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digital transcripts

The Pandemic Has Increased Interest in Digital Transcripts. Will They Displace Degrees?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-02-15-the-pandemic-has-increased-interest-in-digital-transcripts-will-they-displace-degrees

Proponents of digital credential systems argue that giving students ownership over a digital wallet of what they’ve learned that includes a broader and more reflective range of personal achievements could help them better communicate with future employers, if hiring managers start to take them seriously.

 

Germany China move from Windows to Linux

After Germany, China Now Wants To Ditch Windows & Run Linux On 50 Million PCs!

It’s a big win for the open-source community!

https://fossbytes.com/china-wants-to-run-linux-on-50-million-pcs/

While this is a big win for Linux and open-source software, it’s bad news for laptop/PC manufacturers like Dell, HP, etc., and software companies like Adobe and Microsoft, except Lenovo and Kingsoft. While manufacturers will be driven into the corner to become “foreign” companies, homegrown companies like Lenovo, Huawei, and Kingsoft might see rapid market growth in the forthcoming years.

Gaming for History

U Arizona History Profs Turn Gaming into Credit-Bearing Learning Activity

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2022/03/31/u-arizona-history-profs-turn-gaming-into-credit-bearing-learning-activity.aspx

Milliman also plans to create a U Arizona course tailored to individuals who might come to the university via the Age of Empires IV experience. “It will help them transition from being gamers to being students,” he explained. “This will get online students familiar with doing historical research and being a university student. There won’t be any textbooks or tests. It will be project-focused and based on the experiences they had playing the game with our additional content.”

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

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