Before Danielle Thomson was our TED Prize researcher, she wrote trivia for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and spent years finding difficult-to-source info for The Late Show with David Letterman. An...
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Students of today are much more technologically savvy than previous generations. Whatever age they are, once they step into the classroom, they will probably be Internet literate and technologically knowledgeable, at least at some extent. Presenting technology to students gives the teacher more ways to connect with them and this is one of the most important parts of a rewarding teacher-student relationship. Once you find something in common with the student, you are on the right way. Here is a list of websites that specialize in education technology and will give you inspiration and practical ideas for your lessons:
El uso de generadores de imágenes de inteligencia artificial (IA) está en aumento, ya que trabajadores y creativos buscan inspiración y simplificación en la creación de contenido de alta calidad. Desde imágenes web hasta feeds de redes sociales, estas imágenes generadas por IA son cada vez más comunes.La entrada de más generadores al mercado está volviendo esta práctica muy rentable, permitiendo a las personas complementar sus esfuerzos creativos, mejorar su presencia en redes sociales y potenciar el marketing empresarial.Para ayudar a comprender mejor este fenómeno, hemos identificado los cinco mejores generadores de imágenes de IA gratuitos disponibles en el mercado actualmente. Cada uno tiene sus propias características y propósitos, pero todos ofrecen planes gratuitos, haciéndolos accesibles para cualquier persona que desee incorporar la generación de imágenes mediante IA en su trabajo diario.Para demostrar su capacidad, calidad y precisión, hemos utilizado el mismo mensaje en todas las plataformas: "Un gato negro con patas blancas sentado junto al Palacio de Buckingham en Londres en un día soleado de verano. Hay gente caminando al fondo. Hay un autobús rojo londinense de dos pisos y un tradicional taxi negro." Esta prueba ilustra cómo estos generadores pueden crear imágenes realistas y detalladas que pueden ser útiles para una variedad de propósitos creativos y comerciales
En este artículo nos muestran diferentes versiones de tratamiento de imágenes con IA. La versión gratuita de Microsoft Copilot es interesante para algunas tareas "domésticas". Aunque, personalmente, veo una gran distancia entre el trabajo actual de la IA con la de un buen diseñador. Para construir una imagen corporativa de alta calidad, ideas "diferentes" en el mercado y una adaptación exclusiva a los requerimientos demandados, es necesario un briefing y unos procesos humanos que detecten bien los intereses y emociones del cliente. Opino que actualmente la IA no puede competir, con calidad, contra un diseñador experto.
OpenAI ha lanzado Voice Engine, una tecnología revolucionaria capaz de recrear habla natural en varios idiomas, incluyendo inglés, español, francés y chino. Aunque desarrollado en 2022, su lanzamiento se ha hecho con cautela para iniciar un diálogo sobre su uso responsable. Esta herramienta tiene diversas aplicaciones. Por ejemplo, puede proporcionar asistencia de lectura a niños y no lectores mediante voces naturales que generan contenido de voz en off automáticamente, acelerando el desarrollo de contenido. También puede ayudar a pacientes que han perdido la voz repentinamente o padecen afecciones degenerativas del habla, como se ha probado en la Universidad de Brown con pacientes oncológicos o neurológicos. Los socios que prueban Voice Engine deben cumplir con políticas estrictas de uso, como prohibir la suplantación de identidad, obtener consentimiento del orador original, revelar que las voces son generadas por IA y no permitir a usuarios individuales crear sus propias voces. OpenAI también implementa marcas de agua para rastrear el origen del audio generado y monitorea activamente su uso. Voice Engine representa un avance significativo en tecnologías de voz sintética, con el potencial de mejorar la accesibilidad y la calidad de vida para diversos usuarios, siempre bajo un marco ético y responsable de uso.
Hybrid learning has the potential to make higher education more flexible, accessible and efficient — but not without concerted effort, a new Educause report says.
The 2022 Educause Horizon Action Plan: Hybrid Learning, published Monday, includes exercises for institutional leaders looking to maximize the potential of hybrid learning on and off campus. The document is based on a July meeting of higher education experts who discussed their vision for hybrid learning.
Here’s a round-up of full-featured and reasonably priced eLearning tools that will kick start your creativity and help you design compelling course content.
The fight against rampant disinformation has triggered two major answers: fact-checking and news literacy. These affect the established fields of journalism and of Media and Information Literacy (M...
Higher ed is evolving to a less traditional, more on-demand model of delivery. Students have more options for enrollment than ever before, whether it be their first time attending a college or university, or their fifth.
Most curricula found in education systems or training programs are designed in a linear fashion. They are unnatural. Teachers and trainers, like other humans, want to order ‘stuff’ in such a way that it apparently makes sense: this leads to this leads to that thinking. Most curricula, despite sometimes referring to higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy in the objectives, is at the competence level of describing, explaining, and demonstrating. This leads to rather stilted forms of didactic teaching, the ubiquitous slide show, the passive learner. All of which is unnatural and we wonder why learners have problems in motivation and learning.
In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as they always did face to face, delivering lectures over streaming video as they did in person. Many are unaware that teaching online can actually open new possibilities to innovate their teaching practice.
In fact, many college instructors have been downright grumpy about having been thrown into a new teaching format.
Compared to the online social experiences that students engage in daily, most class-based discussion forums are ineffective, poorly designed and actively counterproductive. Rather than sparking curiosity and motivation, they’re turning students into head-nodding automatons, like something out of Martin Scorcese’s “Hugo” but without the fantasy elements and sublime visual effects.
The people who influence how we interact with new technologies are the creators of software and hardware: the designers, engineers, product managers, and many more who decide what the product should look like. The decisions made by the people within companies that create these new technologies can impact the lives of billions. This is a story about them.
In the ever-evolving digital expanse, the art of blog writing is undergoing a transformation so profound that it's reshaping the very fabric of content...
Technology is not a replacement for great teachers but technology in the hands of great teachers is transformational. #edtech #education #technologyineducation
The OfS blended learning report presents key strategic guidance for universities. With the momentum gained from the rapid transition to online learning, there is no better time to reimagine the student experience.
During the pandemic, many colleges and universities embraced a form of blended learning called HyFlex, to mixed reviews. Is it likely to be part of colleges’ instructional strategy going forward?This week’s episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, explores HyFlex, in which...
Are you looking for the latest tools and methods to help you get the most out of your corporate training? If that's the case, then continue reading. In this blog, we explore seven L&D trends to watch out for in 2022 and beyond.
We have a concept we want the class to understand, so we stand and explain it to them. We give them background. Offer details. Anticipate and pre-empt common misconceptions. Illuminate the more entertaining bits. Emphasize the nuance.
Funzi, a Finnish EdTech startup, recently announced that it has raised 3 million Euros (MEUR) in a funding round led by Finnish and European institutional investors, with participation from existing shareholders.
Earlier this week someone replied to my Practical Ed Tech Newsletter with a question about narrating Google Slides. Specifically, she wanted to know about options for adding narration to Google Slides that didn't require installing Google Slides add-ons or Chrome extensions. My immediate suggestion was to try using Vocaroo to record the audio then upload it to Google Drive to use in Google Slides.
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