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Convertio is a file conversion tool that allows you to convert your files and documents to any format. Convertio supports numerous conversions between more than 300 different file formats. Convertio also offers optical character recognition (OCR) service that lets you …

It is time once again for my top 10 list of learning tools for Jane Hart’s Annual Top Tools for Learning roundup.

https://mike-taylor.org/2022/08/02/2022-top-tools-for-learning/…

If you’re a Windows user, you have a powerful storage package right at your fingertips.

https://www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-onedrive-personal-benefits/…

DisplayNote Broadcast is the type of tool that is great for getting all of your students to look at the same thing on your computer at the same time. I found this to be particularly useful when giving coding demonstrations …

Below are some good tools to help you keep track of your references and organize research sources. Each time you cite a source in your paper make sure to save it using one of the tools below. When your reference …

Advertisers, political campaigners, people promoting their own videos – these are what matter to both TikTok and Facebook. That’s what we don’t see in “more human online engagements” and that’s why their success and sustainability is so limited.

https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2022/08/01/tiktoks-poison-pill/…

The focus of the book is on note making for actively producing tangible outputs (essays, papers, theses, monographs, books, etc.), something on which a few recent texts in a the related productivity space haven’t delivered.

https://boffosocko.com/2022/08/02/how-to-make-notes-and-write-a-handbook-by-dan-allosso-and-s-f-allosso/…

New study shows colleges may need to hire more digital experts and better prepare students to learn online.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-08-09-is-higher-ed-really-ready-to-embrace-hybrid-learning…

Like Udemy, Amazon’s new online learning portal allows individuals to directly offer courses online.

https://www.classcentral.com/report/amazon-launches-udemy-competitor/…

This list is divided into 7 “Chapters”: Designing Technology, Designing Systems, Understanding Systems, Applied Technology – Network Design, Applied Technology – Narrative Design, Applied Technology – Human Design, and Designing New Realities.

https://ideaspaces.net/25-books-every-technologist-should-read/…

Five specific PowerPoint techniques lay out a pathway for reducing PowerPoint overload, each of which applies a research-based principle. By taking these five steps, you will be well on your way to communicating more effectively on the PowerPoint platform.

https://www.indezine.com/stuff/atkinsonmaye.pdf…

This article explores educators’ experiences during the rapid shift from face-to-face to emergency virtual remote teaching and learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. One hundred and forty educators from a Canadian province completed a survey with Likert scale …

Learn how to create an email group or a distribution list in Microsoft Outlook and see what a tremendous time saver it can be.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-email-group-distribution-list-in-outlook/…

Most online learning platforms sent or granted access to children’s data to third-party companies, usually advertising technology (AdTech) companies. In doing so, they appear to have permitted the sophisticated algorithms of AdTech companies the opportunity to stitch together and analyze …