Andreessen Horowitz analyst Benedict Evans explains how AI, mixed-reality, cryptocurrencies, and autonomy will play out over the next 10 years.
Storytelling Is Not Lecturing; Lecturing is Not Storytelling
Your brain on story is different than your brain when it is receiving any other form of information, including straight facts and data. The threads of stories that we read, hear, watch, and click on affect us intrinsically. And tempt …
Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart
Chamath Palihapitiya, former vice-president of user growth, expressed regret for his part in building tools that destroy ‘the social fabric of how society works’.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/11/facebook-former-executive-ripping-society-apart…
Apple Classroom vs. Google Classroom
Apple Classroom was released in March 2016, but from things I read online, or hear when talking to other educators, I feel that it still gets mistakenly compared to Google Classroom. In this post, I wanted to take some time …
Citation metrics are making headlines, but what does citation really mean?
It would probably come as a surprise to most researchers, working with assumption that citation counts as the one true measure of research excellence, that there is no accepted theory of what it is we are doing when we reference …
What makes something go viral?
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Presentation of the Week: Open Textbooks: Access, Affordability and Academic Success
How Online Can Save Small, Private Colleges from Going Under
One strategy for these colleges to avoid extinction is to diversify—to avoid a precarious reliance on residential students. And one way to do that is by adding online programs to the mix.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-11-21-how-online-can-save-small-private-colleges-from-going-under…
Data is Powering the Future and the Now of Digital Learning
Artificial intelligence and adaptive technology are making learning today more effective, efficient, and personalized.
Want to do more with Microsoft Teams? This Getting Started guide will help
Microsoft’s Matt Soseman goes over some Microsoft Teams basics in a TechNet blog post. Soseman highlights five Microsoft Teams tools that can help your company collaborate in more efficient ways, using Tabs, Bots, Extensions, Connectors, and Apps. Let’s take a …
The Best Linux Operating Systems
A remarkable number of Linux operating systems (distributions, or “distros”) are available, each offering different benefits. We’ve compiled this regularly updated list of the best Linux operating systems available. Use the menu below to find a Linux distribution to suit …
How to Create Screencast GIFs
I use screencast GIFs to show how-to steps on my blog and in my presentations. Videos are great, but a GIF is like a short video that loops so even if you don’t catch it the first time, you can …
Can Learning Really Happen With Crowdsourcing?
To provide the most benefit, crowdsourced learning needs to be a two-way, give-and-take learning experience.
https://trainingmag.com/trgmag-article/can-learning-really-happen-crowdsourcing…
Why You Left Social Media: A Guesswork
Social media hold out the promise of authenticity, but never fulfill it. In this way, they reproduce the craving for authenticity.
https://catapult.co/stories/why-you-left-social-media-a-guesswork…
6 Ways Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots Are Changing Education
Six applications of both chatbots and artificial intelligence that could have an astounding impact on education.
https://chatbotsmagazine.com/six-ways-a-i-and-chatbots-are-changing-education-c22e2d319bbf…