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How Technology is Transforming Education

Technology has long been changing the world and most recently reshaping the education sector and remodelling teaching.

From simulation to artificial intelligence (AI), initiatives are currently underway in creating digitally capable classrooms that promote digital age learning across the globe. But how exactly is (or not) technology transforming education? Read the articles below to find out.

 

  • Teaching with Video in a Digital Age

    31 Janvier 2025

    As a pioneer and prominent scholar in online and blended learning, Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate Dr. Tony Bates has worked with more than 40 organizations in 25 countries and is the author of 11 books.

  • A person using a virtual reality headset

    What's Next for AR/VR and Immersive Learning

    27 Avril 2023

    Engaging learners by connecting them to a vivid, multisensory and powerful real-time virtual experience is an effective way to develop knowledge and skills.

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    Leveraging ChatGPT Instead of Banning

    18 Janvier 2023

    Five Ways Faculty Can Help Students Use ChatGPT Productively

  • Person holding a smartphone with text icon

    When ChatGPT Makes It Easier to Cheat

    5 Janvier 2023

    Academic misconduct is a growing problem in higher education.

  • 12 principes d’excellence pour l’utilisation efficace des technologies d’apprentissage

    11 Février 2022

    Mes études sur l’efficacité des technologies d’apprentissage remontent à 50 ans.

  • 12 Golden Principles

    12 Golden Principles for Effectively Using Learning Technologies

    25 Janvier 2022

    It’s 50 years since I started researching the effectiveness of learning technologies. Over that time, I have gradually come to define a set of key principles in their use that have outlasted the many changes in technology, and the fewer changes

  • Using a virtual reality headset

    Ten Facts You Need to Know About Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)

    24 Septembre 2021

    Confused about what’s what in the virtual world? If so, you’re certainly not alone.

  • Analytics

    10 Steps to Ensure Your Analytics on At-Risk Students Get It Right

    9 Août 2021

    Analytics can be a powerful tool to identify students at-risk of failing or dropping out. But sometimes analytics gets it wrong, and if used in inappropriate ways, can be very harmful to both the student and the institution.

  • Enough of the Transformation Mantra!

    25 Février 2021

    The idea that technology can be the basis of disruptive innovation owes a lot to the thinking of Clayton Christensen, a Harvard business school professor who worked extensively to better understand the nature of innovation as a socio-economic process.

  • Chatbots as “Always Available Tutor” The New World of 24/7 On Demand Learning Support for Students

    10 Février 2021

    When Georgia Tech Professor Ashok Goel told 400 students in the Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence course at the School of Interactive Computing that his teaching assistant was Jill Watson, they quickly discovered that not only did Jill never seem to

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    Ten Facts You Need to Know About Micro-Credentials

    9 Décembre 2020

    There is no absolute definition for micro-credentials in Canada or anywhere else, in terms of period of study, range of content or specific forms of assessment. These components are, however, widely recognized as key characteristics of micro-credentials:

  • HYPE! Myths and Realities of Educational Technology

    23 Octobre 2020

  • How Augmented Reality is Transforming Online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    17 Juin 2020

  • Ten Guiding Principles for the Use of Technology in Learning

    17 Juin 2020

    The following ten principles are intended to provide a (far from definitive!) guide for reflecting on the purpose and use of technology in learning.

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    Ten Facts You Need to Know About Zoom

    25 Mai 2020

    Zoom is fast becoming an online teaching platform. This snapshot provides a look at the different uses and benefits of using Zoom in educational settings.

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    How to Keep Zoom Classes Secure and Private

    30 Avril 2020

    Many educators are now expressing concern about the privacy and security of using Zoom. But what are the risks and what can we do to mitigate them?

  • Checkmark within a shield

    Ten Facts About Open Digital Badges

    1 Mars 2019

    What are badges? Who provides them? How do you get them? What do they represent?

  • Binary programming with digital chain links

    Ten Facts About Blockchain

    9 Octobre 2018

    What is a Blockchain? How are they relevant to education? How could they become utilized in education?

  • Electronic chip on circuit board

    Ten Facts About Artificial Intelligence

    28 Septembre 2018

    What is AI? How is it being utilized in education? How can it be utilized in education? What challenges does AI pose for education?

