Mind maps are inclusive tools and tend to give students divergent learning styles. Students can use them to collaboratively or individually brainstorm ideas, plan for projects, document outlines, create presentations, write short summaries, and many more. The collection below features …
How online programs can keep students from disengaging and help them feel they belong
Student belonging is an ongoing process that requires outreach and a good user experience, writes a researcher and communications expert at WGU Labs.
15 Windows Diagnostics Tools to Check Your PC’s Health
Use these computer diagnostic tools to run a PC health check and fix issues. Great for Windows 10 diagnostics and support.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/13-windows-diagnostics-tools-check-pcs-health/…
Why One University Is Moving Toward a Subscription Model
One big theme in education-innovation circles is that the professional world is changing faster than ever, and so schools and colleges must adjust how they teach to meet those needs. One college in St. Louis, Maryville University, is embracing that …
AI Helps Teachers Spot Students With Learning Difficulties
Artificial intelligence helps teachers identify which of their students have learning difficulties, according to a new study. Teachers make more accurate assessments of learning difficulties such as dyslexia and ADHD among their students if they are given AI-generated feedback rather …
Tech Tools That Help Teachers and Students Exchange Feedback
Teachers can use these tools to give students feedback—and seek feedback in return—to support deeper understanding and growth.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/tech-tools-help-teachers-and-students-exchange-feedback…
MIT OpenCourseWare launches NextGen platform
New site offers mobile-responsive, search-optimized experience to a growing global audience of learners.
https://news.mit.edu/2022/mit-opencourseware-launches-nextgen-platform-0413…
Moodle 4.0 – New look, better user experience
Moodle has a new personality! Welcome to a new contemporary interface, an intuitive tabbed navigation and a redefined course experience that makes it easier for educators or trainers to create and edit courses and for learners to reduce distractions and …
How is technology changing higher education?
Recent advances have drastically changed the structures of vital institutions, including higher education. Textbooks, pencils, and paper are no longer required resources. Students can choose other learning methods besides the traditional classroom lecture. With that in mind, let’s explore how …
Metaverse and Education: What Do We Need to Know?
The metaverse can be leveraged as a space to create more opportunities for learning, in particular, for hybrid learning and providing more access for students than what might exist in a physical setting.
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2022/04/18/metaverse-and-education-what-do-we-need-to-know/
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Matching instruction to preferred learning styles does not raise achievement
As a leading study put it, “there is no adequate evidence base to justify incorporating learning styles assessments into general educational practice”. Yet, despite this conclusion of the evidence, as well as subsequent studies which relegate this association to the …
Elai.io: Generate video content with human narrators from just text
Elai.io is a leading text-to-video platform that allows you to build customized AI videos with a presenter using only text. A simple click is all it takes to generate a video with 69 languages available for translation.
Worried you have Covid? Cough at your PHONE! Scientists develop an app that can detect whether you’ve been infected with 92% accuracy.
Scientists have developed a smartphone app that can detect whether you’ve been infected with Covid-19. The app, called ResApp, uses machine learning to analyse the sounds of your cough. During testing, the app was found to correctly detect Covid-19 in …
Teaching in the Hybrid Virtual Classroom
Higher Education students and lecturers have returned to campus after a turbulent period of closed classrooms. There is continued experimentation and exploration of possibilities. Should we offer courses 100% online? 100% on campus? Or search for the perfect ‘blend’? How …
How to Change the Way Windows Runs Depending on the Time of Day
Here’s how you can automatically customize your Windows system as time passes, like changing the wallpaper or lowering the volume.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/change-the-way-windows-runs-depending-on-the-time-of-day/…