How will machine learning disrupt education, say five to ten years down the road? My guess: individualized tutors. Imagine a tutor working with you teaching you important concepts, walking you through examples, answering your questions, going at your own pace.…
The AI future for lesson plans is already here
This article is about the future of AI-generated lesson plans and how we might think about this development today and into the future.
Z-Library: The price of academic knowledge
Z-Library, recently taken offline by the FBI, was a free, online shadow library that offered students relief from these expenses. Users could download textbooks from numerous academic publishers through the site for free. For students, the shutdown of Z-Library seems …
OpenAI’s Amazing ChatGPT: Is It Promising for Niche Topics?
OpenAI has recently released their latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot prototype powered by a model from the GPT-3.5 series. It provides a service where you can ask questions and it comes back with a detailed answer in a conversational way. …
The Brains of Teenagers Look Disturbingly Different After Lockdown
The stress of living through pandemic lockdowns has accelerated aging in the brains of teenagers. A recent study by researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco, concluded the pandemic had ‘sped up’ some of this reorganizing, …
Vanier College launches the Campus Biodiversity Network during the UN COP15 Conference
Vanier College is proud to announce that the newly created Campus Biodiversity Network will be launched during the United Nations COP 15 Conference on Biodiversity to be held in Montreal December 7-19, 2022. The new Campus Biodiversity Network is a …
Online solutions to new post-pandemic realities
COVID changed education, and post-pandemic learning will look different–here’s how edtech plays a crucial role.
https://www.eschoolnews.com/2022/12/06/online-solutions-to-new-post-pandemic-realities/…
A Short Guide to Using Pictures from the Web
The first thing that all students and teachers should know about Google Images is that it’s an image search engine, it is not a host of the images that it displays. Second, by default, Google Images serves up results from …
Is Google Tracking You? Here’s How to Check and Stop It
Google apps on your phone might be keeping track of you, but you can stop them.
On the Path To an Enhanced Pedagogy: Globalised Education In the Age Of Metaverse
With decreasing attention spans and increasing complexity across the disciplines studied, newer pedagogical methods are imperative.
A platform that can read and write
Cohere is making natural language processing accessible to all developers and businesses.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90815628/a-platform-that-can-read-and-write…
Cephalopods Can Pass a Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children
Last year, a test of cephalopod smarts reinforced how important it is for us humans to not underestimate animal intelligence. Cuttlefish were given a new version of the marshmallow test, and the results appeared to demonstrate that there’s more going …
Making Sense of Web 3.0 in Education
“Web 3.0” has been the center of much discussion this year. Advocates believe that Web 3.0 will unleash a radical and beneficial transformation of the Internet. Detractors claim that Web 3.0 is little more than a buzzword for marketing purposes. …
The 8 Best Online Paraphrasing Tools You Need to Know About
Whether you’re looking to shorten work to meet a word count or you can’t quite get the wording right, these eight online paraphrasing tools will help.
How To Get Started With Interactive Notebooks (Plus 25 Terrific Examples)
In the last few years, interactive notebooks (INBs) have become incredibly popular in all sorts of classrooms. If you’re new to the concept, or just unsure of where to start, here’s what you need to bring this learning tool to …