Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category

Making Real-Time Rendering Less Daunting: Unreal Engine Online Learning

When you see new software that can speed up your workflow, it’s fun to imagine what you can do with it. But in reality, many of us don’t want to be among the first to try it out, especially if documentation is lacking. No one wants to spend countless hours fighting with mysterious features only […]

Testing Google Scholar bibliographic data: Estimating error rates for Google Scholar citation parsing

We present some systematic tests of the quality of bibliographic data exports available from Google Scholar. While data quality is good for journal articles and conference proceedings, books and edited collections are often wrongly described or have incomplete data. We identify a particular problem with material from online repositories. First Monday

Teaching in Higher Ed Podcasts: Faculty Development for Professors

This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. Teaching in Higher Ed

Artificial Intelligence Resources on the Internet

A comprehensive listing of artificial intelligence resources and sites on the Internet.

Digital resources for faculty development in e-learning: a self-paced approach for professional learning

 Since a growing number of universities have adopted e-learning or blended solutions, faculty development is increasingly seen as a crucial strategy to prepare faculty members for innovative teaching practices. However, a number of barriers prevent faculty from attending training programmes, including scheduling and logistic constraints. Offering a flexible online format for training should provide opportunities […]

ISTE launches online professional learning hub for educators

The hub, called “ISTE U,” will train teachers on technology topics like artificial intelligence, mobile learning and open educational resources. edscoop

ISTE announces new edtech evaluation platform for educators

The tool, powered by LearnPlatform, will allow ISTE members and other educators to share their experiences with over 5,000 types of edtech. edscoop  

New online education resource launched called Primarily Washington

WASHINGTON – Washington State Library has opened an online education portal called Primarily Washington which digitizes history lessons from the state. FiberONe  Primarily Washington 

Virtual School Expands Career Pathway and AP Courses Statewide with Help from Vegas PBS

In a touch of déjà vu a public broadcasting system in Las Vegas is helping an online school to deliver courses that lead to certifications. Vegas PBS, formerly known as KLVX, was the original source in 1991 when Clark County School District first began offering distance education to its adult learners. The format then was […]

Apple brings Everyone Can Code to schools serving blind and deaf students nationwide

Apple is teaming up with leading educators for blind and deaf communities across the US to bring accessible coding to their schools. Beginning this fall, schools supporting students with vision, hearing or other assistive needs will start teaching the Everyone Can Code curricula for Swift, Apple’s powerful and intuitive programming language. Apple