Reddit and the Russia hybrid war
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more on hybrid war in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=hybrid+war
trolls and fake news
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=trolls
Archive of ‘Digital literacy’ category
multimedia books
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/03/5-tools-for-creating-multimedia-books.html
5 Tools for Creating Multimedia Books – 2018-25eo7ji
LucidPress https://www.lucidpress.com/
https://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/
https://www.writereader.com/en
Book Creator
MadMag
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added Oct. 30, 2018
5 Ways to Make Multimedia Books
Storybird provides templates and artwork for creating digital stories.
Alphabet Organizer is a great little tool from Read Write Think
Widbook is a platform designed to help people collaboratively create multimedia books.
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more on ebooks in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=electronic+books
more on OER in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=OER
ViewPure
Hubble telescope picture
categories: Digital literacy, information technology
2018 social media use
Social Media Use in 2018
A majority of Americans use Facebook and YouTube, but young adults are especially heavy users of Snapchat and Instagram
http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/03/01/social-media-use-in-2018/
early 2018 is defined by a mix of long-standing trends and newly emerging narratives
Facebook and YouTube dominate this landscape, as notable majorities of U.S. adults use each of these sites. At the same time, younger Americans (especially those ages 18 to 24) stand out for embracing a variety of platforms and using them frequently. Some 78% of 18- to 24-year-olds use Snapchat, and a sizeable majority of these users (71%) visit the platform multiple times per day. Similarly, 71% of Americans in this age group now use Instagram and close to half (45%) are Twitter users
The video-sharing site YouTube – which contains many social elements, even if it is not a traditional social media platform – is now used by nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults and 94% of 18- to 24-year-olds.
a majority of users (59%) say it would not be hard to stop using these sites, including 29% who say it would not be hard at all to give up social media.
- Pinterest remains substantially more popular with women (41% of whom say they use the site) than with men (16%).
- LinkedIn remains especially popular among college graduates and those in high-income households. Some 50% of Americans with a college degree use LinkedIn, compared with just 9% of those with a high school diploma or less.
- The messaging service WhatsApp is popular in Latin America, and this popularity also extends to Latinos in the United States – 49% of Hispanics report that they are WhatsApp users, compared with 14% of whites and 21% of blacks.
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more on social media use in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=social+media+use
library role in digital learning innovations
#DLNchat: What Is the Role of Libraries in Digital Learning Innovation?
By Michael Sano Mar 1, 2018
special guest Steven Bell, Associate Librarian at Temple University Libraries
Tuesday, February 27 when the #DLNchatcommunity got together to discuss: What Is the Role of Libraries in Digital Learning Innovation?
“it will definitely be a more sustainable initiative if it is collaborative—-whether it’s OER, open access journals, etc…if the library wants to go alone it will go fast but if it goes with others it will go much further.”
The #DLNchat community concurred there are ample opportunities for library-led collaborations in digital learning across campus. “Curation is key
OER = “Faculty + Librarians + Digital Media Experts = Engaging Content 4 learners.”
considering exactly that-how to create “librarians on demand” to meet students and faculty in dining halls, coffee shops, study lounges or wherever they may be conducting their scholarly work.
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more on #library and #digital and #innovations in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=digital+learning+innovations
audio recording and editing
5 Audio Recording Tools Compared – 2018 Chart-13pizlw
vocaroo.com (creates QR code to the recording session)
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more on audio recording in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=audio+recording
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=audio+edit
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=podcast
quantum computing
Alibaba puts quantum computing in the public cloud, follows Intel and IBM’s lead
Alibaba has just announced an 11 qubit quantum computer as part of its cloud offerings, making it the second-fastest public quantum computing platform in the world.
https://www.techrepublic.com/videos/the-5-basics-of-quantum-computers/
Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has added quantum computing to its cloud service. Alibaba Cloud now hosts a superconducting cloud computer offering 11 quantum bit (qubit) speed, making it the second fastest in the world behind Intel and IBM’s 20-qubit cloud computer.
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=quantum