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Algonquin College’s newest campus, AC Online, can only be visited in cyberspace. 

The digital-only campus will meet increasing learner demand for flexible, personalized and quality online content.  

https://educationnewscanada.com/article/education/level/colleges/2/821059/b-algonquin-college-launches-ac-online-campus.html…

Martin Weller has written this book – a freely accessible eBook (224 page PDF) that looks at the last 25 years of educational technology. 

https://www.aupress.ca/books/120290-25-years-of-ed-tech/…

A collection of excellent web tools that will help you in your content curation. Using these tools will enable you to curate, organize, annotate and share digital content with your students.  

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2020/02/some-of-best-content-curation-tools-for.html…

For schoolchildren in northern Italy, the beginning of their second week blocked at home because of coronavirus saw a scramble to adapt digital alternatives to the classroom, ranging from online maths games to homework on Dante sent by WhatsApp.

https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Italian-schools-go-digital-as-coronavirus-shuts-classrooms-619551…

We are just getting started with voice technology in education. From simple commands that retrieve stored information to a future where voice-activated AI coaches help us set and reach educational goals across a lifetime, the potential for growth is undeniable. …

“We, the Adaptech Research Network, are looking at pedagogically-sound ways to use students’ smartphones in post-secondary teaching. Thanks to funding from the Entente Canada-Québec, we have had the last 2 terms to learn more about this topic. The first step …

Loom is an excellent web tool for creating quick video tutorials to share with your students or colleagues. The tool is very simple and easy to use, and most importantly, it is integrated with several services including Gmail, Google Docs, …

Mixkit is a good place to find free video clips and audio clips to use in your multimedia projects. 

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/02/how-to-use-mixkit-to-find-free-audio.html…

Researchers have developed a new personalized learning robot for autistic children that uses machine learning to adapt its lessons to each kid’s changing needs. The University of Southern California team put a “socially assistive robot” called Kiwi in the homes …

If you want to get the maximum impact out of your study session, here are some top research-backed study techniques to optimize your time and retention.

https://www.emergingedtech.com/2020/02/6-research-backed-study-techniques/…

For decades it has been the dominant metaphor in neuroscience. But could this idea have been leading us astray all along?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/27/why-your-brain-is-not-a-computer-neuroscience-neural-networks-consciousness…