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Making Sense of Learning Analytics Dashboards: A Technology Acceptance Perspective of 95 Teachers

The importance of teachers in online learning is widely acknowledged to effectively support and stimulate learners. With the increasing availability of learning analytics data, online teachers might be able to use learning analytics dashboards to facilitate learners with different learning needs. However, deployment of learning analytics visualisations by teachers also requires buy-in from teachers. Using […]

In age of AI, universities will need to rethink their purpose

Governments and world policy agencies now have technological unemployment and the future of work on their policy agendas. The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning in the past decade has taken us by surprise, both in their development and the scope of their applications. University World News

An introduction to SOLID, Tim Berners-Lee’s new, re-decentralized Web

Recently, Prof. Tim Berners-Lee lifted the veil off a project called Solid. I decided to check it out. In this article, I describe what Solid aims to do, and also how you can get started with it. Medium

Putting Advanced Computing Power Within Reach

Indiana University’s Pervasive Technology Institute is leading an NSF grant (currently valued at more than $13 million) to create, implement and operate Jetstream, a user-friendly cloud environment designed to give more researchers and students at higher education institutions access to high-end computing resources on demand, from their tablets, laptops or desktop computers. Campus Technology

WiFi Networking is FINALLY Getting Interesting

Linus Tech Tips gets into the literal nuts and bolts of Intent-Based Networking in his latest video. Take a look! Intent-based networking CISCO

Download the White Paper: THE FUTURE OF WORK AND LEARNING

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here, and it is changing everything. The Third Industrial Revolution (aka the digital revolution) is defined by electronics and IT, automated production, and advanced globalization. It has changed how individuals interact with each other, commerce, and whole communities. However, the changes we are beginning to see, and where we are heading […]

Emerging Technologies: It’s Not What YOU Say – It’s What THEY Do

This paper is provided for OLC 2018 Special Edition from a 2018 InnovatePresentation in Nashville Tennessee. We will explore various emerging technologies at the writing of this article. It is important to note that, the authors believe that learning is not a complete circle when evaluated by what educators do, the technologies we use, nor how we communicate […]

Dawn or dusk of the 5th age of research in educational technology? A literature review on (e-)leadership for technology-enhanced learning in higher education (2013-2017)

The aim of this article is to establish the extent to which the concept of e-leadership has taken off as a lens through which to study leadership for technology-enhanced learning (TEL) in higher education. Building on a previous study conducted in 2013, this article thus covers an exploratory review of the literature for the period […]

2015 Survey Questionnaire Result: Students’ Computer Access and Use (k-12)

Whether one is sending emails or searching the Internet, computer access and use have become vital to many people’s daily lives. Computer access and use have also become an integral part of many students’ and teachers’ learning and instruction in school. However, access to computers may vary among students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. In addition, […]

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