Mobile phones have fast become the most pervasive technology in our daily lives. The first experimental mobile call was made in 1973. Just four decades later, over three quarters of UK adults own a smartphone and some 32 billion …
Toward Personal Learning Reclaiming a role for humanity in a world of commercialism and automation (PDF book)
A new e-book by Stephen Downes: a collection of blog posts, published articles, transcripts from talks, some interviews, diagrams and images, and photos. Why personal learning? Each age sets its own priorities, and personal learning I think captures what …
Presentation of the Week: Supporting higher education in integrating learning analytics
The Human Insights Missing from Big Data
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Anchor Offers the Easiest Way to Publish Podcasts
Anchor is a free audio publishing service that I started using last winter. I was drawn to Anchor by its ease of use. Recording on Anchor is simple of matter of just holding down the record button on your …
Science of Learning” edX course offers teachable moments
How does the science of learning inform the day-to-day instructional choices of teachers? edX explores the science behind learning and how it helps improve classroom outcomes.
http://mitili.mit.edu/news/science-learning-edx-course-offers-teachable-moments…
Academic publishing at a crossroads
The shift towards open access is an opportunity to reform academic publishing to better serve the public interest.
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/academic-publishing-crossroads/…
Game On! Students’ Perceptions of Gamified Learning
Gamification is presented in the literature as a pedagogical innovation that may increase student engagement and enhance learning. This study explores students’ perceptions of a gamified learning intervention deployed in a large undergraduate module and a small postgraduate module. …
Google Play Music gets more personalized with New Release Radio, customized to your tastes
It’s no longer enough to simply offer on-demand music as part of the value proposition for music streaming services – you have to enable discovery of new tunes and make recommendations, too.
How Fender Is Reinventing Online Guitar Lessons For The Age Of Distraction
Fender Play is a new 4K video subscription service designed to teach guitar in bite-sized, song-based tutorials that put YouTube lessons to shame.
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop is great, once you upgrade Windows 10 S
The Surface Laptop is really nice — in fact, it’s quite possibly the best piece of hardware to carry the Surface name. But for some reason Microsoft saw fit to use the product to showcase Windows 10 S, a …
How schools are tracking students using their mobile phones
Australian schools are tracking what students do on their mobile phones using technology that can also disable their cameras. In a bid to protect students from pornography, predators and other online dangers, some schools are turning to technology that …
Google not, learn not: why searching can sometimes be better than knowing
“Only memorize the things you use every day. Everything else, just memorize how to look it up.”
10 Ways Edtech Tools Can Change The Way You Teach
For many education professionals, the thought of implementing technology into the classroom can often be a worry. Not wanting to offer learners new distractions that will hinder their progress, teachers are wary of using education technology. However, if implemented …
OpenStax Launches Learning Platform
The Rice University-based free textbook publisher is the latest in the industry to pair its own course content with an online learning platform.