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smartphones and gamers
Nearly half of all American smartphone users are gamers. Goldman Sachs Research explains how mobile is driving the video game industry to new heights: https://t.co/P5FDifZLdn pic.twitter.com/Pnyxs6JFDO
— Goldman Sachs (@GoldmanSachs) January 16, 2020
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more on gaming in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=gaming
NVivo workshop
Intro to NVivo – January 31
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
440 Blegen Hall
NVivo is a qualitative data management, coding and markup tool, that facilitates powerful querying and exploration of source materials for both mixed methods and qualitative analysis. It integrates well with tools that assist in data collection and can handle a wide variety of source materials. This workshop introduces the basic functions of NVivo, with no prior experience necessary. The session is held in a computer lab with the software already installed. Register.
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more on qualitative research in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=qualitative
Zotero workshop
We have openings in the upcoming Zotero workshop:
What: Zotero and comparison with similar bibliographic tools (e.g. Mendeley)
When: Tuesday, January 27, 9:30AM
Where: Zoom session: https://minnstate.zoom.us/my/zotero (9107443388)
Hands-on session for installation and introduction to using Zotero to organize your sources, in-text cite them and compile bibliography.
If you prefer F2F to online, we meet in MC 205. Here directions to MC 205: https://youtu.be/jjpLR3FnBLI
If day/time not convenient for you, please schedule a meeting: https://doodle.com/digitalliteracy
Zotero for Edublog
https://gouldguides.carleton.edu/c.php?g=146876&p=3221443
Zotero for NVivo
How to cite book chapter:
How to organize PDF in Zotero with ZotFile.com
Contact pmiltenoff@stcloudstate.edu
and/or via social media:
https://www.facebook.com/InforMediaServices/posts/2507587592685056
https://twitter.com/SCSUtechinstruc/status/1221849674895843330
https://www.instagram.com/p/B71PvMsp8p3/
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more info
https://elearningindustry.com/12-best-free-online-bibliography-and-citation-tools
How to add Zotero Word Plugin:
https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_integration
http://libguides.northwestern.edu/zotero/word
How to add Zotero to Google Docs:
http://libguides.northwestern.edu/zotero/google
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day
Ethermap
https://practicaledtech.com/2020/01/22/ethermap-streamlines-collaborative-map-creation/
Ethermap is a new tool that simplifies the process of collaboratively creating online maps. Unlike Google’s My Maps, Google Earth, or ESRI’s mapping tools, Ethermap doesn’t require user registration.
To invite others to work on your Ethermap with you, you simply have to give them the link to your map.
Google Maps & Earth – More Than Just Social Studies.
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more on Polly Google in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=polly+google
cheating higher ed
categories: academic dishonesty, announcement
https://go.edsurge.com/EdSurge-Live-How-to-Protect-Academic-Integrity-From-a-Cheating-Economy.html
Educators are in an arms race these days against an industry that seeks to profit by helping students cheat. Some websites offer to write papers for students, others sell access to past tests by individual professors, and others will even take entire online courses for students, as a kind of study double.
January 28, 3PM Live: How to Protect Academic Integrity From a ‘Cheating Economy.’ We’ll see you on Tuesday, January 28 at 1pm PT/4pm ET at this Zoom link or with the Meeting ID: 655-009-467.
Webinar:
question to Tricia: the aggressiveness of the Websites. radio silence by governments, universities.
is there a data on contract cheating: data from Australia, UK. 7 Mil students worldwide engaged in contsure
punitive vs preventive practices.
students being educated for that matter faculty.
stakeholders: students, faculty (accreditation), parents, administration. what the forces in place to keep in check the administration/
how does the education happen in a world where the grade is the king and the credit is the queen?
If i organize a workshop on cheating noone attends; overworked
not magic bullet. more communication and awareness. teaching and learning issue. in the business of certifying. integrity is essential to the certification program and teaching and learning, otherwise it cannot be graded. lost from the core mission.
clear and better policies: what is the role of the faculty in the process. when teaching and learning is not sufficient and needs to move to allegations.
