Open Competency Models are a set of competency models being made available under a Creative Commons license. They are meant to change over time, while people engaged in the discipline add skills from their profiles that reflect their experience and …
Highlights From the 2019 Connected Learning Summit
The 2019 Connected Learning Summit, held at the University of California, Irvine earlier this month featured some provocative talks, inspiring attendees to consider what role they can play in addressing some of the big issues society is facing in a …
How Tech Tools Can Reduce Anxiety And Strengthen Relationships With Students
Technology provides a powerful way to engage students, inform individual and group instruction, differentiate lessons, document work, and empower students to direct their own learning. But if you want technology to be a transformative force in your classroom, school, or …
Top 85 Learning Systems for 2020
- It does seem like such a large number, but when you realize that there are over 1,300 learning systems around the world, 85 isn’t such a big number. There are no rankings in this post, so please do not get
The danger of AI is weirder than you think
Presentation of the Week: ISTE 2019: Digital Storytelling 101
Present Slides with Captions for Screen Readers with Google Docs
Presenting Slides with captions requires the Chrome browser. It’s important to note that this feature only works when Slides is actually in Presentation Mode. The Captions feature is powered by machine learning and it is quite accurate.
Futures of Education
UNESCO has launched an initiative called ‘Futures of Education’, “a global initiative to reimagine how knowledge and learning can shape the future of humanity and the planet.” This is the project website. The initiative is framed around the idea of …
A tour of high schools found many young people do not protect their online privacy
Young people’s privacy is sometimes nothing private and concerns the Quebec Commission d’acces a l’information (CAI) which relaunched its cybersecurity tour of secondary schools called ‘Ce que tu publies, penses-y’ this month.
Professional Development Tools For Teachers
Education is becoming more dynamic with each passing year. The advancement of technology, especially in the last 10 years, is resulting in new ways of teaching and learning. Digitization is slowly entering into classrooms around the world.
https://elearningindustry.com/professional-development-tools-for-teachers…
The Exponential Guide to Artificial Intelligence
None of us can predict the future of AI. But if you’re looking for an accessible guide to help you understand this exciting technology, we offer this Exponential Guide to Artificial Intelligence. Read on for more!
https://su.org/resources/exponential-guides/the-exponential-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/…
Integrating the Science of How We Learn into Education Technology
Clearly, technology opens up huge opportunities to use the science of learning in new ways. To take advantage of these opportunities, we need to have clear learning outcomes, we need to measure each student’s progress in achieving those outcomes very …
Inspiring Portraits: Rafael Scapin — A Generous and Gentle EdTech Guru
“The Quebec college network is a dynamic place where stakeholders often work across institutional borders to advance higher education in the province. For me, there are few people that embody the network’s culture of sharing and collaboration more than Rafael …
Here Are Some Helpful Tools for Creating Classroom Newspapers
There are several web tools you can use with your students to create class newspapers, the list below features some of our favourite titles that we reviewed in the past. We have also included two important resources where you can …
The Gen Z Learning Journey From Higher Education To The Workplace
Born 1996-2012. 6.8 million in Canada, 19% of the population. 59% being raised by GenX parents (which means the ‘Bank of Mom and Dad’ doors are closed). They’re comfortable with tech. They want flexible agile work environments. Top 3 priorities …