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Developing your web development skills is easy, when you have the right online courses to learn from. Here are seven of the best websites to use.

https://www.makeuseof.com/websites-learn-web-development-online/…

The Critical Thinking Quiz is a quiz that presents a series of five scenarios in which a logical fallacy is used in an argument. The quiz gives you two answer choices. Feedback is immediately provided when an answer choice is …

When schools resumed classes in the fall of 2020, teachers faced a host of new challenges. These included things such as adapting to combinations of in-person, hybrid and remote learning models and managing health concerns during the pandemic. As a …

Microsoft recently announced a new Teams meeting feature called share-to-stage where you don’t just share your screen but also provides a real-time collaboration space for your participants to interact. This new feature will surely enhance the meeting experience in Microsoft …

“This article concludes with three very good suggestions for creating better essay assignments (quoted or paraphrased): ask students to develop their own thesis or argument based on a defined set of resources; provide a specific structure (and) samples for reference; …

The COVID-19 pandemic caused major upheaval, sending students home to remote learning and leaving teachers and parents scrambling to adapt. But it also created the opportunity for a deeper appreciation of their respective roles and challenges, according to a study …

Education is not inherently liberatory: it has always been an arena for broader struggles over who has access to knowledge and to what ends learning is put.

https://bostonreview.net/class-inequality/victoria-baena-classroom-crisis…

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) and educational technology—or edtech, as it is more popularly known—might not be the most obvious of connections.  Last week, Microsoft made another move and acquired TakeLessons, an online platform that connects students with individual tutors in various …

Anthology and Blackboard have announced a merger, pairing the former’s enterprise software for enrollment management, student engagement, alumni fundraising and institutional effectiveness with the latter’s learning management software, communication tools and student success solutions.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2021/09/13/anthology-and-blackboard-merge-to-create-massive-ed-tech-ecosystem.aspx…

In collaboration with Google Cloud, Walden University has created a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to help students review and master course concepts. The technology, which the institution is calling an AI-powered tutor named “Julian,” taps into Google Cloud’s …

Unlike Google Glass or Facebook’s experimental Project Aria glasses, Ray-Ban Stories do not feature any built-in displays or crazy AR software. They won’t replace your phone, though they will help you shoot hands-free video using two discreet 5MP cameras and …

Learn new skills without leaving your house.

https://www.techradar.com/best/online-class-sites-do-these-online-courses-from-the-comfort-of-home…

Research centres and laboratories have begun conducting studies to record and respond to the biological aspects of learning.

https://codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2021/09/08/new-biological-data-knowledge-education/…

H5P is a plugin for existing publishing systems that allows you to create interactive content, such as quizzes, puzzle games, questions embedded in a video, etc. Maybe you have previously created H5P content, for example on Moodle, and wish to …

Making a sudden appearance in the company’s 365 roadmap, this new feature has a harsh title: “Microsoft Teams: Chat supervisors can delete messages.”This feature, designed with our Teams for Education users in mind, allows chat supervisors to delete inappropriate, off-topic, …