Instructional designer: online is easier to cheat.
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How the ‘Contract Cheating’ Industry Has Gotten More Aggressive in Recruiting Students
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What Colleges Are Doing to Fight the ‘Contract Cheating’ Industry
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more on cheating in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=cheating
meditation and stress
categories: contemplative pedagogy
Participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress. from r/science
a team led by Harvard-affiliated researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
“Although the practice of meditation is associated with a sense of peacefulness and physical relaxation, practitioners have long claimed that meditation also provides cognitive and psychological benefits that persist throughout the day,” says study senior author Sara Lazar of the MGH Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program and a Harvard Medical School instructor in psychology
“It is fascinating to see the brain’s plasticity and that, by practicing meditation, we can play an active role in changing the brain and can increase our well-being and quality of life,” says Britta Hölzel, first author of the paper and a research fellow at MGH and Giessen University in Germany.
Amishi Jha, a University of Miami neuroscientist who investigates mindfulness-training’s effects on individuals in high-stress situations, says, “These results shed light on the mechanisms of action of mindfulness-based training.
Ayahuasca mindfulness
categories: contemplative pedagogy
Psychedelic Ayahuasca improved mindfulness and cognitive flexibility significantly in the 24 hours after use. from r/science
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00213-019-05445-3
Results
Mindfulness (FFMQ total scores and four of the five mindfulness facets: observe, describe, act with awareness, and non-reactivity) and decentering (EQ) significantly increased in the 24 h after ayahuasca use. Cognitive flexibility (CFS and WPCST) significantly improved in the 24 h after ayahuasca use. Changes in both mindfulness and cognitive flexibility were not influenced by prior ayahuasca use.
Conclusions
The present study supports ayahuasca’s ability to enhance mindfulness and further reports changes in cognitive flexibility in the ‘afterglow’ period occur, suggesting both could be possible psychological mechanisms concerning the psychotherapeutic effects of ayahuasca. Given psychological gains occurred regardless of prior ayahuasca use suggests potentially therapeutic effects for both naïve and experienced ayahuasca drinkers.
Education and New Developments 2019
International Conference on Education and New Developments 2019
27 to 29 of June, 2020 – Zagreb, Croatia
http://www.end-educationconference.org/
- In TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: Teachers and Staff training and education; Educational quality and standards; Curriculum and Pedagogy; Vocational education and Counselling; Ubiquitous and lifelong learning; Training programmes and professional guidance; Teaching and learning relationship; Student affairs (learning, experiences and diversity; Extra-curricular activities; Assessment and measurements in Education.
• In PROJECTS AND TRENDS: Pedagogic innovations; Challenges and transformations in Education; Technology in teaching and learning; Distance Education and eLearning; Global and sustainable developments for Education; New learning and teaching models; Multicultural and (inter)cultural communications; Inclusive and Special Education; Rural and indigenous Education; Educational projects.
• In TEACHING AND LEARNING: Critical Thinking; Educational foundations; Research and development methodologies; Early childhood and Primary Education; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Science and technology Education; Literacy, languages and Linguistics (TESL/TEFL); Health Education; Religious Education; Sports Education.
• In ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES: Educational policy and leadership; Human Resources development; Educational environment; Business, Administration, and Management in Education; Economics in Education; Institutional accreditations and rankings; International Education and Exchange programmes; Equity, social justice and social change; Ethics and values; Organizational learning and change; Corporate Education.
= Types of Contributions =
All submissions are subjected to a blind-review refereeing process and are divided in these categories:
– Oral Presentations
– Posters
– Workshops
– Virtual presentations
– Company Presentation
Corporates can also showcase their products or services in the conference exhibitions area by contacting the secretariat or publicity email (provided below).
= Conference Date and Location =
END 2020 will be held in Zagreb, Croatia (Hotel Dubrovnik) and will occur from 27 to 29 of June, 2020.
= Contacts =
Conference email: secretariat@end-educationconference.org
Publicity email: publicity@end-educationconference.org