DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
The second edition of Teaching in a Digital Age is now available at https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev2/
The first edition was published in 2015. The second edition is an update on the first edition. The main message, structure and content of the book, …
The results of applying learning analytics in this case are underwhelming, since there were no significant correlations with any of the independent student measurements. In other words there was no evidence that different clusters of student activities had any measurable …
Hardly a week goes by without some breathless bit of AI news touting a “major” new discovery or warning us we are about to lose our jobs to the newest breed of smart machines. Rest easy. As two scientists who …
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Ready to electrify your classroom with Wakelet-empowered classroom discussions? Wakelet has many features that make it ideal for use in the classroom. And, since it’s free, teachers can embrace it to do more than use it as a backchannel, twitter …
We always worried about compromising our personal data online, so we do all the necessary steps to protect our online accounts. But we forget to safeguard our system offline. In this article, we are going to share some best tools …
Have you ever thought in having your files in the cloud and be able to access them anywhere, anytime and using any device? Everybody at Dawson has access to Office 365, a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that includes …
QR codes are one of the most convenient ways to share a link with students who are using tablets or phones. The next time you’re on a site that you would like to share, use this one click solution.
Have you ever thought in having your files in the cloud and be able to access them anywhere, anytime and using any device? Everybody at Dawson has access to Office 365, a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that includes …
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 …
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 …
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 …