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With technology advancement, video games have become the norm in most households—adults and children. What if gamification principles can help a student learn better? Does this mean a teacher should bring video games into the classroom? Is that what gamification …

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is used in company/organization employment programs or policies to describe the use of personal electronic devices by employees. Instead of supplying devices like smartphones (as well as laptop computers and tablets) to employees, organizations might …

In today’s world, the ability to examine large amounts of data to uncover hidden patterns, correlations and other insights is relatively effortless. But now we are at a point of capturing this data, how are we using it?

https://www.information-age.com/learning-analytics-to-transform-your-organisation-123480943/…

Dhawal Shah, founder of Class Central, has been tracking the machinations of the MOOC business since before it was a business. Here, he provides perspective on the revenue side of open and online courses.

https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2019/03/20/How-MOOCs-Make-Money.aspx…

AI mentor is a concept that brings together AI and machine learning to help humans in different aspects of life or mentoring them to get better.  

https://chatbotnewsdaily.com/how-ai-mentors-are-the-next-step-in-learning-4c8f250ac6ef…

Complex processes and functions can prove really hard to explain solely through text, or they can be difficult to put into words. A smart way to explain such complex processes in a visual manner is to use videos.  

https://blog.neolms.com/3-tips-rocking-classroom-video-learning/…

Stadia will stream games from the cloud to the Chrome browser, Chromecast, and Pixel devices, and it will launch at some point in 2019 in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/19/18271702/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-service-announcement-gdc-2019…

A coalition of activists, linguists, ad makers, and sound engineers has created what it claims is the first genderless AI voice for virtual assistants, and is asking for the public to help get the word out.

https://qz.com/work/1577597/this-ai-voice-is-gender-neutral-unlike-siri-and-alexa…

Properly getting rid of student data when it’s no longer needed. “Deleting data is much more complicated than one might think, with a number of important policy, legal, and technical considerations.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2019/03/schools_data_deletion.html…

The Ontario government, under the leadership of its premier Doug Ford has announced it will ban cellphone use during ‘instructional time’ in its schools from September. I am sure many instructors already discourage if not actually ban the use of …

There are many sites and tools that can help educators and students find free photos, clipart, icons, and more. See below for a list of many of these, and be sure to share your suggestions for other resources to add …

The Coursera Global Skills Index (GSI) is an in-depth look at skill trends and performance around the world, made possible by the millions of learners who come to Coursera to learn and grow.

https://blog.coursera.org/introducing-the-coursera-global-skills-index/…