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Higher education institutions are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence as a helping hand in major decisions like admissions and counseling, but AI is still serving as an assistant, not a full-time employee.

https://edscoop.com/ai-universities-automation/…

Podcastle is a text to speech Chrome extension that allows you to convert text into podcasts. This is an ideal tool for multitaskers who would rather engage in various tasks in real time. Whether it’s your favourite blog posts, news …

Proctoring companies that use artificial intelligence to monitor students’ behavior during online exams typically require university instructors to review footage of unusual activity. But is that human oversight actually happening?

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/05/28/are-colleges-checking-ais-work-remote-exam-proctoring…

If you ask teenagers to do their homework they’ll find a thousand other things to do. But put them in front of a video game, and they’ll focus on it for hours. How exactly do game designers create this kind …

Factile is an excellent web tool that enables teachers to create multimedia quiz games for their classroom.  Using a simple and intuitive gameboard, teachers will get to create engaging quiz games without the need for any coding skills.  

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2021/05/factile-easy-way-to-create-jeopardy.html…

The academic year is winding down at schools and colleges, and some instructors are rethinking their usual approach to final exams to fit this unprecedented time.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-05-18-how-are-final-exams-changing-during-the-pandemic

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In this study, we report a systematic analysis of qualitative data exploring the digital education landscape in Canada and its changes over time. Findings shed light on the growth of digital education, the situated and multidimensional nature of digital education, …

The study included 10,000 students, with an average age of 13.5 years. Teens who used the internet, social media or video games for four or more hours daily were four times more likely to skip school than those who did …

Advances in brain-computer interface technology are impressive, but we’re not close to anything resembling mind control.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-brain-computer-interface-technology-is-different-from-mind-control-20210517/…

Since spring 2015, the community of practice of the Réseau des répondantes et répondants TIC (REPTIC) and the Regroupement des bibliothèques collégiales du Québec (REBICQ) [in Fench] have combined their expertise and strengths to address a growing concern within the …

This is intended to be a quick and accessible summary you can give to management. 

https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2021/05/recommendations-for-good-practice-using.html…

Brainstormer doesn’t require any kind of registration in order to use it. At the end of every brainstorming session students can vote for their favorite ideas that were submitted during the session.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/05/a-collaborative-brainstorming-and.html…

Learn more about rubrics and alternative assessments in our online courses, online certificates, and graduate degree.

https://www.uwstout.edu/academics/online-distance-education/online-professional-development/educational-resources-rubrics/creating-and-using-rubrics-assessment…

Knowing who our students are, recognizing what they bring into virtual or physical classrooms, intentionally centering equity and accessibility, and building trust are all tenets of inclusive pedagogy. It is clear from the reflections from our student partners that these …

In collaborative note-taking, students work together to provide a set of notes to share with the entire class. For each class session, I assign two students the task of taking notes. During class, note takers record their notes in a …