Archive of ‘digital citizenship’ category

generation Alpha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Alpha

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Education

https://interestingengineering.com/generation-alpha-the-children-of-the-millennial

https://www.academia.edu/24526330/Educating_generation_alpha_What_are_the_demands_of_the_21st_century_workforce

https://www.skillsportal.co.za/content/generation-alpha-requires-new-approach-education

Meet Generation Alpha: Teaching the Newest Generation of Students

 

College Students Privacy

Today’s College Students Care About Privacy — Despite Some of Their Online Actions

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-11-02-today-s-college-students-care-about-privacy-despite-some-of-their-online-actions

a new report from the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum, which analyzed recent research about young adults from the U.S., China, Germany and Japan.

a study from Indiana University detailed the fears college students have about and the ways they adapt to the fact that they may be photographed at any moment by friends, classmates or even strangers.

Another worry described in the Future of Privacy Forum report is about a type of digital harassment known as “doxxing,”

Many students are loath to share biometric information with colleges and are wary about tools like facial recognition software.

CA netneutrality

California can finally enforce its landmark net neutrality law, judge rules

It survived challenges from Trump’s DOJ, and now one from telecom industry too

https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/23/22298199/california-net-neutrality-law-sb822

Here’s the full text of the California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018, also known as SB-822. It contains a list of things that ISPs are not going to be able to do, including paid prioritization, “zero-rating” favorable content so it doesn’t count against your data cap (think of those bundled streaming services!), and failing to tell you fast service actually is and how their network management practices and speeds actually work

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more on net neutrality in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=netneutrality

plagiarism detection tools

link to the “Grammarly” thread:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/717390118891689/

Hi all, I don’t use Grammarly, but I hear that a lot of people find it useful. I am also hearing that some instructors/universities find its use problematic. Several years ago, a student that I knew was not a good writer was accused of plagiarism by another instructor. She claimed that her nearly flawless papers were written with the help of Grammarly. I am curious to know if you encourage or prohibit Grammarly in your classes and if your department or university has a policy concerning its use.

My summation of this thread:
naturally, opinions are for and against:
pros –
it helps/forces students understand the need to proofread
partially replaces the very initial work of instructor
cons –
algorithms/technology are/is not perfect
it does not replace a living person (sic!!!)
e.g. it detect passive voice, but does not teach the replacement

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more on grammarly in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=grammarly

elitism in higher ed

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/10/23/divide-between-those-and-without-degrees-hurts-higher-education-and-country-opinion

America is divided by race, gender and geography. None of that is new. What’s new is division by education: a college divide.

One element of the college divide is hostility to higher education itself; the percentage of self-identified Republicans who say higher education has a negative effect on the country went from 37 percent in 2015 to 59 percent in 2019.

College graduates are being painted as elites principally because the vast majority of students who successfully complete four-plus years of college at the vast majority of institutions have the financial resources, family stability and support that are characteristic of top quartile (if not top decile) households.

 

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