  • How Faculty and Instructors are Successfully Experimenting With Artificial Intelligence to Support Their Teaching

    21 Août 2018

    20 examples of professors, instructors and researchers who have tested artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning, recording what worked and what did not.

  • A tablet, stylus and keyboard

    Ten Facts About Learning Analytics

    19 Juillet 2018

    What are learning analytics? How does learning analytics support students, teachers, programs and institutions? What are some challenges posed by learning analytics?

  • Big Data vs Small Data

    11 Avril 2017

    There is no suggestion here that big data is not helpful. It can be. But it can also be misleading. Big and Small data will reveal far more opportunities for change which will reach into classrooms and affect teaching and learning.

  • Five Key Ways to Use Predictive Analytics to Successfully Address High Dropout and Low Completion Rates

    2 Février 2017

    As analytic systems are getting increasingly sophisticated, administrators, faculty and instructors want to explore the ways in which they can use analytic systems to support their work.

  • Sources of Big Data to Support Post-Secondary Education, with Some Cautions

    5 Janvier 2017

    What type of data constitutes “big data” in higher education? What are the sources, current and potential, of this data and what concerns does it raise?

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    Three Pillars of Educational Technology

    24 Octobre 2016

    This three-part series on educational technology explores the learning management system (LMS), social media, and personal learning environments – and how they might best be used for enhanced teaching and learning.

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    Three Pillars of Educational Technology: Learning Management Systems, Social Media, and Personal Learning Environments Part 1

    24 Octobre 2016

    This first instalment looks at the ubiquitous learning management system to undercover the many ways this multi-functional tool is used to support teaching and learning, as well as some of the challenges.

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    Three Pillars of Educational Technology: Learning Management Systems, Social Media, and Personal Learning Environments Part 2

    24 Octobre 2016

    In this second instalment, a variety of social media and networking applications are explored to highlight their strengths and limitations

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    Three Pillars of Educational Technology: Learning Management Systems, Social Media, and Personal Learning Environments Part 3

    24 Octobre 2016

    This final instalment looks at the expanding uses of personal learning environments by students and faculty

  • Learning On The Go

    19 Mai 2016

    Mobile learning s rapidly developing, especially given the emergence of low cost virtual reality technologies (3600 cameras and virtual reality enabled smartphones, headsets for virtual reality). Several developments are anticipated in the future.

  • Web Conferencing - Key Market Trends for Higher Education

    22 Avril 2016

    Web conferencing continues to grow, with all application categories continuing to expand their user bases. Market trends indicate an increasing adoption of social and mobile functionality, in keeping with general educational technology trends.

  • The Bewildering Language of Online Learning!

    10 Mars 2016

    Let’s look at the language of online and flexible learning and help understand what is being said when key terms are being used.

  • Learning and the World of “Apps”

    15 Octobre 2015

    Most important for higher education is the reality that with a learning app, a student can learn anywhere and anytime, often even without Internet connections.

  • Top 100 Tools for Learning 2024

    14 Octobre 2015

    Over 2,500 learning professionals from around the world from both education and enterprises contributed to the 13th Annual Survey of Learning Tools.

  • The Apple Watch as an Online Learning Tool?

    18 Septembre 2015

    So before you dismiss the Apple Watch as just another gimmick, ask yourself: how can we use these devices to support effective learning? Others are already asking this question and finding useful answers.

  • Mobile Learning

    19 Novembre 2013

    Mobile learning for apprenticeship, college and university courses enables students to connect to each other, to course materials and to their instructors anytime, anywhere, as well as to engage in real-time classroom-like activities using video and audio

  • How Emerging Pedagogies Map onto the New Technologies

    11 Octobre 2013

    The effective implementation of online learning requires you to consider your view of the nature of knowledge, what you believe constitutes effective teaching, how you apply these beliefs to your discipline

  • Planning for Effective Teaching with Technology

    8 Octobre 2013

    From his research and online teaching experience, Dr. Tony Bates provides sound guidance for faculty interested in teaching with technology through the following seven points.

  • Photo of student using videoconferncing service

    How to Use Videoconferencing for Effective Teaching

    10 Avril 2013

    How to encourage preparation, participation and engagement through video learning.

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