Text Mining
Original post by By michael cebuliak on May 25, 2018 Within the sphere of big data one finds the possibility of text mining which is certainly applicable to mobile technologies and mobile learning. Whereas it is hoped that there can be consistency found within numerical data, text data offers little promise of consistency as this data is […]
Naloxone Training App
Originally posted by norah smith on September 14, 2019 According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, between 2016 and 2018 the opioid crisis was responsible for the deaths of over 11 500 Canadians. Ontario and British Columbia see the highest number of deaths, but consistently across Canada, the majority of these deaths were accidental. In my […]
A Small Nudge Can Keep Students on Track
We all get distracted at times, especially when there are not people around you who act as role models or have a bigger picture in mind. Teenagers and children have even less self-control and as teachers, you watch them get side-tracked. When there is a long term project, we need to give them reminders along […]
Droplets – Sibling of Duo Lingo
Droplets is the kids’ version of Drops. The app was launched earlier this year and is a language learning app that offers bite-sized, interactive vocabulary drills in 37 languages. Currently, this app is only available on mobile devices, not on PCs yet. I recommend the app for the following three reasons: first, the app’s dragging, […]
Wakelet
Wakelet essentially allows the user to organize web content on the go. This app describes itself as being able to save, organize and share content across the web. It is free, easy to download and opens up quickly. Some of the features that I noticed are that you can customize your profile, organize content in […]
AR in Google Search
As we become more and more familiar with augmented reality and see how it provides opportunities that we could not necessarily experience otherwise, we are seeing more uses of it. This is a feature that is unique to mobile devices. There are many furniture apps that have this AR feature, but a search that is […]
A3 – A new Canvas (LMS) enabling students as co-authors
By Sally on March 18, 2019 There are many great reasons for the LMS to support a course design like this one, ETC 523. Currently none of them do. Maybe it is because not many people teach this way, so there’s no demand? But I feel that this could be a vicious cycle, as there are no […]