March 2021 archive

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Mar
2021

Louvre museum collection online

categories: VR

Louvre museum makes its entire collection available online

https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20210326-louvre-museum-makes-its-entire-collection-available-online

As part of a major revamp of its online presence, the world’s most-visited museum has created a new database of 482,000 items at collections.louvre.fr with more than three-quarters already labelled with information and pictures.

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more on museums and VR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=%22virtual+reality%22+and+museum

30
Mar
2021

OLC Online Learning Consortium

categories: Digital literacy, distance learning, distributive learning, educational technology, information technology, instructional technology

Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19

Faculty Playbook

https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/tools/delivering-high-quality-instruction-in-response-to-covid-19-faculty-playbook/

OLC Ideate—Virtual Salon Series

https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn/olc-ideate-virtual-events/

OLC Quality Scorecard Suite

https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/consult/olc-quality-scorecard-suite/

Angela Gunder: http://angelagunder.com/ 

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more on OLC in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2019/04/03/olc-collaborate/

30
Mar
2021

Niantic AR goggles

categories: AR

Niantic CEO shares teaser image of AR glasses device

 

Niantic has been a fairly active investor in the augmented reality hardware space, so there is also the possibility that they’ve done a branding partnership with a startup on a project, but this cryptic image crop is certainly making it look like they’re showcasing a device with first-party branding. There’s also the potential that this is a product in the “smart glasses” category that doesn’t include a display but focuses on building audio or camera functionality into a pair of glasses. Niantic has previously announced that they’ve been working with Qualcomm to help define their reference design for their XR hardware platform.

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Facebook, Apple and Niantic Bet People Are Ready for Augmented-Reality Glasses

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-apple-and-niantic-bet-people-are-ready-for-augmented-reality-glasses-11617713387

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more on AR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=%22augmented+reality%22

30
Mar
2021

Academically Adrift

categories: academic library, collaboration and creativity, EDAD
This week we’re diving into measuring student growth in the company of a leading scholar.  On Thursday, April 1st, from 2-3 pm EDT, we’ll be joined by professor and dean Richard Arum, co-author of Academically Adrift (2011) and project lead for the Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project.
Richard Arum is dean of the School of Education and professor of education and (by courtesy) sociology, criminology, law and society at the University of California, Irvine.  He recently served as senior fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from 2013-2015; and director of the Education Research Program at the Social Science Research Council from 2006-2013, where he oversaw the development of the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, a research consortium designed to conduct ongoing evaluation of the New York City public schools.
He is author of Judging School Discipline: A Crisis of Moral Authority (Harvard University Press, 2013); coauthor of Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates (University of Chicago Press, 2014) and Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses (University of Chicago Press, 2011); as well as coeditor of Improving Quality in American Higher Education: Learning Outcomes and Assessment for the 21st Century (Jossey Bass, 2016), Improving Learning Environments: School Discipline and Student Achievement in Comparative Perspectives (Stanford University Press, 2012), and Stratification in Higher Education: A Comparative Study (Stanford University Press, 2007).  He received a Masters of Education in Teaching and Curriculum from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.

To RSVP ahead of time, or to jump straight in at 2 pm ET this Thursday, click here:

https://shindig.com/login/event/arum

To find more information about the Future Trends Forum, including notes and recordings of all previous sessions, click here: http://forum.futureofeducation.us/.

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more on Future Trends by Bryan Alexander in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=future+trends

26
Mar
2021

AR contact lenses

categories: AR

Mojo Vision Details Low-Power Chips for Augmented Reality Contact Lenses

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/devices/mojovision-details-lowpower-chips-for-augmented-reality-contact-lenses

A millimeter-scale microLED display that fits onto a contact lens to provide augmented reality is, frankly, amazing, but for it to be useful it needs to know what to display. Last month at the IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference, augmented reality contact lens startup Mojo Vision in Saratoga, Calif., reported new details of the image chip and image processing circuits that tell their display what to paint onto your retina.

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more on AR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Augmented+reality

26
Mar
2021

Google’s New Career Certificates

categories: badges, instructional technology

How Google’s New Career Certificates Could Disrupt the College Degree

https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/inside-googles-plan-to-disrupt-college-degree-exclusive.html

Each of the new certificate programs is available on the online course platform Coursera, which works with universities and organizations like Google to offer courses, certifications, and degrees in various subjects. Students will need to enroll with Coursera to take the new certificate programs.

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

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