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MoodleNet version 1.0 has launched. It’s “a new open social media platform for educators, initially focused on the collaborative curation of collections of open resources. MoodleNet will be an integral part of the Moodle ecosystem, sustainably empowering communities of educators …

In May 2020, Patricia Lapointe, pedagogical counsellor at Cégep Limoilou, interviewed (at a distance!) 2 teachers from her college about their experience with the emergency modifications that had to be made to their courses in the context of the COVID-19 …

We are constantly being told that AI will be omnipresent in the coming years and that the education sector must absolutely comprehend this technology  in order to prepare the adults of tomorrow. But what are the exploitable avenues of exploration? …

Teachers and others keeping up with their professional development need to do far more than take the occasional class. And John Spencer writes here, “teachers all over the world are meeting in small groups, doing book studies to refine their …

Take time to know your students, face and name, individually or in small groups if the numbers allow it. Create a hospitable environment and open relationship that makes it easier for students to share with you. Empathize with students and …

The creative arts programs at Dawson College figured out an innovative way to hold a final vernissage: a 3D videogame that mimics the campus.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1969910

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If schools systematically combine digital and face-to-face activities, in the event of a crisis they will only have to adjust the relative amounts of in-person and distance learning, instead of having to implement radical changes.

https://bold.expert/the-post-covid-school/

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An internal Facebook report presented to executives in 2018 found that the company was well aware that its product, specifically its recommendation engine, stoked divisiveness and polarization.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21270659/facebook-division-news-feed-algorithms…

Existing research shows that students who are addicted to their phones have a lower level of self-regulated learning, low level of flow – or feeling “in the zone” – and are constantly interrupted by applications on their phones when they …

There are three tools that I typically recommend to those who are looking to just record short spoken audio tracks and don’t require additional editing functions. Those three tools are Vocaroo, Online Voice Recorder, and Twisted Wave. 

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/06/three-ways-to-record-to-make-short.html…

Online university courses may not be able to replicate the experience of on-campus social life. But in terms of teaching, well-designed online learning can be more satisfactory than sitting in a large lecture theatre. Here are five ways online learning …

Eric Mazur gave an insightful webinar entitled “How to Flip your Class Online When the World is Flipping Out”. This webinar outlined the importance of social learning and explored some of the key benefits of using the Perusall platform to …

Microsoft is creating a new kind of Office document. Instead of Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, the company has created Lego blocks of Office content that live on the web. The tables, graphs, and lists that you typically find in Office …