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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

There are hundreds of different LMS brands, including popular programs like Blackboard, Canvas and Moodle. Fornelli is an award-winning digital media producer who has enjoyed a wide- ranging career, in an array of fields including recording arts, journalism, film & television production, and advertising.

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How Social Media Encourages Plagiarism (and Six Ways You Can Fight It)

Edsurge

Has the ubiquity of social media given plagiarism new life? Whether or not the Internet is to blame, plagiarism seems to have become more socially acceptable across grade levels. Record their educational workflow with tools such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and TechSmith Relay. Use technology to fight cheating.

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LinkedIn’s New Learning Platform to Recommend Lynda Courses for Professionals

Edsurge

Today the social media site for professionals. It is marketing the solution as a professional development tool that can help faculty learn how to use classroom tools such as Moodle, Adobe Captivate and learning management systems. acquired by Microsoft for $26.2 LinkedIn loves to learn. billion , that’s because it is.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” Pearson is Not a Platform.

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Why has higher education decided on Zoom?

Bryan Alexander

For example, once the learning management system/virtual learning environment took off around 2000, I and others have tracked which ones different campuses adopt: Blackboard, Moodle, Canvas, etc. I used Microsoft’s Netmeeting to teach parts of a class in 1999.) Microsoft Teams still has supporters. Enterprise choice.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

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Technology Tools Used in Teaching and Learning

eSchool News

Online collaboration tools, such as Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams, empower students to collaborate on projects and share resources in real time. Social media platforms are leveraged for educational purposes, facilitating communication, collaboration, and resource sharing within a global learning community.