TekLrnCoglab
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TekLrnCoglab
@TekLrnCogLab
The Technology, Learning, & Cognition lab at McGill. Tweets are from our entire TLC team and represent a diversity of opinions and people.
Katılım Mart 2017
28 Takip Edilen93 Takipçiler
How do kids understand and learn from AI smart speakers like Amazon Alexa?
We are currently recruiting Canada-based parents and children between 4-8 years of age for an online study!
Families can receive upto $20 (gift card)
Sign up here: tlclab.owlstown.net/pages/7213
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How can teachers and parents choose good learning apps for kids?
Check out our latest piece in The Conversation
theconversation.com/educational-ap…
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ECP's Adam Dubé and Emma Liptrot have written a new article in The Conversation that highlights the importance of evaluating educational apps for children. Parents should focus on apps with high-quality, age-appropriate content. mcgill.ca/x/wWX @PsycGrad
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🚨 awesome news alert 🚨
@TekLrnCogLab member @nandini_ab was selected as a @childrenscreens Impact Fellow!! Can’t wait to see what they all create!
Congrats to all the fellows!
Children and Screens@childrenscreens
We’re excited to announce our inaugural cohort 2024-2025 Impact Fellows. The fellows will work closely with our team to advance and support interdisciplinary research, inform and educate the public, and influence sound public policy. Meet the fellows ⬇️
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We’re excited to announce our inaugural cohort 2024-2025 Impact Fellows. The fellows will work closely with our team to advance and support interdisciplinary research, inform and educate the public, and influence sound public policy. Meet the fellows ⬇️
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Students using GenAI to learn may seem great but “generating one image using AI can use almost as much energy as charging your smartphone.”
How many images would a student generate for a presentation? Dozens? A class? Hundreds?
Juice worth the squeeze? theverge.com/24066646/ai-el…
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The launch of the GPT store to everyone and this new ChatGPT Edu scheme demands governments regulate these marketplaces and companies set meaningful standards for what is allowed in these stores.
Slide from my GenAI Edu talk given today.
@OpenAI
Marc Watkins@Marc__Watkins
OpenAI is now selling universities access to ChatGPT Edu plans. Promising more access at peak times, so students don't have to pay for it themselves. The demos directed at tutoring make so much more sense now . . .
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My interview on AI in higher education. Thanks to Sean for the great conversation.
Daybreak Montreal with Sean Henry - May 13, 2024: How artificial intelligence may shape higher education cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…
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Just published a new open access article in Computers & Education with my colleagues @TekLrnCogLab showing that user ratings heavily influence educators’ choices of edu apps. But ratings aren’t the best way to tell if an app has high educational quality. doi.org/10.1016/j.comp…
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Pub alert!🚨 @TekLrnCogLab ‘s latest paper is out in Computers & Education, open access!
@liptrot_emma ‘s study showing that educators rely on the knowledge of crowds over their knowledge of teaching when selecting educational apps from the @AppStore.
doi.org/10.1016/j.comp…
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Companies are selling kid-focused AI products and here are 3 things parents should know!
The latest from @TekLrnCogLab member @nandini_ab
theconversation.com/ai-products-fo…
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I am so proud and happy to announce that @TekLrnCogLab members have received an unprecedented amount of support from @SSHRC_CRSH and @FRQSC this year. 6 scholarships!
1 Vanier
2 SSHRC PhD
3 FRQSC PhD
$551,000 in funding to study EdTech
Lucky supervisor here at @Edumcgill
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See Robin’s amazing #AERA2024 work with @UbisoftMTL on @assassinscreed.
High quality curriculum resources can increase educators’ self-efficacy and acceptance of game-based learning.
aera24-aera.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s…
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Check out Armaghan’s #AERA2024 work on how parents select quality educational apps from app stores.
Surprise! They rely on the wisdom of the crowd.
aera24-aera.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s…
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Congrats to Emma on her first #AERA2024
Check out her work on how educators select quality educational apps.
Spoiler! They rely more on user reviews than their own expertise.
aera24-aera.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s…
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