By Yasmin Ranade
A team of civic-minded and entrepreneurial university students have stepped up during the COVID-19 pandemic by helping incoming first-year students with their university transition.
by Lee Rickwood
Among the many technology developers and equipment manufacturers working in the space, projector and display maker ViewSonic launched a distance learning initiative in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the need for new approaches to education.
By Christine Persaud
In the first part of this feature, we covered the tech essentials you need for heading back to school, including a computer, printer, smartphone, and software. But this year, there’s a whole other category of gear that students will need. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, products that will help keep students safe and in good health are essential.
by Lee Rickwood
Well-planned and well-delivered online learning experiences are meaningfully different from courses offered online in response to a crisis or disaster.
By Yasmin Ranade
Almost all of Canadian youth aged 15 – 24 access the Internet daily, and the majority of school-aged children use social media. How can parents educate their children – especially tweens and younger – on the dangers of Internet use?
Here’s some good back to school advice for students and young people: protecting data is more than fun and games. To push home the point, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, along with his provincial and territorial counterparts, has released a…
By Christine Persaud
As students gear up to head back to school, there’s one tech item they will require for their studies: a laptop. Or will they? Is a laptop truly necessary for every student?
by Lee Rickwood
In order to assess how important a role parents have in a child’s education, and where technology may fit in the role, the multinational technology company Lenovo recently surveyed more than 15,000 people around the world.