Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a buzz word in recent years and continues to change our lives in new and exciting ways. In 2023, we can expect to see new AI trends and applications that will further impact the world. …
4 Technologies That Aren’t That Big Today but Will Likely Be Massive in 20 Years
The concept of smartphones and electric cars seemed like a pipe dream 20 years ago, but today, nearly 6.92 billion people, or 86.4% of the global population, have personal smartphones. Take look at some of the most promising technologies poised …
Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Five: Open Textbooks Saving Students Millions of Dollars
Given the benefits and opportunities of open education materials and open textbooks, it is little surprise that the education sector continues to gravitate towards using these materials: students get access to free materials, professors get greater flexibility and adaptability with …
ChatGPT: Artificial Intelligence on the Doorstep of College Institutions
How will ChatGPT impact education? Knowing that we cannot completely ban access to ChatGPT, we need to find ways to integrate it into our teaching practices. There is a lot to be said about this topic, but here is some …
Building Better Rubrics: Empowering Learners Through Effective Rubric Design
Rubrics are valuable assessment tools that provide clear and transparent expectations about what constitutes quality work. Rubrics identify specific criteria relevant to the assignment, along with corresponding levels of performance that allow for more precise grading. Using rubrics helps teachers …
Online learning platforms aren’t enough – lecturers need the right technical skills
Universities must do more than just offer online learning: they must make sure lecturers know how to adapt to the technology.
ChatGPT and cheating: 5 ways to change how students are graded
While many worry these advanced AI technologies are ushering in a new age of plagiarism and cheating, these technologies also introduce opportunities for educators to rethink assessment practices and engage students in deeper and more meaningful learning that can promote …
Ludopedagogy: Design and Learning
Join the Eductive team on March 16th in this bilingual laboratory on ludopedagogy, divided into 3 steps in which, together, we will reflect on the requirements to successfully integrate games into the classroom, as well as their prototyping and their …
How learning analytics can finally deliver on its promise
James Hodgkin, Jisc’s head of learning analytics, believes understanding data is more than a dashboard: it can improve data governance across higher education.
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/how-learning-analytics-can-finally-deliver-on-its-promise-24-feb-2023…
How Google Tracks You Even When You’re Not Using Its Services
You might think that, just because you don’t use Google Chrome or the search engine itself, you steer clear of Google tracking. You’d be wrong.
The evolution of ChatGPT will fuel the future of higher education, says Udacity’s Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrun, chairman and co-founder of Udacity, and Sal Khan, CEO of the Khan Academy, join ‘The Exchange’ to discuss the influence of AI technology on the software engineering landscape, disrupting higher education with mentorship programs and an emerging blended …
Canada bans TikTok on government devices
The decision follows a review by Canada’s chief information officer, and the app “presents an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security”, a government spokesperson said in a statement.
What Is DALL-E and How Does It Create Images From Text?
You’ve probably already seen DALL-E’s creations blowing up online. How exactly does this generative AI model work?
https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-dall-e-ai-image-generator/…
Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? A New Analysis Dives Into the Research
Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. A group of professors …
Turnitin Integrating AI Writing Detector into Its Products
Plagiarism detection company Turnitin announced that the AI writing detection tool it teased in January will be available as a feature of its existing products as soon as April. According to the company, the tool detects ChatGPT- and GPT 3.0-written …