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Can big data from the LMS predict success in a class? That’s the question tackled by a research paper published this week. And the mixed results surprised the scholars working on it.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-10-14-can-analyzing-clicks-in-digital-systems-predict-which-students-are-struggling-it-depends…

Classrooms this month feel more like the days before the COVID-19 pandemic. As schools and universities across Canada ditch mass testing, universal masking, screening forms and vaccination campaigns, they’re also ditching online learning. They’re abandoning it even though there are …

The initiative, spearheaded by non-profit GenWell, aims to offer easy-to-use information for building stronger social bonds.

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/university-researchers-are-helping-to-create-a-canadian-guide-for-social-connection/…

DALL-E 2 is one of several text-to-image generative models that have made the rounds this year. DALL-E takes a textual description as input and generates an image that fits the description. DALL-E’s results are so impressive that many organizations and …

Microsoft is launching a simple graphic design app called Designer that will be available for free and as part of Office productivity software subscriptions, the company said Wednesday. The software represents an alternative to Canva, a design app boasting more …

Essays written by AI language tools like OpenAI’s Playground are often hard to tell apart from text written by humans.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g5yq/students-are-using-ai-to-write-their-papers-because-of-course-they-are…

Both companies announced they are partnering to collaborate on how people will work and even game in virtual reality. That starts with Microsoft bringing its biggest services — Teams, Office, Windows, and even Xbox Cloud Gaming — to Meta’s Quest …

The purpose of this post is to provide researchers, students, educators, teachers (and anyone else frustrated with paywall restriction to human knowledge) with a set of open access journals and websites for free scholarly articles and research papers.

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2022/10/best-open-access-journals-and-scholarly.html…

Use these tips to never forget about something cool you learned from a podcast.

https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-remember-what-you-learn-podcasts/

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Just like 90s Photoshop, Google’s tricks are opening up image manipulation to a wider audience, while challenging our definition of what a photo actually is.

https://www.techradar.com/opinion/googles-ai-editing-tricks-are-making-photoshop-irrelevant-for-most-people…

The fun of stumbling upon random old media with “LOC Serendipity”.

https://clivethompson.medium.com/a-search-tool-for-serendipity-eb6916562939…

The Department of Education issued new cybersecurity standards – and recent attacks on schools and trusts show how important it is that education settings protect themselves, says this trust IT director.

https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/compliance/cyber-security-why-schools-must-improve-their-data-defences…

Thanks to Google’s Programmable Search tool it’s much easier to create your own search engine than you might think it is. In the short video embedded below I demonstrate how to create your own search engine.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2022/10/how-to-create-your-own-search-engine.html…

The upcoming Web3 education platform is ready to transform the education system with its unique model. This platform has the potential to change the way students learn through the latest technology like AI/ML, AR/VR, blockchain, and the metaverse. Education in …

Whether you’re in elementary school or college, these apps and services offer study guides, mindfulness exercises, and more.

https://www.wired.com/story/tips-apps-help-students-study-notes-homework-help/…