Neither online nor on-campus: Against a binary approach
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Fighting Misinformation in the Age of COVID-19 | EdSurge News
Information literacy has long been hard to teach, especially with the landscape of online platforms changing so fast these days. And during this …
— Read on www.edsurge.com/news/2020-07-07-fighting-misinformation-in-the-age-of-covid-19
xAPI + LRS: Everything You Need to Know in 2020
Learn everything you need to know about the Experience API (xAPI, previously known as Tin Can API) and Learning Record Stores (LRSs) in 2020.
— Read on www.devlinpeck.com/xapi-lrs
Make the most of your day: 7 Google Calendar tips
Here are seven tips that help you stay on top of your schedule—from viewing multiple time zones to organizing your to-do list.
— Read on blog.google/products/calendar/make-most-your-day-7-google-calendar-tips/
Alexa and Google Assistant execs on future trends for AI assistants | VentureBeat
Executives leading Alexa and Google Assistant teams say multimodal experiences and unsupervised learning are notable trends for AI assistants.
— Read on venturebeat.com/2020/07/16/alexa-and-google-assistant-execs-on-future-trends-for-ai-assistants/
COVID-19 is sparking a revolution in higher education | World Economic Forum
The pandemic has forced universities to bring their courses online – but this is just the first step on the road to a long-overdue educational revolution
— Read on www.weforum.org/covid-action-platform/articles/how-covid-19-is-sparking-a-revolution-in-higher-education
Who will win the epic battle for online meeting hegemony? | ZDNet
The pandemic has focused much of the remote worker experience like a laser on the lowly online meeting, where many workers now spend so much of their work day now. Stalwarts like Cisco and HCL are facing intense competition from upstarts like Zoom and Slack as well as industry heavyweights Google and especially Microsoft.
— Read on www.zdnet.com/article/who-will-win-the-epic-battle-for-online-meeting-hegemony/
Google Takes on Zoom and Slack By Bundling Video Calls and Chat Into Gmail for Business Users – Slashdot
Google is making its popular Gmail app more of a productivity powerhouse. From a report: The Alphabet subsidiary is incorporating more applications into the business version of Gmail so that users don’t need to switch to other apps or browser tabs, it could help keep employees satisfied with the com…
— Read on tech.slashdot.org/story/20/07/15/206248/google-takes-on-zoom-and-slack-by-bundling-video-calls-and-chat-into-gmail-for-business-users
Google launches hieroglyphics translator powered by AI – BBC News
Fabricius uses machine learning to translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs via an online tool.
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Making Online Learning Active | Higher Ed Gamma
Using digital sources and tools in virtual humanities classrooms.
— Read on www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/making-online-learning-active