Microsoft just announced that it is beefing up Outlook with new AI-driven features. In the next few weeks (in North America in English), it will roll out a trio of features in Outlook on the web to expedite meeting prep, …
Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio Receive Turing Award, ‘the Nobel Prize Of Computing’
Two of Canada’s notable pioneers in AI have been named co-winners of the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award for their work in deep neural networks. Geoffrey Hinton, a professor at the University of Toronto (UofT), has been named a recipient …
Story time with e-books ‘not as helpful’ as print books
Researchers from the University of Michigan found parents talked more about the technology than content when using electronic books. With print, the frequency and quality of interactions were better, said lead author Dr Tiffany Munzer.
15 top thinkers predict the biggest tech breakthroughs in our lifetime
From 100 per cent renewable power and scientifically-driven longevity to neurotechnology and automated deliberation, these are the breakthroughs that will shape the future of humanity.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/hay-festival-2019-technology-science-breakthrough…
Killed by Google
This is a list of 149 products and services that have been killed by Google over the years. It stands as an object lesson in why you should not depend on commercial vendors and platforms for critical services.
How to track a laptop
Tracking laptops is easy. Don’t wait until it’s stolen to use these simple tools.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-track-a-laptop/
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This “Smart” Notebook Is an Amazon Bestseller, and It’s Easy to See Why
This notebook comes equipped with a Pilot FriXion pen that wipes off clean, letting you reuse its 36 pages again and again. The best part? You can easily transfer your notes to Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, Box, OneNote, Slack, iCloud, …
Methodological guide for implementation and evaluation of open e-textbook programs
This Methodological Guide is meant to provide assistance on conducting evaluations of public initiatives focused on the provision of open digital textbooks. Such textbooks are in a digital format and made available publicly online.
The Updated For IOS 12 Periodic Table Of IPad Apps 2019
The table aims to reflect an updated selection of popular apps that have been shown to be useful in supporting teaching and learning activities in these different areas.
https://ictevangelist.com/the-updated-for-ios-12-periodic-table-of-ipad-apps-2019/…
Change the Appearance of Any Page With Mozilla’s X-Ray Goggles
It’s a great tool that lets you see the code behind any web page and change that code to display anything that you want in place of the original text and images. After you have made the changes you can …
Presentation of the Week: Recent Work in Connectivism
The brain-changing benefits of exercise
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8 Top Trends Of Digital Transformation In Higher Education
The digital transformation is rather a need than an option. You can start by taking small steps like creating an eLearning platform and move to something more complex like IoT and AI.
https://elearningindustry.com/digital-transformation-in-higher-education-8-top-trends…
What’s good ‘evidence-based’ practice for classrooms? We asked the teachers, here’s what they said
In this post we want to tell you about the conversations around what ‘evidence’ means when people talk about evidence-based practice and importantly we want to tell you about our research into what teachers think good evidence is.
https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=3844
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The challenges and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence in education
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is producing new teaching and learning solutions that are currently being tested globally. These solutions require advanced infrastructures and an ecosystem of thriving innovators. How does that affect countries around the world, and especially developing nations? Should …