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Could we use artificial intelligence (AI) to create open educational resources (OER)? Donald Clark responded with this post pointing to his Wildfire service, saying “AI, we believe, is far better at precise goals, such as identifying key learning points, creating …

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. …

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 …

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…

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 …

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/…

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 …

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 …

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/…

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…

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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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, 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 …