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Long before the advent of personal computers, inventors and researchers created what they called “teaching machines” in hopes of revolutionizing education. Some of these creations date back to the 1920s, and were made from wood and brass.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-06-15-new-book-explores-the-long-and-surprising-history-of-teaching-machines…

There’s no doubt that the past year has accelerated our love of digital and how we access and consume content. Canadians continue to turn to digital video as a way to inform, entertain and learn new skills, discovering new content …

Podcasts radically shift the dynamics around who gets to teach, and who gets to learn. Yes, it’s true that they can’t replace a world-class, IRL, teacher-to-student relationship, but they *can* teach us more than a few vital lessons. Here are …

A photo can bring back fond memories, but a video can help transport you back to the tropical destination you vacationed at years ago. So researchers at the University of Washington have developed a deep learning method that can turn …

Over the past decade, brick-and-mortar outposts have popped up across the U.S. to offer students who take online college courses a physical space to study and interact.  Calling themselves “hybrid colleges,” these mini campus centers have set big goals for …

AIs can generate fake reports that are convincing enough to trick cybersecurity experts. If widely used, these AIs could hinder efforts to defend against cyberattacks. These systems could set off an AI arms race between misinformation generators and detectors.

https://theconversation.com/study-shows-ai-generated-fake-reports-fool-experts-160909…

Concept maps are still not widely spread among schools and other educational institutions. One reason is that people do not know how to use them the right way, missing the core ideas behind concept mapping. Let’s briefly summarize these and …

Microsoft says it will stop supporting Windows 10 in 2025, as it prepares to unveil a major revamp of its Windows operating system later this month.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57443598

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I don’t mind teaching fully in-person, and I don’t mind teaching fully virtual. But having the expectation for teachers to do both is crazy.  Teaching in person and teaching virtually at the same time means I walk around the room …

Microsoft is adding voice capabilities to its Outlook mobile app that will let people write emails, schedule meetings, and search using their voice. The new Cortana-powered voice capabilities will be available first in Outlook for iOS, with Android support coming …

A good set of reflections on teaching online. They capture what really works online instead of trying to force an offline mode of teaching into an online format.

https://www.hastac.org/blogs/tylertennant09/2021/04/19/10-reflections-online-teaching…

Here are a few recommendations for annotating PDFs. The one you pick may depend upon whether you prefer to use tools that work with your Google account or ones that work with a Microsoft account.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/06/three-good-options-for-annotating-pdfs.html…

Microsoft is preparing to launch two highly anticipated options for collaboration platform Teams that will give presenters the ability to flex their presentation style to the occasion. As per a new entry to the company’s product roadmap, Teams users will …

iSLCollective is a “free web-based tool that allows teachers to create interactive video quizzes around YouTube and Vimeo videos. This is how it works: First, teachers choose videos from YouTube or Vimeo. Next they write questions that will pop up …

We can put together great courses, but we can’t guarantee a person learns from them. Learning requires some level of interest and motivation from the person taking the course. The good news is there are things we can do to …