VR health system
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more on VR and nursing in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=virtual+reality+nursing
July 2019 archive
microcredentials in education
According to the authors of a newly published report, at least 10 state education agencies—Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington—have launched official microcredential pilots. And another five states—Illinois, Maryland, Montana, New York, and Wyoming—are experimenting with microcredentials in some way.
sponsored by the non-profit Digital Promise, the report argues that we’ve reached a kind of tipping point in the evolution of the “emerging micro-credentialing ecosystem,”
Reports from early adopters (among them, the NEA, the country’s largest teachers’ union) have been promising, and the potential market for such programs is potentially huge. According to Digital Promise, nearly three out of four U.S. teachers are currently engaged in some type of informal professional development or learning.
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more on microcredentials in this IMS blog:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=microcredent
addictive design
categories: social media
A new bill before the Senate aims to ban social media and tech platforms from implementing “addictive” designs and features — including autoplaying videos or endless scrolling. Tap the link in our bio to read more.
#technology #tech #socialmedia#social #media #USSenate#JoshHawlet #SiliconValley #addictive#design #webdesign #innovation#business #science #instatech#quoteoftheday #quotes #future#futurism
Immersive Scholarship and Technologies in Academic Libraries
We define immersive scholarship as any scholarly work developed through or implemented utilizing technologies including Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Visualization (i.e., large format displays and visualization walls, GIS, Tableau), and any related hardware, programs or software.
We are seeking survey participants who are employed in an academic library and who currently support immersive scholarship and technologies at their institution.
how your academic library has developed tools, implemented third party hardware/software, and in what barriers you have identified at your institution in supporting immersive scholarship.
Digital Pop-up Library
categories: Digital literacy, information technology
What the Heck Is a Digital Pop-up Library?
Amy Hooper 29 July 2019 – 5:20am
http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/what-the-heck-is-a-digital-pop-up-library
Evanston, Illinois, Public Library is one of a dozen or so libraries across the country to offer the public access to digital pop-up libraries.
Digital pop-up libraries seem to be especially geared to cellphone and tablet users… Research shows that 77 percent of Americans now own a smartphone, over double the 35 percent that owned one in 2011. This growth is reflected in almost all age groups and demographics in the U.S. And on top of that, an increasing number of Americans, particularly the younger generation, are getting their news on mobile devices.
cutting out the administrative burden of library cards, accounts, and fines. A “low-maintenance, high-impact” approach, according to Baker and Taylor.
Hotspots expand the reach of the library service and remove the barriers associated with a physical building.
Fitting In with the Shifting Roles of Libraries
instruction mixedtape
categories: academic library, Digital literacy
Reflecting on @lib_collective and this great session by @samuel_putnam and @lisabouff #libcol18 #dtk12chat pic.twitter.com/aYi4uQEhUA
— LeadLocal (@goleadlocal) March 9, 2018
Bitmojis, Gifs, and Snaps
Bitmojis, Gifs, and Snaps in the Classroom? Oh My!
Tierney King JULY 29TH, 2019
A Bitmoji, an avatar in which you create yourself, respond to student emails with Bitmojis super-fast if it’s built into the Chrome browser
Although Snapchat can be used to create Bitmojis, Price also suggested using Snapchat to create “Snap stories” for students. “These take longer, and this method focuses on the creation of content,” she says.
gamification online learning
Gunawan, F. (2018). GAMIFICATION ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION IN ONLINE LEARNING. ICIC Express Letters, 12(12), 1195–1204.
Khan [14] has introduced the eight-dimensional elearning framework, a detailed self assessment instrument for institutions to evaluate the readiness and the opportunity of their e-learning classes to grow.
institutional, management, technological, pedagogical, ethical, interface design, resource support, and evaluation. Institutional refers to the administrative and academic part of the system. Management refers to the quality control, budget, and scheduling. Technological refers to the infrastructure, hardware, and software. Pedagogical refers to analysis, organization and learning strategies. Ethical refers to ethical, legal, and social and political influences. Interface design refers to the user interface, accessibility, and design content. Resource support refers to career services, journals, and online forums. Finally, the evaluation refers to the assessment of learners and educators.
gamification – definition
Modern gamification term was first introduced by
Nick Pelling in 2002 [15]. Gamification is a concept that implements the game components
into the non-game contents such as education, marketing, administration, or even software
engineering [16]. These components include points, badges, leaderboards, and quests.
Each of them serves the purpose to increase the level of user engagement in the learning
process.
Nick Pelling in 2002 [15]. Gamification is a concept that implements the game components
into the non-game contents such as education, marketing, administration, or even software
engineering [16]. These components include points, badges, leaderboards, and quests.
Each of them serves the purpose to increase the level of user engagement in the learning
process.
three components of engagement: cognitive, behavioral, and emotional [19].
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more on gamification and online learning in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=gamification+online+learning
more on gamification and online learning in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=gamification+online+learning
VR Antarctica
categories: AR, digital storytelling, educational technology, gamification, gaming, instructional technology
Kate Pound, a professor with St. Cloud State U did research in Antarctica: kspound@stcloudstate.edu
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more on VR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=vr+virtual+reality
Soft-skill Badges
categories: announcement
Rebecca Koenig Jul 17, 2019
BadgedToHire program
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more on microcredentialing in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=microcredentialing