The search engine is reportedly built using advanced natural language processing for refined relevant search results without having to rely on advertising.
How to Create the Best Assessments
Final exams are extra tricky when it comes to art. What really makes up a semester or year’s worth of learning? From multiple-choice district assessments to final artwork projects, finding the perfect assessment is important.
https://theartofeducation.edu/2020/12/02/how-to-create-the-best-assessments/…
Blended Learning’s New Definition
Blended learning as a concept has been around for over twenty years. However, with the rise of digital transformation, the concept has evolved.
https://www.gpstrategies.com/blog/blended-learnings-new-definition/…
How to Convert a Complete Website to PDF Easily
Need to create a PDF of a webpage in a pinch? You need an online tool that can read and convert the website for you – a tool like PDFmyURL.
All the ways Microsoft Teams tracks you and how to stop it
The rollout of new Microsoft 365 features to track productivity, which would monitor 73 pieces of “granular data” about workers, was meant to be a boon time for the technology company. But it quickly turned into a nightmare. Announced in …
Breakout rooms available this week in Microsoft Teams
Breakout rooms allow organizers to divide the meeting into sub-groups to facilitate discussions and brainstorming sessions. We are excited to announce that breakout rooms will be available this week in Microsoft Teams.
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020
We reviewed hundreds of educational studies in 2020 and then highlighted 10 of the most significant—covering topics from virtual learning to the reading wars and the decline of standardized tests.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/10-most-significant-education-studies-2020…
The inaugural issue of the Journal of Social Media for Learning
The first edition of the Journal of Social Media for Learning has now been published. JSML provides a space to capture the many approaches of using social media for learning. The journal seeks to be inclusive and encourages those new …
Students Struggling in Virtual Classrooms Show a Glaring Problem in Our Schools
As anyone not living in a cave knows, COVID has shut down business as usual at most schools and students are learning virtually a lot more than they used to. This is working for some students, but not all.
Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Experience Teaching with Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is far from being the most intuitive teaching tool there is. Some basic functionalities are disabled by default and hidden in intricate menus, while others behave in strange and unexpected ways. To help flatten Teams’ relatively steep learning …
Will online degrees become more ‘legitimate’?
Once viewed as the lesser substitute for campus-based learning, online degrees are going from strength to strength. As the pandemic endures, how will they be viewed against their traditional counterparts?
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20201125-will-online-degrees-become-more-legitimate
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Microsoft Teams Declares Battle With Zoom With Massive New Feature Overhaul
Microsoft Teams has launched a massive overhaul of one of its most popular features as it looks to beat biggest rival Zoom.
This Indian state is a model of how to manage education during a pandemic
The Indian state of Gujarat has proved its ability to be agile and continue to offer effective learning pathways for its students during COVID-19.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/india-gujarat-education-model-covid19-pandemic/…
AI Can Run Your Work Meetings Now
A new wave of startups is trying to optimize meetings, from automated scheduling tools to facial recognition that measures who’s paying attention.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-can-run-work-meetings-now-headroom-clockwise/…
A neural network learns when it should not be trusted
A faster way to estimate uncertainty in AI-assisted decision-making could lead to safer outcomes.