DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Some of the things you can do with these web tools include: creating different types of diagrams (e.g flowcharts and organizational charts), solve math problems, build and share word searches online, convert/compress and share video files and more!
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/01/6-new-edtech-tools-for-teachers.html…
The Open Education Trend Report 2015 describes the trends in open and online education in the Netherlands and abroad from the perspective of Dutch higher education in nine articles by Dutch open and online education experts and eight brief …
Computer vision now a part of everyday life. Facebook recognizes faces in the photos you post to the popular social network. All of this “seeing” stems from a remarkably effective breed of artificial intelligence called deep learning. But as far …
Recent labour market analysis by the Canadian Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), building on previous work by Statistics Canada, paints a grim picture relevant to our concerns youth underemployment.
With each new year come new promises of technology disruptions in higher education. In 2015, we saw record investment in edtech; and competency-based education programs gained momentum with colleges and universities. What changes will 2016 bring?
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-01-19-4-trends-shaping-higher-education-in-2016…
Forget overpriced schools, long days in a crowded classroom, and pitifully poor results. These websites and apps cover myriads of science, art, and technology topics. They will teach you practically anything, most of them for free.
https://medium.com/life-learning/the-37-best-websites-to-learn-something-new-895e2cb0cad4…
VideoNot.es is one of my favorite tools for flipped classroom settings because it is easy to use and it integrates with Google Drive. VideoNotes allows you to load a video on the left side of your screen then on the …
In 2013, University of Technology Sydney embarked on an experiment to motivate students. It used data to produce a “dashboard” that showed students their level of engagement relative to a top performing student. It was meant to spur them …
Gen Alpha doesn’t just use technology, they integrate it into their lives flawlessly.
With these pointers, you’ll be able to use game mechanics to engage your learners all the way to the top of the leaderboard!
http://www.growthengineering.co.uk/34-top-tips-for-using-gamification-in-online-learning/…
The Tabtor Math app doesn’t leave you alone with your iPad. A personalized tutor is assigned to each student.
http://www.cultofmac.com/400641/ipad-math-app-comes-with-real-human-tutor/…
Open educational resources (OER) are playing a growing role in teaching and learning.
But what is the other side of the OER story? Are there some myths and legends that need to be exposed. Following a dialogue with practitioners, …
Google today introduced add-ons for Google Docs & Sheets and they certainly make the Google Office productivity suite more capable and more useful. If you haven’t tried them yet, open any Google document or spreadsheet in your Google Drive …