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AI Guidelines for K-12 Aim to Bring Order to the ‘Wild West’

Edsurge

Education has had a wobbly relationship with the still-evolving presence of generative AI in schools — with some school districts banning it only to reverse course. So how much work would it take to come up with guidelines to help educators manage the challenges of using generative AI tools for their work? AI is everywhere.

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What College Students Wish Professors Knew About Inclusive Online Teaching

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Inclusive teaching is a foundational element for us at the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning, and as we worked with thousands of instructors to prepare for online or hybrid courses over the last year, we centered inclusion, diversity, equity, and belonging in all of our programs and resources.

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Whether synchronous online course activities meet accessibility guidelines may depend on how you use them.

IT Bill

Using such tools as Google Hangouts, Skype, Zoom, etc. can add an element of interactivity and engagement to the online course that might otherwise be missing. Our campus recently adopted a policy that essentially requires all online instruction meet accessibility guidelines. to be read by screen-reader software.

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Is It Ethical to Run Learning Experiments On Students Without Their Knowledge?

Edsurge

Students across the country have pushed back against the use of test proctoring software, citing the mental toll of constant monitoring and concerns over privacy. software with or without encouraging messages, she writes. “If But if researchers are A/B testing two innocuous options, what’s the harm? Peterson asks on the message board.

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30 Ideas To  Consider When Implementing School Online and Offline During The Coronavirus

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Students may also be concerned with questions about impact on their learning and of course… grades. Check any guidelines provided by your state DOE. Conduct teacher meetings via video conferencing software. Consider online conferencing software such a Zoom, Google Hangout, and Go To Meeting.

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5 Critical Guidelines for Student Data Privacy

edWeb.net

Teachers can no longer download any app they want and use it the same day—every piece of instructional technology must be vetted for how it relates to educational goals and checked against software the school already has. Rather than creating policies and compliance guidelines from scratch, start with what works and adapt it for your school.

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Part 1: Thinglink is Bringing VR to Every Classroom!

EdTechnocation.com

The above Thinglink VR is a 360° virtual field trip of the Pearl Harbor Memorial that I created as an example, complete with audio recordings, YouTube videos, images, text, and even a Google Doc to cite the sources. All of the content included in this experience were borrowed from the internet ( following proper creative commons guidelines ).