Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
Thousands of 16th, 17th and 18th century court cases – including witchcraft, missing children and swan thefts – are coming to light for the first time thanks to a Cambridge University Library archives project from r/books
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/Ely_Assizes2
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more on history in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=history
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more on online education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=%22online+education%22
https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn/olc-ideate-virtual-events/
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/
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more on technology and education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=%22technology+and+education%22
Just found @Autumm ‘s thoughtful critique of Zoom:https://t.co/Fp1DoAAWkP
— Bryan Alexander (@BryanAlexander) February 12, 2021
https://reallifemag.com/the-zoom-gaze/
In May 2020 the company removed the “unmute all” setting for hosts due to privacy concerns but now has brought it back as a nuanced “unmute with consent,” which allows a host to unmute an individual participant’s microphone at any time in any of the host’s meetings once given permission. But this framing of consent is problematic to say the least. Can you refuse if the host is your boss? What if they not only have authority over you but abusive intent?
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more on Zoom in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=zoom
Colorado State U. Global’s provost says online education is the future
In the U.S., the percentage of undergraduate students taking at least one course online grew from 15% in 2004 to 43% in 2016, a 2018 study from the National Center for Education Statistics found.
CSU Global last week launched Direct Path Education, a new program centered on industry-specific education that allows students to transfer their credits toward a degree or earn certificates and professional certifications. The six-week courses add to a growing trend in the U.S. as many workers who lost their jobs following the pandemic search for new opportunities.
My note: this article in conjunction with the “global upskilling”: https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/02/11/global-upskilling-and-universities/
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more on online ed in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+education
Can’t get enough Bernie memes? Have your students create their own.
Posted by ISTE on Friday, January 29, 2021
https://www.iste.org/explore/classroom/5-ways-use-memes-students
Meme-creation apps are easy to find for laptops, tablets or smartphones. Search “meme-creation program” in the Apple App Store, Google Play or on your laptop, and many options will come up, including
Meme Creator, https://imgflip.com/memegenerator
Meme Generator: https://imgflip.com/memegenerator
Quick Meme: http://www.quickmeme.com/
Here are some ways you can use memes in your classroom.
Create class rules.
Students can create memes to define or use new vocabulary. Display the word at the top, and place the definition or a sentence using the word below.
Students can use memes to dramatize a point from a novel or short story they are studying. Teachers can break the class into groups and have each group create a meme from assigned chapters in a class novel.
Teachers and/or students can import an image into a meme-creation program and make their own meme with a witty subtitle.
Students can also create memes as a way to review the material or to explain math formulas or science concepts.
The pressure to perform for the camera is draining–and distracts from pursuing meaningful outcomes.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/738496626781038/
Almost never did everyone feel that everyone else in the meeting was looking at them — or at the very least could be looking at them — at all times.
And then there’s the pressure to respond quickly: A 2014 study showed that delays in replying to a question or prompt as short as 1.2 seconds made other people in a teleconference perceive the responder as less focused.
Great bosses lead and manage by meaningful expectations and meaningful deliverables.
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more on webcam policies in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=webcam+policy
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
In 2021, we need to fix America’s internet: We pay twice as much as Europe for high speeds, assuming we can even get them from r/technology
We pay twice as much as Europe for high speeds, assuming we can even get them
https://www.theverge.com/22177154/us-internet-speed-maps-competition-availability-fcc
Across the country, the FCC and internet service providers are pretending there’s competition in an unimaginable number of places where it doesn’t actually exist.
As FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel wrote for The Verge last March, as many as one in three US households doesn’t have broadband internet access, currently defined as just 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up — which feels like the bare minimum for a remote learning family these days.
early 12 million children don’t have a broadband connection at home, the Senate Joint Economic Committee reported in 2017. And the “homework gap” hits harder if you’re poor, of course: only 56 percent of households with incomes under $30,000 had broadband as of last February, according to the Pew Research Center.
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more on netneutrality in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=netneutrality