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This article explores educators’ experiences during the rapid shift from face-to-face to emergency virtual remote teaching and learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. One hundred and forty educators from a Canadian province completed a survey with Likert scale …

Five specific PowerPoint techniques lay out a pathway for reducing PowerPoint overload, each of which applies a research-based principle. By taking these five steps, you will be well on your way to communicating more effectively on the PowerPoint platform.

https://www.indezine.com/stuff/atkinsonmaye.pdf…

This list is divided into 7 “Chapters”: Designing Technology, Designing Systems, Understanding Systems, Applied Technology – Network Design, Applied Technology – Narrative Design, Applied Technology – Human Design, and Designing New Realities.

https://ideaspaces.net/25-books-every-technologist-should-read/…

The way WeVideo works is simple: you can choose a video template to start with or create one from scratch, upload or record your video, drag and drop it to the editor timeline, edit it the way you want (e.g., …

You can set up Excel to automatically import data from one file to another, which is a great feature for creating summary spreadsheets. Here’s how!

https://www.makeuseof.com/sync-data-across-excel-documents/…

Posting videos is a good way to increase the chances that people will see your message. But not everyone is comfortable on camera or is a good video editor. That’s why you might be interested in using a tool that …

Knowledge emerges only through invention and reinvention, and the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry beings pursue with the world and with others.” (Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed)

https://www.aace.org/review/combining-augmented-reality-with-peer-learning-pedagogy-ipeartheoretical-framework/…

Here’s how to use PowerPoint’s built-in screen recorder, along with some tips on how to make your screencasts look more professional.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-use-the-powerpoint-screen-recorder-to-engage-your-audience/…

The Zeigarnik effect describes the way unfinished tasks remain active in our mind, intruding into our thoughts and our sleep until they are dealt with. You may have noticed the effect yourself during your exams in school, when you crammed …

Microsoft Editor is an AI-powered grammar checking tool that supports over 20 languages. Here’s how to use it effectively.

https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-use-microsoft-editor/…

If you too are looking for a grammar checker tool, then here is a list of 8 grammar checker tools that will keep your work free from any grammatical and syntax errors.

https://www.edtechupdate.com/edition/weekly-accessibility-learning-2022-05-21?open-article-id=21643757&article-title=8-best-grammar-checker-tools-for-beginners 

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This paper explains the ways that digital inequalities are becoming more complex in higher education (HE).

https://www.guni-call4action.org/article/multi-layered-digital-inequalities-heis-paradox-post-digital-society…

You might think that you need to spend money to fill up your e-reader with great literature, but that’s not actually the case. If you know where to look, you can find a host of free e-books out there to …

There is a wide variety of web tools and mobile apps you can use to annotate web content and PDFs. Below is a collection of some of the best annotation tools and apps I recommend for teachers and students. I …

Windows, Mac OS and Linux support drag and drop operations to move or copy files from one location to another. The open source cross-platform application DropPoint aims to make drag & drop operations easier on all three desktop operating systems.…