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Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06178-7…

Online MBAs – and quality digital tools – secrets of success for people seeking qualifications to get on in careers, but lack time and chance to study full-time

https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/topics/premier-living/article/2163481/get-smart-using-hi-tech-turn-your-home…

The extraordinary teachers featured below would be effective with or without edtech tools, but all of them have figured out how to use technology to impact their students in meaningful ways.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-09-10-the-secret-to-finding-aha-moments-in-math-class…

Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/upshot/teacher-diversity-effect-students-learning.html…

A new study titled Don’t throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension finds that that reading comprehension is better with print rather than digital text.

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/09/10/new-study-finds-learning-outcomes-are-better-reading-print-than-reading-digitally…

I want to bring your attention to this awesome free educational resource from Apple called Apple Teacher Learning Centre. This is an online platform designed specifically for teachers implementing Apple products in their instruction. It provides a wide variety of …

The abundance of resources available 24/7 makes Information Literacy an essential life skill for one’s working, civic and personal lives. Recently, there have been a release of new tools to support this endeavour; along with some updates to some of …

Flipgrid is a video-based discussion platform you can use to engage your students in a wide variety of learning experiences. The way it works is very simple: as a teacher you create a grid for your class, then you add …

Google’s getting into the two-factor security key game with their freshly released Titan Security Key Bundle.  Here’s how the Titan holds up.

https://www.reviewgeek.com/6867/google-titan-security-key-review-two-great-keys-for-the-price-of-one/…

The tutorials in the playlist cover a wide range of features of Google tools for teachers and students. I’ve embedded a few of the highlights of the playlist below.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/08/250-google-tools-tutorials-for-teachers.html…

Mobile apps are making the learning/teaching process fun and very easy. But nowadays there are many kind of apps are available and students have no idea how to choose perfect apps? If you are confused,  then go through with the …

Nobel Prize winner and psychologist Daniel Kahneman wants us to consider how we make important decisions using different parts of the brain. In his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman proposes two systems that govern how we think, and you …

I’ve seen the five R’s used many times in reference to the OER space (Open Educational Resources). They include the ability to allow others to: Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix and/or Redistribute content with the appropriate use of licenses. These are …