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Passive learning with devices involves the consumption of information and low-level and engagement instructional techniques such as taking notes, reading, and digital worksheets.  On the other hand, active learning empowers students through meaningful activities where they actively apply what has …

AI is especially influential for children who need special education.  Developing fully intelligent education tools and new virtual teaching assistants will take time for sure. But given the current technological advancements, here is the five changes AI is already making …

Focusing on the massive open online course (MOOC) platform, the purpose of this study is to realize personalized adaptive learning according to the needs and abilities of each learner.  

http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/8470…

Like traditional bullying, there are warning signs for teachers to watch for in their students. These signs can help you identify a victim or a cyberbully and step into the situation. Cyberbullying can be quite harmful to the well-being of …

Google launched a new experience today that it’s calling Talk to Books. It’s pretty much what it sounds like: the demo asks for input in the form of regular old sentences, then tries to locate logical responses to those …

Supercomputers often take up the size of a basketball court and cost hundreds of millions of dollars, but as Github user Wei Lin has demonstrated, it’s possible to make a homebrew computing cluster that doesn’t break the bank.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjpb78/diy-computing-cluster-esp32-raspberry-pi…

Wondering how blogs and other WordPress sites are used in schools?

Here’s a rundown of ten of the most common ways blogs are used by teachers and students, along with some examples.

https://www.theedublogger.com/2018/04/17/blogs-wordpress-schools/…

Tech is more important than ever, deeply affecting culture, politics and society. Given all the time we spend with our gadgets and apps, it’s essential to understand the principles that determine how tech affects our lives.

https://anildash.com/2018/04/07/12-things-everyone-should-understand-about-tech/…

This article explores the impact of virtual reality on students and educators. You will learn about typical advantages of using virtual reality in the classroom.

https://insights.samsung.com/2018/04/17/benefits-of-using-virtual-reality-in-the-classroom/…

Many would claim that some of the most effective learning we can partake intakes the same amount of you need to make a decent cup of tea – just ten minutes out of your busy schedule. That is the essence …

The Facebook news feed is public and Messenger is private…right? Not quite: Facebook routinely scans your Messenger conversations, and in some cases human employees may review them.

https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/facebook-scans-your-messenger-conversations-and-sometimes-humans-read-them/…

While new forms of classroom technology like digital textbooks are more accessible and portable, it would be wrong to assume that students will automatically be better served by digital reading simply because they prefer it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/do-students-learn-better-from-screens-or-print-textbooks-science-education…