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Despite its broad adoption, there’s little evidence to show that learning styles exist at all. A recent article in The Atlantic (“The Myth of Learning Styles”) described the theory, but also discussed how learners rarely study according to their self-described …

Bookmarking tools are key to the effective management of digital resources. They allow you to capture  and save important information to read later. These are tools you can use to bookmark, annotate and share resources you come across online.  

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2019/10/some-of-best-bookmarking-tools-for.html…

Collaboration and team work are at the centre of meaningful learning experiences both inside and outside classroom walls. Luckily technology provides us with various tools and applications that support and enhance collaborative realtime work. Here are 6 good web-based whiteboard …

This article provides resources to tackle this challenge, by engaging with these concerns under the banner of three themes: Politics, Pedagogy and Practices. If we do not want to see concerned students, parents and unions protesting against AI in education, …

Do you feel guilty when you lecture? Perhaps you’re afraid that you’re shortchanging students. That, instead, you should be flipping your classroom and getting “active” through group exercises. But really, aren’t there times when you just want to tell your …

It has always been good advice to take what you see on the internet with a pinch of salt, but online video has lately become even less trustworthy. Deepfakes, clips altered or fabricated with an artificial intelligence technique called machine …

La Trobe University has announced, as part of a pilot, that it is swapping textbooks for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) when it comes to teaching anatomy students about the human body.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/la-trobe-university-swaps-textbooks-for-vr-and-ar-technology/…

Metacognition enables students to reflect on who they are, what they know, what they want to know, and how they can get to that point.  

https://www.gettingsmart.com/2019/10/metacognition-and-why-it-matters-in-education/…

The future of AI in education is only limited by our imaginations and the speed at which technology is developed.

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/10/08/3-ways-ai-is-changing-education-right-now-and-in-the-future/…

This is a good assessment of the potential for virtual reality (VR) in education. The author notes that lower-quality VR may produce nausea, and that because it is totally immersive, VR has limited application in combination with other activities.

https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/innovation-article/pros-and-cons-virtual-reality-based-learning-100119.html…

If you’ve been paying attention to the evolution of digital badging you know that it has been on a steady upward trajectory for over a decade or so now. And thanks to efforts like the Connecting Credentials initiative, the potential …