As the coronavirus pushes schools and universities toward remote learning, teachers have struggled to keep their students focused from their homes. Over the last few weeks, however, some teachers have figured out a better way to educate remotely: Zoom backgrounds.…
The best eLearning platforms for online courses
Online university programs get a boost, as schools determine the fate of the fall semester in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-best-elearning-platforms-for-online-courses/…
It’s forever 1999 for online learning critics
One of the (many) things to surprise and disappoint me over the past couple of months has been the resurrection of so many bad takes on online learning that I had encountered in 1999 and thought we had moved on …
CAUT guidelines on re-opening campuses
It is crucial that academic staff associations and academic governance bodies be actively involved in all discussions about planning for the 2020-21 academic year. To assist member associations in these planning discussions, CAUT has prepared guidelines on re-opening universities and …
The One-On-One Interview as an Innovative Assessment Method
The one-on-one interview ensures equity when we evaluate our students’ learning. In the context of distance education, this innovative method of evaluation could allow us to circumvent the potential integrity problems that distance evaluation can create. Here we discuss how …
Presentation of the Week: Rethinking Student Engagement in the Digital Classroom
The case for student mental health days
10 Best Apps for Online Teaching
We have compiled for you a list of the most efficient and user-friendly apps that help facilitate online learning. From making notes to holding webinars – you will have all the apps you need at your fingertips. Online learning is …
Mozilla research shows some machine voices score higher than humans
In 2019, Mozilla’s Voice team developed a method to evaluate the quality of text-to-speech voices.A lot of the existing work answered the core question of “can you understand this voice?” But now that we’ve reached a stage of computerized voice …
As Higher Education Goes Online, Professors Struggle In Adapting To The Digital
Covid-19 brought in overwhelming uncertainties for each one of us. While office-goers adapt to the remote work culture, colleges are embracing the online learning modules and discussions. For many, the lockdown has resulted in an uncertain examination schedule, lost internship …
Teaching Computers to Teach Boosts Intelligent Tutor Systems
Researchers have shown they can rapidly build intelligent tutoring systems by, in effect, teaching the computer to teach.
https://www.futurity.org/intelligent-tutoring-systems-artificial-intelligence-2361412/…
How to Use Your Android Smartphone as a Webcam on Windows 10
If you have a newer Android smartphone, the back camera has a much better sensor than most Windows laptops and some of the cheaper webcams on the market. Trust us—this is one of the fastest ways to improve your video-conferencing …
A Radio of One’s Own: an Interview with Taylor Jadin on #ds106radio
This past Friday I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Taylor Jadin on ds106radio. Taylor is an instructional technologist at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, a school that has been tearing up Domains I wanted to chat …
What Post-Covid Schools Could Look Like—Starting This Fall
Let’s not repeat the mistakes the education sector made in responding to the last major disruption of the education system.
https://www.future-ed.org/what-post-covid-schools-could-look-like-starting-this-fall/…
The Coming Disruption to College
Scott Galloway predicts a handful of elite cyborg universities will soon monopolize higher education.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/scott-galloway-future-of-college.html…