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Why you have to install some crappy piece of software to do tasks like file conversion, photo editing or for graphics designing, etc. when you have a web browser. Yes, you heard it right — “when you have a web …

In honor of Open Education Week (March 7-11, 2022), the Creative Commons Open Education Platform community offered Lightning Talks, or  seven-minute presentations on specific updates or stories in open education.

https://creativecommons.org/2022/03/11/open-education-week-2022-lightning-talks-recordings-and-slides/…

Earlier this semester, in one of my Culture anglaise et littérature classes, a student requested a quick one-on-one talk in the hallway during a break. As I followed them outside the classroom, I kept wondering how I had put my …

Here’s how to copy and paste without formatting, on both Windows and Mac, using several convenient methods.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-strip-formatting-copy-paste-text/…

The following is a transcript of BCcampus executive director Mary Burgess’s welcome address at our recent virtual event HyFlex ReAction: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

https://bccampus.ca/2022/03/01/hyflex-its-about-equity-opportunity-and-inclusion/…

There are many ways to create a Wordle game for your students. Here are some ideas. 

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2022/03/how-to-make-your-own-wordle-style-game.html…

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented both challenges and opportunities for medical training. Remote learning technology has become increasingly important in several fields. A new study finds that in a remote environment, an artificial intelligence (AI) tutoring system can outperform expert …

Learn the best ways to password protect your USB drive and keep your files secure.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-password-protect-your-usb-stick-3-easy-ways/…

In this paper, the video references and framing preferences of 6031 teachers were analyzed, and a set of categories were constructed and used to conduct observations of 1111 videoconference frames. The findings were used to understand the production decisions academic …

Castelli and Sarvary (2021) have investigated why students do not turn on their video cameras during online classes and suggest ways to encourage them. More useful they offer alternative ways for students to show their involvement in an online course. …

While watching a fearful memory take shape in the brain of a living fish, neuroscientists see an unexpected level of rewiring occur in the synaptic connections.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/scientists-watch-a-memory-form-in-a-living-brain-20220303/…

In online classes as well as in-person classes, I sometimes find it pertinent to allow students to collaborate during an exam. Depending on courses and their modalities, the formula that I put in place for collaborative exams is not the …

A recent pilot program measuring the results of online tutoring for K-12 students has shown positive, promising results, according to new a study from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management.

https://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2022/03/online-tutoring-study-shows-cause-for.html…

What are the key questions that educators should ask when assessing new edtech?

https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/technology-doesnt-always-make-education-better-01-mar-2022…

Gmail add-ons enhance the basic functionality of emailing available in the app. Here are some of the best ones to use.

https://www.makeuseof.com/best-gmail-add-ons-for-productivity/…