Posts Tagged ‘COVID19’
immersive for autistic students
categories: AR, Digital literacy, e-learning, educational technology, information literacy, instructional technology, VR
Newbutt, N., Schmidt, M. M., Riva, G., & Schmidt, C. (2020). The possibility and importance of immersive technologies during COVID-19 for autistic people. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 14(3), 187–199. https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-07-2020-0028
#lowend #mmersive approach for students with #autism
The authors also pursue low-end vs hi-end approach in the adoption of immersive technologies:
here my annotations in hypothes.is
or if you don’t use it, link to the article
it also follows the same venue of mindful use of immersive, which Gill, Mark C and i tried to pursue several years ago
As described and developed by Riva and Wiederhold (2020) we suggest that the use of a low-cost spherical, video-based virtual reality mindfulness intervention could reduce the psychological burden of COVID-19 for autistic people, alongside a developed package of at-home educational and support materials to empower families/caregivers delivered via an online eLearning platform to support effective implementation.
THE PANDEMIC HAS SUPERCHARGED XR INDUSTRY
VR and AR acceptance rate
categories: AR, e-learning, educational technology, information technology, instructional technology, VR
#Millennials most accepting, before #GenZ
Price gouging ebooks UK
categories: e-learning, OER
‘Price gouging from Covid’: student ebooks costing up to 500% more than in print from r/books
Nearly 3,000 librarians, academics and students have now signed an open letter calling for a public investigation into the “unaffordable, unsustainable and inaccessible” academic ebook market.
Johanna Anderson, subject librarian at the University of Gloucestershire and one of the authors of the letter, says: “Publishers are manipulating the market and price gouging from Covid. We are trying to support students during an unprecedented public health crisis and they are making it so much harder. It is a scandal.”
Caroline Ball, subject librarian at the University of Derby, says one reason librarians are angry is that academic publishing is one of the most lucrative industries in the world, with unusually high profit margins, estimated at around 40%.
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more on ebook prices in the SCSU OER blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/oer/2021/01/17/ebook-prices/
college after discruption
Online learning is here to stay
Greater focus on equitable access
Employers will partner with universities to develop talent
Increased demand for nondegree credentials
In 2021, we will see individuals supplement their current or past postsecondary degrees with nondegree credentials and in-demand skills.
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more on microcredentials in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=microcredential
remote learning after the pandemic
++++++++”Public education will never be the same post–COVID-19,” writes a superintendent.
“Flexible scheduling and virtual instruction are just two practices that will become a part of how we educate children.” https://t.co/392PNfcoml
— Education Week (@educationweek) December 27, 2020
Remote Learning Will Keep a Strong Foothold Even After the Pandemic, Survey Finds
The survey, conducted between Sept. 15 and Nov. 11, included seven questions that covered areas such as staffing challenges, professional development, and approaches to the 2020-21 school year.
The survey was sent to leaders in 317 regular public-school districts and charter management organizations, who are part of RAND’s district panel. The response rate was 84 percent.
Twenty percent of district and charter management organizations said in a new survey that they had started or were planning a virtual school or fully remote option this academic year and expected those options would remain after the pandemic. Another 10 percent said the same about hybrid or blended learning, while 7 percent said some lesser version of remote learning will continue when the pandemic is in the rearview mirror.
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more on the iGeneration Generation Z, Generation Y Generation Alpha in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=generation
The controversy over left-wing populism
categories: academic library
The controversy over left-wing populism
by Chantal Mouffe: https://mondediplo.com/2020/05/14populism
recent book Le siècle du populisme (‘The Century of Populism’) (1), Pierre Rosanvallon
“populism consists in opposing a ‘pure people’ to a ‘corrupt elite’ and conceiving of politics as an immediate expression of the ‘general will’ (2) of the people.”
“There are only populisms, which explains why the notion produces so many interpretations and contradictory definitions.”
The left’s populist strategy appears particularly pertinent in the context of an exit out from the Covid-19 crisis which has been touted as a prelude for building a new social contract. This time, unlike in the 2008 crisis, a space could open up for the clash of opposing projects. A mere return to business as usual seems unlikely and the state will probably play a role that is both central and more prominent. We may witness the arrival of a ‘state capitalism’ that uses public authorities to rebuild the economy and restore the power of capital. It could take more or less authoritarian forms depending on the political forces at its helm. This scenario would signal either the victory of right-wing populist forces or neoliberalism’s defenders last-ditch attempt to ensure the survival of their model.
contrary to what Rosanvallon argues, far from threatening democracy, today left-wing populism is the best strategy if we want to orient the forces resisting a post-democratic, neoliberal order in an egalitarian direction.
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more on populism in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=populism
who is an essential worker
categories: teaching
Supporting Students With Disabilities webinar
categories: learning
Nearly seven million students with disabilities in the United States are at risk of regressing during COVID-related remote learning. What can research tell us about how schools can intervene? Register for the Nov. 20 online webinar here: #sponsorcontent https://t.co/4n18eDH6Cu pic.twitter.com/bsEU7XekFm
— Education Week (@educationweek) November 15, 2020
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more on special education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=special+education