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This paper (10 page PDF) reports on an OER fellowship program at North-West University in South Africa. The project featured a number of lecture-oriented and student oriented resource development projects. There were also opportunities for students to participate in the …

Just when the AI community was wrapping its head around the astounding progress of text-to-image systems, we’re already moving on to the next frontier: text-to-video.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/03/1060561/get-ready-for-the-next-generation-of-ai/…

Advertisers are notorious for watching what you do and where you go online. That’s valuable and very profitable information. Here’s one way to stop some of the spying.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2022/10/02/how-delete-hidden-trackers-invade-your-browser/10441047002/

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I wanted to know what would happen if I suddenly gave up my smartphone – whether I’d feel better or worse, more productive or less capable of doing my job. Like so many others, I’d treated my phone as a …

The use of videogames as an educational tool in the higher education classroom is becoming increasingly common. Research has demonstrated that the use of educational videogames (serious games) can lead to meaningful learning outcomes. However, very little work has been …

Forget Google Drive, USB-C cables, flash drives and labyrinthine third-party apps! There’s a much easier way to transfer photos, documents, and videos from your PC to phone — it’s a wireless, lightning-fast method, too.

https://www.laptopmag.com/news/this-pc-to-phone-transfer-method-is-so-easy-why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-it…

Over the past three pandemic-interrupted school years, as educators scrambled to respond to the greatest disruption to schooling in over a century, a common refrain emerged: Don’t return to the way things were.

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2022/0922/School-2.0-How-has-the-pandemic-changed-learning…

Don’t want to pay for Photoshop, or don’t like it? Try these alternatives that come at no cost.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-free-alternatives-photoshop/

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A Mozilla report found feedback buttons didn’t stop the majority of similar recommendations.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/20/23356434/youtube-dislike-not-interested-buttons-bad-recommendations-mozilla-report

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The rapid pivot to online education following the outbreak of COVID-19 has meant universities and other schools around the world were suddenly leaning heavily on educational technology to facilitate remote lectures and exams. Resources for teaching online are still in …

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system in Canada and around the world received an unexpected shock as schools, colleges and universities closed and people began working and learning from home. As faculty, instructors, students, administrators, policy-makers …

What makes increasing your knowledge even easier is that you can do so from anywhere using your smartphone, tablet, or even a Chromebook that can run Android apps. The various education chosen for today’s roundup proves that learning new things …

Making word clouds doesn’t have to be time-consuming, the Word Art word cloud generator does the work for you. Here’s all you need to do.

https://www.makeuseof.com/word-art-how-to-make-word-clouds/…

The creation and use of NFTs or (non-fungible tokens) are popular topics of emerging technologies.  How will NFTs be used in the world of work and, more importantly for us, in education? What do we need to know to help …