A growing body of evidence shows that overall, college students learn less when they use computers or tablets during lectures. They also tend to earn worse grades. The research is unequivocal: Laptops distract from learning, both for users and for …
Microsoft’s AI language app will give you a friend to practice Chinese with
Learning a new language is all about practice, but sometimes you don’t have someone to practice with. Microsoft’s new (and aptly-named) Learn Chinese app wants you to pick up the language with the help of an AI assistant.
http://mashable.com/2017/11/28/microsoft-learn-chinese-app/#GASbNLl.Jaq1…
4 Ways to Use Augmented and Virtual Reality Apps in the Classroom
Are you curious about using augmented or virtual reality in your classroom? If you’ve already tried it out, are you looking for more app and lesson plan ideas?
The 2017 Dean’s List: EdTech’s 50 Must-Read Higher Ed Blogs
These administrative all-stars, IT gurus, teachers and community experts understand how the latest technology is changing the nature of education.
HDMI 2.1 can support 10K resolution, assuming devices ever catch up
The HDMI Forum, the governing organization that creates specifications for HDMI cables, has officially released the next version of the HDMI standard: HDMI 2.1. The new standard supports a whole host of new video outputs including 4K video at 120Hz …
How can groups make good decisions?
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Presentation of the Week: Approaches to designing blended learning
Openebooks.net – A Great Resource
Open eBooks is an app containing thousands of popular and award-winning titles that are free for children from in-need households. These eBooks can be read without checkouts or holds.
http://www.thepaperlesstrail.com/2016/02/27/openebooks-net-a-great-resource/…
Everything Users, Developers and First-Time Moodlers Need To Know About Moodle 3.4
A podcast explaining all the new features of Moodle 3.4.
How to Automatically Generate Textual Descriptions for Photographs with Deep Learning
Captioning an image involves generating a human readable textual description given an image, such as a photograph. In this post, you will discover how deep neural network models can be used to automatically generate descriptions for images, such as photographs.…
Why does Canada have so much online learning?
A large majority of Canadian universities and colleges are moving aggressively into blended and hybrid learning and most Canadian post-secondary institutions consider online learning very or extremely important for their future.
https://www.tonybates.ca/2017/11/11/why-does-canada-have-so-much-online-learning/…
How schools are steering social media
Crafting a strong and well-balanced social media policy requires considerable time and effort. The policy must be flexible enough to accommodate new tech trends—such as anonymous messaging apps and livestreaming—yet thorough and specific enough to address a multitude of potentially …
AI Boosts Personalized Learning in Higher Education
Artificial intelligence can aid educators in providing support to individual students in large classes.
https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2017/11/ai-boosts-personalized-learning-higher-education…
How to prepare for the cryptocurrency revolution
Blockchain is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated technologies of our time. Much like the early internet, experienced technologists foresee blockchain as a vehicle to drive society forward. In effect, we can fundamentally disrupt industries core to our economies …
What’s New in Firefox Quantum, the Browser You’ve Been Waiting For
Firefox has a new version. It’s now a multi-process browser with a new design, gaining speed but leaving traditional Firefox extensions behind. If you’ve switched to Google Chrome, you might want to give Firefox another chance. But, if you’re already …