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The short answer to the question is… maybe, it depends. Not a yes or a no. That’s because should you highlight is not a simple question. Unless you are a marker addict of course, in which case the answer is an unequivocal yes. Highlighting is a form of engaging with writing. It’s a particular kind of annotation. We […] … learn more→
Monthly Archives: June 2022
Should you highlight the paper you’re reading?
Edtech is treating students like products. Here’s how we can protect children’s digital rights
Schools’ use of educational technologies (edtech) grew exponentially at the height of COVID lockdowns. A recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has exposed children’s rights violations by providers of edtech endorsed by governments in Australia and overseas. The lockdowns have ended but edtech remains embedded in education. Children will have to navigate issues of data privacy in […] … learn more→
Gender pay gap: It’s roughly half-a-million dollars for women professors across a lifetime
There are substantial, long-term impacts from the gender pay gap for faculty at Canadian universities. Recent research from our multidisciplinary team, which includes expertise in equity policy, political science and cognitive science with mathematical modelling, shows that over the course of a career and retirement, this pay gap leads to a difference of roughly half-a-million dollars. […] … learn more→
The dilemma of ‘sexting’ among adolescents: why do they send half-naked photos?
Sexting or sexting has become a popular phenomenon among boys and girls, as a consequence of the use of TRIC (Relationship, Information and Communication Technologies) in their daily lives. It is also a challenge due to the negative consequences it can have when privacy is not respected when sharing it. Traditionally, sexting has referred to the sending of sexually suggestive or explicit […] … learn more→
Employee education and development: Top reasons to introduce regular IT training in your company
As technology and the internet advance, business strategies and processes improve, causing businesses to look for the best ways to align their employees with these changes. Modern employees need new abilities, values, skills, and knowledge to cope with the latest shifts in their respective industries. Employee training has become paramount for developing a new range […] … learn more→
ADHD: Medication alone doesn’t improve classroom learning for children – new research
For decades, many physicians, parents and teachers have believed that stimulant medications help children with ADHD learn because they are able to focus and behave better when medicated. After all, an estimated 6.1 million children in the U.S. are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and more than 90% are prescribed stimulant medication as the main form of treatment in school settings. However, […] … learn more→
When will I be able to upload my brain to a computer?
READER QUESTION: I am 59 years old, and in reasonably good health. Is it possible that I will live long enough to put my brain into a computer? John Wilson We often imagine that human consciousness is as simple as input and output of electrical signals within a network of processing units – therefore comparable to […] … learn more→
University of Phoenix leaders attend 107th AACRAO meeting
In April 2022, top representatives of University of Phoenix took part in the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) Annual Meeting. This was the 107th AACRAO yearly conference and ran on April 3-6 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. Top administrators from across the United States came together at the meeting […] … learn more→
Testimonial: How to build new pedagogies?
The call for students to desert from AgroParisTech or the recent forum for students from the Écoles Normales Supérieures demonstrate this forcefully: the new generations are less and less satisfied with current scientific courses. They do not necessarily find them up to the challenge. Young people need to understand why learning science can help them to truly face the crises […] … learn more→
Why do students with disability go to ‘special schools’ when research tells us they do better in the mainstream system?
This week, the disability royal commission is looking at the experiences of children and young people with disability in different schools across Australia. This includes mainstream schools as well as so-called “special schools”. An estimated 10% of school students (aged 5–18) in Australia have a disability, although this number is much higher in some states. Most of these students […] … learn more→
