social-and-personalized/…

As the protection of your privacy becomes harder and harder, you may be thinking of moving your files to a private cloud storage. If this is the case, then this tutorial is perfect for you. 

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/raspberry-pi-personal-cloud-22-07-2019/…

When on-demand education app Snapask emerged on the scene in 2015, it was quickly dubbed the “Uber” for tutoring. Today, the four-year-old platform, which matches students with qualified tutors for interactive question-and-answer sessions, has connected more than two million users …

While the usage of videos in eLearning is not a new concept, the wider adoption of mobile learning and microlearning has accelerated its use for learning. In this article, I outline 6 video-based learning strategies that you must adopt in …