Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
https://www.state.gov/the-chinese-communist-party-on-the-american-campus/
State Department, Michael Pompeo
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https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/12/10/pompeo-criticizes-colleges-over-china-ties
Someone on TikTok asked if I could recommend books about tech ethics and I have never been so hyped to create a piece of content in my life. https://t.co/0N4MsnOJs3 pic.twitter.com/61LCHOVyOX
— Casey Fiesler, PhD, JD, geekD (@cfiesler) December 8, 2020
Message to SDSU students regarding RESPONDUS software. #1 We will not rely solely on faculty interpretation of video evidence from Respondus when evaluating claims of academic dishonesty. #2 – Beginning in Jan 2021, IT will not support the campuswide use of Respondus by faculty. pic.twitter.com/I2Ssim4LVW
— Dr. Luke Wood (@DrLukeWood) December 8, 2020
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more on proctoring in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=proctorio
more on proctoring in the Higher Ed Learning Collective
https://www.facebook.com/groups/539260760037960/search/?q=proctor
A tech entrepreneur in the State Department is using network theory to counter Chinese pressure https://t.co/sZmusiRXS4 via @BW
— Bloomberg (@business) December 9, 2020
A tech entrepreneur in the State Department is using network theory to counter Chinese pressure.
According to Krach, the Clean Network includes 180 telecom companies and 50 national governments that represent two-thirds of the world’s gross domestic product. Although that’s impressive, all countries aren’t equally committed.
The task of forming networks to counter China’s influence has been made easier by China itself, which has frightened and angered trading partners with its “wolf warrior” diplomacy, a newly belligerent pursuit of China’s national interests.
The Clean Network is to China what George Kennan’s “long telegram” [PDF] of 1946 was to the Soviet Union, wrote David Fidler, adjunct senior fellow for cybersecurity and global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, in a blog post in October.
But trade deals alone are not enough, says Martijn Rasser, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. For instance, they wouldn’t stop China from exporting its surveillance technology to countries such as Venezuela and Uganda, where it’s been used to target political activists, he says.
link to the “Grammarly” thread:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/717390118891689/
Hi all, I don’t use Grammarly, but I hear that a lot of people find it useful. I am also hearing that some instructors/universities find its use problematic. Several years ago, a student that I knew was not a good writer was accused of plagiarism by another instructor. She claimed that her nearly flawless papers were written with the help of Grammarly. I am curious to know if you encourage or prohibit Grammarly in your classes and if your department or university has a policy concerning its use.
My summation of this thread:
naturally, opinions are for and against:
pros –
it helps/forces students understand the need to proofread
partially replaces the very initial work of instructor
cons –
algorithms/technology are/is not perfect
it does not replace a living person (sic!!!)
e.g. it detect passive voice, but does not teach the replacement
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more on grammarly in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=grammarly
Varjo’s New High-end XR-3 & VR-3 Headsets Expand Retina FoV While Reducing Weight & Price
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more on VR goggles in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=VR+goggles
https://www.icrc.org/en/what-we-do/virtual-reality
mounting research suggests that gaming in immersive virtual environments can directly affect and impact regions of the brain responsible for memory, spatial orientation, information organizations, and fine motor skills.
the ICRC officially established its Virtual Reality Unit (VRU) to delve further into computer-generated environments as a way to educate, communicate and advocate respect for IHL.
By 2017, the VRU had amassed a library of virtual environments for FAS’ IHL training sessions but there was a desire within the VRU, as well as in FAS and ICRC’s Learning & Development, to develop more advanced VR opportunities for a wider audience.
A 2018 report researched global financial investment in XR and a 2019 meta-analysis consolidated global academic findings that used VR to measure behaviour.
December 2019 … the production of an XR Quick Start Guide in April 2020 which introduces ICRC staff to lessons learned and best practices for initiative development.
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more on gaming in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=gaming
and immersive learning
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive+learning
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/712242079406493/
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more on MS Teams in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=microsoft+teams
Higher Ed Learning Collective
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/711959409434760/
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/10/addressing-two-common-copyright.html
Stanford University Library’s Measuring Fair Use
unless the images the person is using are so unique that there is nothing else like them and she’s using them in a critique or as an instructive example (for example, explaining an aspect of a Picasso painting) that’s not fair use.
Copyright for Teachers was a free webinar that Dr. Beth Holland and I hosted a few years ago. We addressed a slew of copyright questions and scenarios during presentation. You can watch the recording here.
In Three Lessons to Learn From the $9.2m Copyright Ruling Against Houston ISD I summarized what went wrong and how to avoid making the same mistakes.
fair use. You can watch that segment here.
Richard Stim, a major contributor to the Stanford site mentioned above, has a book called Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off.
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more about copyright in IMS blog:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=copyright