Link to the recorded session here:
https://minnstate.zoom.us/rec/play/dDzr3mHy90XW9iKa45lYVLDcT54D8yBwUoK68DKzywU1m7X58NlkQx3shJhmTTHfFelFGEtfs-TyZhsx.UzwVKo2kkODXf7A-
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Per Susana Nuccetelli, Philosophy Department, St. Cloud State University
snuccetelli@stcloudstate.edu +1 3203085372
SCSU Philosophy Department invitation to Zoom meeting
Philosophy Colloquium
Jan 22, 2021 03:00 4:30 PM Central Time
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/93592784390
Meeting ID: 935 9278 4390
Passcode: philosophy
By phone: Find your local number:
https://minnstate.zoom.us/u/aeF5xnhLXX
Join by Skype for Business
https://minnstate.zoom.us/skype/93592784390
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link to original flyer: PUBLIC TALK
The online vs. in-person learning debate is missing the point
We need to prioritize student outcomes over modality, says a higher ed industry executive.
https://universitybusiness.com/the-online-vs-in-person-learning-debate-is-missing-the-point/
“Students miss opportunities for enriched and flexible learning opportunities when they are confined to a binary learning modality. I envision a future where we retire the idea of online vs. classroom learning, replacing these dueling models with a unified format that prioritizes outcomes. Instead of approaching education from a “this or that” approach, we’d serve students much better with a “this and that” approach.”
My note: That higher ed industry executive seems oblivious about the #hyflex discussions
Even before COVID-19, in-person learning was being challenged by innovation.
Finally, no matter which hybrid approach schools take to learning, they need to work with businesses to align curriculum to in-demand job skills. It doesn’t matter how perfectly designed a course or program is if it doesn’t provide outcomes that ultimately enable employment opportunities.
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more on online learning in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+learning
more on F2F learning in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=f2f
For details, go here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/behind-the-scenes-with-microsoft-vr-in-the-wild-tickets-128181001827
Behind the Scenes: Microsoft’s Principal Researcher Eyal Ofek speaking about technical and social perspectives of XR
About this Event
The XR Bootcamp Open Lecture Series continues with Microsoft’s Principal Researcher Eyal Ofek!
Agenda:
Virtual Reality (VR) & Augmented reality (AR) pose challenges and opportunities from both a technical and social perspective. We could now have digital, and not physical objects change our understanding of the world around us. It is a unique opportunity to change reality as we sense it.
The Microsoft Researchers are looking for new possibilities to extend our abilities when we are not bound by our physical limitations, enabling superhuman abilities on one hand, and leveling the playfield for people with physical limitations.
Dr. Ofek will describe efforts to design VR & AR applications that will adjust according to the user’s uncontrolled environment, enabling a continuous use during work and leisure, over the large variance of environments. He will also review efforts to the extent the rendering to new capabilities such as haptic rendering.
His lecture will be followed by a Q&A session where you can ask all your questions about the topic.
Lead Instructors:
Eyal Ofek is a principal researcher at the Microsoft Research lab in Redmond, WA. His research interests include Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR), Haptics, interactive projection mapping, and computer vision for human-computer interaction. He is also the Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Virtual Reality, for the area of Haptics and an Assoc. Editor of IEEE Computer Graphics and Application (CG&A).
Prior to joining Microsoft Research, he obtained his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has founded a couple of companies in computer graphics, including a successful drawing and photo editing application and developing the world’s first time-of-flight video cameras which was a basis for the HoloLens depth camera.
This event is part of the Global XR Bootcamp event:
The Global XR Bootcamp 2020 will be the biggest community-driven, FREE, online Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality event in the world! Join us on YouTube or AltspaceVR for a 24 hour live stream with over 50 high quality talks, panels and sessions. Meet your fellow XR enthousiasts in our Community Zone, and win amazing prizes – from vouchers to XR hardware.
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more on XR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=xr
https://cornellcollege.applicantpro.com/jobs/1568358.html
The Cornell College Center for the Literary Arts seeks a Distinguished Visiting Writer to teach a topics-based course in Writing Difference in a Digital World. Courses that engage race, citizenship, and/or identity through audio, video, or new media writing are especially welcome.
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digital humanities in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=digital+humanities
