Microsoft has revealed that it is preparing to equip the second version of its HoloLens VR headset with its own AI processing capabilities to enable more features and services.
Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology
My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the …
Professors at America’s elite colleges pick one book every student should read in 2017
College professors dole out an incredible amount of required reading to their students.
But what if they could only choose one book?
http://uk.businessinsider.com/books-harvard-yale-princeton-professors-2017-3…
100 Education Hashtags for Teachers and EdLeaders
When used properly, education hashtags can help you take part in important conversations and make valuable connections whether you’re a teacher, principal or superintendent.
http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/07/education-hashtags-teachers-edleaders/…
How do today’s students use mobiles?
Mobile phones have fast become the most pervasive technology in our daily lives. The first experimental mobile call was made in 1973. Just four decades later, over three quarters of UK adults own a smartphone and some 32 billion …
Toward Personal Learning Reclaiming a role for humanity in a world of commercialism and automation (PDF book)
A new e-book by Stephen Downes: a collection of blog posts, published articles, transcripts from talks, some interviews, diagrams and images, and photos. Why personal learning? Each age sets its own priorities, and personal learning I think captures what …
Presentation of the Week: Supporting higher education in integrating learning analytics
The Human Insights Missing from Big Data
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Anchor Offers the Easiest Way to Publish Podcasts
Anchor is a free audio publishing service that I started using last winter. I was drawn to Anchor by its ease of use. Recording on Anchor is simple of matter of just holding down the record button on your …
Science of Learning” edX course offers teachable moments
How does the science of learning inform the day-to-day instructional choices of teachers? edX explores the science behind learning and how it helps improve classroom outcomes.
http://mitili.mit.edu/news/science-learning-edx-course-offers-teachable-moments…
Game On! Students’ Perceptions of Gamified Learning
Gamification is presented in the literature as a pedagogical innovation that may increase student engagement and enhance learning. This study explores students’ perceptions of a gamified learning intervention deployed in a large undergraduate module and a small postgraduate module. …
Academic publishing at a crossroads
The shift towards open access is an opportunity to reform academic publishing to better serve the public interest.
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/academic-publishing-crossroads/…
Google Play Music gets more personalized with New Release Radio, customized to your tastes
It’s no longer enough to simply offer on-demand music as part of the value proposition for music streaming services – you have to enable discovery of new tunes and make recommendations, too.
How Fender Is Reinventing Online Guitar Lessons For The Age Of Distraction
Fender Play is a new 4K video subscription service designed to teach guitar in bite-sized, song-based tutorials that put YouTube lessons to shame.
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop is great, once you upgrade Windows 10 S
The Surface Laptop is really nice — in fact, it’s quite possibly the best piece of hardware to carry the Surface name. But for some reason Microsoft saw fit to use the product to showcase Windows 10 S, a …