@Jisc want to hear from anyone in the higher education sector with ideas for revolutionising research and research practices. Read more about how to enter the newly launched EdTech Research challenges:
https://t.co/Pbtd3gbkai
#UK#HigherEd#research#innovation#AR#VR#AI
Check out this Meetup: VR for Good: hear from the Open University and VRfocus about VR and inclusion https://t.co/2ll6Hs4gIS #Meetup#London via @Meetup
This gave me a good laugh this morning🤣"Every feature request is motivated by a problem, but it doesn’t behoove us to add every feature requested. We’d all end up with a gem like this:" https://t.co/MeyjEmNbD9 @cannyHQ
"... with funding from Jisc’s Open Metrics Lab, the Centre for Technology and Publishing at Birkbeck can today announce our experimental project to build a bibliographic intersect tool for open-access monographs"
https://t.co/sO4QOACAXc
From next year, scientific publications funded by public grants must be published in open access journals or platforms. A new deal securing #openaccess for UK higher education has been agreed by Jisc and Springer Nature https://t.co/bCwGzpH8ey
Is assessment in higher education fit for purpose? Neil Morris, dean of digital education at @UniversityLeeds, argues that we need to start asking difficult questions about current assessment practices 📝 https://t.co/YLxhslvQ8x
OpenAI Five is now the first AI to beat the world champions in an esports game. Here's what happened, and how we made our comeback since losing to pros in Aug 2018: https://t.co/QH6yj0Gmz3
So important that these considerations are incorporated into hiring practices. Perhaps there is need for a resource/guidelines for those looking for direction...
Using immersive technology, student nurses can perfect their stitches and criminals see the consequences of their actions. We take a look at how AI is benefiting education https://t.co/9r3MeWLsso
Welcome news on @educationgovuk’s £10m #EdTechStrategy to transform education!
“We look forward to collaborating with government, colleges and universities to further realise the benefits of technology, in transforming our fantastic education sector.” – Paul Feldman, CEO
Doing a bit of #product#roadmap research prepping for some new work, and I came across this great article about shifting focus from features to outcomes. There's a bit that I literally lol'd at in there too #themirrorsolution
https://t.co/GIf13t6fot via @mindtheproduct
This is a good first step to addressing the problem of essay mills, but we also need to be thinking holistically - why do some students feel the need to turn to these options, and can we find ways to ensure all their work is value added to their education?
Feeling like a cool cat trying out the @microsoft#hololens2 at #digifest19 . I'll be hanging out at #digilabs making weird faces at cool tech for the rest of the conference folks 😝