Archive of ‘instructional technology’ category

24
May
2022

Edtech Trends 2022

categories: AR, contemplative computing, contemplative pedagogy, Digital literacy, educational technology, gamification, gaming, instructional technology, learning analytics, mixed reality, VR

7 Edtech Trends to Watch in 2022: a Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-04-18-7-edtech-trends-to-watch-in-2022-a-startup-guide-for-entrepreneurs

1. Data is abundant and the key to today’s edtech solutions

2. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are powering the latest generation of edtechs

3. Game-based learning is transforming how students learn

4. Edtechs are at the forefront of digital transformation in the classroom

5. Workforce upskilling is being supplemented by edtech solutions

6. Edtechs are being called upon to help with student wellbeing

7. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality are top of mind

21
May
2022

Getting the most out of Wikibase4Lib

categories: academic library, information literacy, information technology, instructional technology, media literacy, technology literacy

Getting the most out of Wikibase4Lib

Jim Hahn, Timothy Ryan Mendenhall, Esther Jackson

Monday May 23, 2022 | 9am-12pm EDT | Hayes Hall, University at Buffalo | Conference Website

Workshop Summary

This three hour session will provide an introduction to getting Wikibase, the software that powers Wikidata, configured on your local machine by way of Docker Desktop. The session includes an accessible and newbie friendly introduction to using Docker on your laptop, followed by a necessary (though not overly technical) delineation of the unique technology stack that makes up the Wikibase linked data system.

03
May
2022

India privacy

categories: Digital literacy, educational technology, information literacy, information technology, instructional technology, media literacy

https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/india-orders-vpn-companies-to-collect-and-hand-over-user-data/

A new government order will force virtual private networks to store user data for five years or longer.

The directive isn’t limited to VPN providers. Data centers and cloud service providers are both listed under the same provision. The companies will have to keep customer information even after the customer has canceled their subscription or account.

India has a history of applying a heavy hand to online activity.

In April, India banned 22 YouTube channels. In 2021, Facebook, Google Twitter ended a tense stand-off with the Indian government when they largely complied with the government’s expanded control over social media content in the country. In 2020, the country banned over 200 Chinese apps, including TikTok, and ultimately banned 9,849 social media URLs.

01
May
2022

social media and social credit system

categories: Digital literacy, information literacy, information technology, instructional technology, media literacy, social media

One of China’s biggest social networks is revealing user locations to head off ‘bad behaviour’

https://www.techradar.com/news/one-of-chinas-biggest-social-networks-is-revealing-user-locations-to-head-off-bad-behaviour

euters reports that Weibo will begin showing the rough locations of its users using IP addresses to combat “bad behaviour” online. The locations show up on both profiles and posts.

Chinese citizens have long resorted to using VPNs and other privacy tools to help either access non-Chinese services or speak freely online and you can see why.

In a similar view to the Panopticon, visibly showing users that the service knows where they are will lead to self-censorship, reducing the strain on Chinese censors to cover an internet with hundreds of millions of users.

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more on social credit system in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=china+social

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