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Engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo are successfully using a robot to help keep children with learning disabilities focused on their work.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230221113129.htm…

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Universities must do more than just offer online learning: they must make sure lecturers know how to adapt to the technology.

https://theconversation.com/online-learning-platforms-arent-enough-lecturers-need-the-right-technical-skills-199310…

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 …

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 …

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…

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.

https://www.makeuseof.com/how-google-tracks-you/…

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.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64792894…

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/…

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 …