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Education is not inherently liberatory: it has always been an arena for broader struggles over who has access to knowledge and to what ends learning is put.

https://bostonreview.net/class-inequality/victoria-baena-classroom-crisis…

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) and educational technology—or edtech, as it is more popularly known—might not be the most obvious of connections.  Last week, Microsoft made another move and acquired TakeLessons, an online platform that connects students with individual tutors in various …

Anthology and Blackboard have announced a merger, pairing the former’s enterprise software for enrollment management, student engagement, alumni fundraising and institutional effectiveness with the latter’s learning management software, communication tools and student success solutions.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2021/09/13/anthology-and-blackboard-merge-to-create-massive-ed-tech-ecosystem.aspx…

In collaboration with Google Cloud, Walden University has created a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to help students review and master course concepts. The technology, which the institution is calling an AI-powered tutor named “Julian,” taps into Google Cloud’s …

Unlike Google Glass or Facebook’s experimental Project Aria glasses, Ray-Ban Stories do not feature any built-in displays or crazy AR software. They won’t replace your phone, though they will help you shoot hands-free video using two discreet 5MP cameras and …

Learn new skills without leaving your house.

https://www.techradar.com/best/online-class-sites-do-these-online-courses-from-the-comfort-of-home…

Research centres and laboratories have begun conducting studies to record and respond to the biological aspects of learning.

https://codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2021/09/08/new-biological-data-knowledge-education/…

H5P is a plugin for existing publishing systems that allows you to create interactive content, such as quizzes, puzzle games, questions embedded in a video, etc. Maybe you have previously created H5P content, for example on Moodle, and wish to …

Making a sudden appearance in the company’s 365 roadmap, this new feature has a harsh title: “Microsoft Teams: Chat supervisors can delete messages.”This feature, designed with our Teams for Education users in mind, allows chat supervisors to delete inappropriate, off-topic, …

Here are the most useful websites on the Internet that will make you smarter, increase productivity and help you learn new skills. These incredibly useful websites solve at least one problem really well. And they all have cool URLs that …

Most of us use Google Search every day, but are you getting the most out of it? Here are 10 tips to help turbocharge your Google searches.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tips-tricks-to-use-google-search-effectively…

While the return to face-to-face classes is definitely beneficial to the teacher-student relationship and interaction between students, it might also diminish the frequency and quality of students’ engagement with course content. To counter this potential undesirable effect of returning to …

Jeremy Roschelle and his colleagues at the grantee AI Institute for Engaged Learning will have five years to develop an artificial intelligence program that can guide students through narrative-based STEM lessons. In other words, researchers will combine one of the …

IEEE’s Teaching Excellence Hub helps them adapt to today’s changing environment.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/new-resource-for-university-educators…

With so many resources online, it can be hard to find the right one. Here are the seven best websites for you to find academic information online.

https://www.makeuseof.com/best-websites-find-academic-information/…