DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
The last year has seen a boom in AI models that create art, music, and code by learning from others’ work. But as these tools become more prominent, unanswered legal questions could shape the future of the field.
https://www.theverge.com/23444685/generative-ai-copyright-infringement-legal-fair-use-training-data
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Improve your privacy and add essential features to Firefox with these add-ons (yeah, that’s what they call them).
https://lifehacker.com/the-best-firefox-extensions-everyone-should-use-1849784170
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The 48th edition of the events list provides a potpourri of webinars, online courses and programs, hybrid conferences, and in-person events. One does not have to attend an event in order to benefit from the list. If you want to …
In the midst of the pandemic’s long-term effects, including, for some, the disabling effects of Long COVID, we wondered what disabled students could tell us about what makes university classes more (or less) accessible to them. Their insights highlight practices …
What do my students gain from being in the physical classroom?” Like with many things that we take for granted, we might well be tempted to engage only superficially with the question. After all, that’s the way we’ve been experiencing …
Does online privacy exist at all, or is your data really “everywhere”? Let’s find out how to deal with online privacy.
https://www.makeuseof.com/online-privacy-risks-dangers-solutions/…
Academic research requires a lot of dedication and diligence. From reading the literature to writing up the first draft of your paper, engaging in academic research means that you are in an ongoing process of learning and growth. In this …
Increasingly in networks and communities I’m part of, the activity participants see the most value and impact in — and engage with regularity and enthusiasm — is peer learning circles.
https://networkweaver.com/peer-learning-changes-everything-but-how-to-make-it-work/…
These ethical guidelines on AI and data usage in teaching and learning are designed to help educators understand the potential that the applications of AI and data usage can have in education and to raise awareness of the possible risks …
Phonto is a free mobile app that allows you to easily add text to photos. No login or registration and certainly no graphic design knowledge is required to create beautiful photos with text on them. Besides adding text to photos, …
This is a collection of good advice for educators thinking of making the move from Twitter to Mastodon, including advice on how to sign up and how to connect and even how to form a group.
https://www.mguhlin.org/2022/10/making-move-shift-from-twitter-to.html…
It’s just as accurate as more time-consuming assessments but way more fun. Try it yourself.
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/harvard-researcher-creative-test-dat.html…
All too often, science lab activities at the college level are limited to a step-by-step approach that students follow without really understanding it. To do better on the pedagogical level, inquiry-based labs are a promising way.
https://eductive.ca/en/resource/inquiry-based-labs-more-engaging-and-useful-labs/…
The premise of Focusable is that you can do anything for five minutes. Based on that idea Focusable gives you a brief breathing exercise to do then a five minute timer appears. Your goal is to work for five minutes …
A school in Miami, Florida worked with Samsung to boost the classroom experience for both teachers and students. Here’s how they did it.