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The term “open pedagogy” has been used in a variety of different ways over the past several decades. In recent years, its use has also become associated with Open Educational Resources (OER).

http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3601…

Gather student data, make predictions about their learning—and perhaps their future. For years education companies have tried to apply technologies to better understand students and tailor their learning experiences, or support instructors who can intervene when human help is needed. …

Webjets provides you with an intuitive platform where you can collect, save and organize digital content. Besides content curation, you can also use Webjets to record your notes, set goals, remember tasks, create mind maps, and share your digital libraries …

This joint initiative of the MIT Press and the MIT Media Lab seeks to redefine research publishing from a closed, sequential process, into an open, community-driven one. The goal is to develop and deploy technologies that form part of a …

When sharing videos with students in an online format, add some questions for them to answer or ideas for them to consider as they watch. Here are five tools that are good for doing that.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/09/ten-tools-for-teaching-with-youtube.html…

The pace of technological change calls for changes in how higher education represents—and how employers use and understand—student learning and competency.

https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/9/can-education-keep-up-with-technology…

Creating an online discussion space, often referred to as a backchannel, is one of the ways that nearly all teachers can create more opportunities for students to interact with them and their classmates.

https://practicaledtech.com/2018/09/23/how-to-create-an-online-discussion-space-for-your-classes-and-why-you-should/…

Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence? For me, this is a simple question with an even simpler, two letter answer: no. But not everyone agrees – many people, including the late physicist Stephen Hawking, have raised concerns that the …

After launching five years ago—and seeping into nearly half of all U.S. schools—Kahoot is offering the first premium version of its game-based learning platform.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-09-21-kahoot-launches-first-ever-premium-version-for-schools…

The article concluded that that background noise, speech, and music all have small but reliable negative impacts on reading comprehension.

http://www.danielwillingham.com/daniel-willingham-science-and-education-blog/should-students-listen-to-background-music-while-they-read…

Introducing the innovative technologies into the educational system leads to the fact that one of the most active users of different gadgets are students. Here is a list of the most interesting devices which are very useful for students.

https://techlog360.com/gadgets-which-will-help-you-in-education…

OECD’s annual Education at a Glance looks at who participates in education, what is spent on it, how education systems operate and the results achieved.

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2018_eag-2018-en…

The New Google Earth is a fantastic way to flatten the walls of your classroom and explore the world with your students.

https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/flatten-the-walls-of-your-classroom-with-the-new-google-earth/…