Comments scrawled manually? Face-to-face dialogue? Or digital recordings? In a new Monash University study, thousands of Australian university students have voted digital as their preferred feedback mode.
Searchable Directory of 1,700 Upcoming Education and Technology Conferences from Around the World
This comprehensive list provides a range of options in Canada, the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia and Pacific Islands covering teaching, learning, and educational administration, as well as technology in education.
https://teachonline.ca/training-opportunities/upcoming-conferences…
How Merger of Two Textbook Giants Could Impact Course Materials
The announced merger between two of the world’s largest textbook publishers—McGraw-Hill and Cengage—could mean more students end up buying subscriptions to digital courseware libraries each semester, rather than making a trip to a bookstore.
Creative Commons Launches New Search Engine with Access to 30 Million Images
After more than two years in beta, Creative Commons has launched its new search engine, featuring a completely redesigned search page, improved navigation and search filters, better search loading times, and more accurate search phrase relevance.
https://wptavern.com/creative-commons-launches-new-search-engine-with-access-to-30-million-images…
Presentation of the Week: Future Learning in an Advanced Decentralized Learning Ecosystem
Here Is A Very Good App for Borrowing eBooks and Audiobooks for Local Libraries
Libby is an excellent app that allows you to access your local library and borrow ebooks and audiobooks. The way Libby works is very simple: open the app, find your local library, use your library card or sign up for …
AI and Education: The Reality and the Potential
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Five Good Alternatives to YouTube for Finding Educational Videos
Here are five good alternatives to searching on YouTube for educational video clips.
5 Ways to Promote Student Success in Online Learning
A new report from Strada Education Network offers key takeaways from last fall’s Online Student Success Symposium, a two-day workshop focused on challenges, innovative practices and future opportunities in online learning.
Technology Has No Impact on Teaching and Learning
In all honesty, we believe wholeheartedly that technology has no impact on teaching and learning … in an environment devoid of support.
MIT Starts University Group to Build New Digital Credential System
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, today announced a collaboration to build a system that would let institutions issue digital diplomas and credentials in a way that can be verified without needing to check with a human registrar.
Professor Robot – why AI could soon be teaching in university classrooms
The number of robots around the world is increasing rapidly. The full potential of these disruptive technologies is yet to be discovered, but their impact on teaching and learning is expected to be huge. This means that higher education might …
Here Is An Excellent Web Tool for Creating Rubrics
Quick Rubric is a new web-based application that allows you to easily set up criterion-referenced rubrics to score your students’ performances and assignments. You can use Quick Rubric to create rubrics to help you assess things such as oral presentations, …
The 10 Vital Skills You Will Need For The Future Of Work
Fast-paced technological innovations mean that most of us will soon share our workplaces with artificial intelligences and bots, so how can you stay ahead of the curve? Start by adopting a commitment to lifelong learning so you can acquire the …
Forget about artificial intelligence, extended intelligence is the future
Instead of thinking about machine intelligence in terms of humans vs machines, we should consider the system that integrates humans and machines – not artificial intelligence but extended intelligence. Instead of trying to control or design or even understand systems, …