Online learning may give students a choice about when and where to study, but this flexibility should not be confused with being easy or fast. Learning is a process and it takes time. By studying online, you might be able …
The effect of using Kahoot! for learning – A literature review
Kahoot! is a game-based student response system (SRS). This article is a literature review of studies assessing the use of Kahoot! and whether it supports student learning.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131520300208…
The 8 Best Fact-Checking Sites for Finding Unbiased Truth
So in the digital era, where news travels quickly through multiple channels, how do you check your facts? Here are five of the best fact-checking websites, like Snopes and PolitiFact, so that you can find the truth.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/true-5-factchecking-websites/…
Summary Box: Instantly summarize any website or link with Artificial Intelligence
Summarize news articles, blog posts, and videos and AI will extract the key sentences.
Workflow Automation for Higher Ed: The 2020 Guide
Higher education has made great strides in embracing digital transformation, yet, much time is still wasted due to administrative inefficiencies. Workflow automation offers the opportunity to eliminate inefficiencies and save time and money by automating tedious manual administrative processes.
https://www.frevvo.com/blog/workflow-automation-for-higher-ed/…
Presentation of the Week: Introduction to Learning Analytics
Sleep is your superpower
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Gaspé CEGEP defends English-language Montreal campus for international students
A French-language college based in the Gaspé is defending its decision to open a private English campus in Montreal catering to international students. The Montreal campus of the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles, which opened in 2015, has …
Can Open Educational Resources Foster Equity In Higher Education?
A group of researchers from Washington State University found that OER use had an outsized effect on first-generation students and, to a lesser extent, students belonging to ethnic minorities.
https://www.lmspulse.com/2020/can-open-educational-resources-foster-equity-in-higher-education/…
A Finnish phenomenon: Where students learn how to ask, not only answer, questions
Phenomenon-based learning is a distinctly Finnish approach to inquiry learning in schools. It means leading students to ask big questions that don’t have easy answers.
Workflow Automation for Higher Ed: The 2020 Guide
Higher education has made great strides in embracing digital transformation, yet, much time is still wasted due to administrative inefficiencies. Workflow automation offers the opportunity to eliminate inefficiencies and save time and money by automating tedious manual administrative processes.
https://www.frevvo.com/blog/workflow-automation-for-higher-ed/…
Presentation of the Week: From technophobe to technophile
U of T researcher’s active-learning app bridges gap between students and instructors
A class of 1,500 students in the University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall presents a number of challenges for instructors. How do you make lectures engaging and interactive? How do you know if students understand a concept and are ready to …
Don’t Forget: You, Too, Can Acquire a Super Memory
Learning a memorization technique used by elite memory athletes leads to widespread changes in brain wiring.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/don-t-forget-you-too-can-acquire-a-super-memory…
Europe votes for Apple and Android to just use the same charger
We once imagined the future would be flying cars and jet packs, now we simply hope they won’t make us buy a new phone charger.