Category: Gadgets & EdTech
Giving people a ‘digital identity’ could leave them vulnerable to discrimination
Researchers at University of Exeter raise concerns that digital identity technology could also lead to indirect discrimination.
Highlights from MGF 2019
Highlights and observations from Moscow Global Forum – City of Education – 2019
Futures look bright in Skolkovo
How one area within Moscow is providing the world with technological, medical and academic innovation.
Keeping children safe in the ‘Internet of Things’ age
Children need protection when using programmable Internet computing devices – and Lancaster University scientists have.
Parental behaviour affects the involvement of children in cyberbullying
Andalusian researchers demand the involvement of families and training in prevention programmes
Brain training app improves users’ concentration, study shows
A new ‘brain training’ game designed by researchers at the University of Cambridge improves users’.
Investment in AI is essential to modernise the education sector
Jayne Warburton, former Assistant Head Teacher and CEO EMEA, discusses artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to modernise the UK education sector…
Parents, kids spend more time discussing how to use mobile technology
Study found that parents spend more time talking with children about the mechanics of using their mobile devices than they do about what they watch and download
How “tech intensity” is the call from Microsoft
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls for intensity to digital transformation.
Advertising in kids’ apps more prevalent than parents may realise
Ninety-five percent of reviewed apps for children ages 5 and under include at least one form of advertising, a new U-M study finds; why parents should pay attention