The 21st century has seen a major shift in learning goals—formal education sectors in countries all over the world want their young people to be able to think critically and creatively, solve complex problems, make evidence-based decisions, and work collaboratively. …
Read Mark Zuckerberg’s Blog Post on His ‘Privacy-Focused Vision’ for Facebook
Mr. Zuckerberg detailed plans to integrate Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger so that people can communicate privately and directly across networks. The shift follows years of scandal for Facebook, which has been criticized over its handling of user data and the …
Award-Winning Faculty Online Teaching Practices: Roles and Competencies
Given the explosive growth of online learning in institutions of higher education, we are in dire need of guidelines for instructing new and continuing online instructors on how best to teach in online spaces.
https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/1329…
5 Tools for Citation Styles and Formats to Use in College
Many students struggle to create citations in the required style and format. If you’re one of them, you’ll be glad to know that there are tools for citations styles and formats. Citation tools can save you time and make it …
Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading
The rogue code can disable safety systems designed to prevent catastrophic industrial accidents. It was discovered in the Middle East, but the hackers behind it are now targeting companies in North America and other parts of the world, too.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613054/cybersecurity-critical-infrastructure-triton-malware/…
An Excellent Mind Mapping Tool for Teachers and Students
Coggle is a good Chrome app for creating mind maps. It integrates seamlessly with Google Drive and allows you to organize and share your files with your Google contacts the way you like. Coggle provides a wide variety of features …
An unexpected tool for understanding inequality: abstract math
Presentation of the Week: Useful Accessibility Tools
Understanding Participant’s Behaviour in Massively Open Online Courses
In this study, conducted in a French MOOC that is part of the EDUlib initiative, we systematically classified MOOC user profiles based on their behaviour in the open-source learning management system (LMS) – in this case, Sakai – and studied …
How to set up iOS to read any text–from emails to ebooks–aloud
Using built-in iOS settings, Apple users can configure their mobile devices to read any form of text aloud with a simple gesture.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-set-up-ios-to-read-any-text-from-emails-to-ebooks-aloud/…
No habla español? How Netflix could transform the way we learn languages
Amid concern over the fall in pupils studying foreign languages, a new online tool has turned the streaming service into a classroom.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/mar/02/netflix-languages-education…
The PERLA Framework: Blending Personalization and Learning Analytics
This paper discusses the Personalization and Learning Analytics (PERLA) framework which represents the convergence of personalization and learning analytics and provides a theoretical foundation for effective analytics-enhanced personalized learning.
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3936/4956
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Some questions to use when discussing why we shouldn’t replace humans with AI (artificial intelligence) for learning
All of our design and most of our assessments are created in an effort to help people know things,” writes Dave Cormier, “and yet there is no clear agreement in education on what learning actually is.” This point is especially …
Moodle Announces Moodle Workplace: The best of Moodle, fine-tuned for organisational learning
Moodle, developer of the most-used learning platform software in the world, today officially introduces Moodle Workplace, a learning solution to support effective organisational training that combines the proven power, scalability and flexibility of the Moodle LMS with completely new features …
Advancing Academia with Wikipedia
University libraries are integrating the massive online encyclopedia into their operations to share their unique resources, improve teaching and learning, and raise their profile.
https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/advancing-academia-with-wikipedia/…