Highway Bridges in Poor Condition from 1992-2021
categories: academic library, information technology
Archive of ‘learning’ category
regrow frog amputated limb
categories: academic library, information technology
Super excited to see this come out: https://t.co/6Cfe4LfhHL @msahsorin, @kaplan_lorax, and many others. Key points: 1) Just 24 hour stimulation with our MDT (= drugs + bioreactor) causes >1 year of leg growth. 2) very large, *adult* Xenopus (not just froglets/juveniles) 1/n
— Michael Levin (@drmichaellevin) January 26, 2022
misinformation
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both sides of important issues
categories: academic library
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schools cybersecurity
America’s schools increasingly face costly cybersecurity risks, yet many systems are ill-prepared for the challenge. #EWOpinion #RHSU https://t.co/TQKkhiEdqI
— Education Week (@educationweek) January 27, 2022
As of this past August, Politico has reported that ransomware attacks have hit 58 education organizations and school districts, including 830 individual schools. Last March, the Broward County, Fla., district didn’t pay a $40 million ransom, leading the hackers to publish 26,000 stolen files online (these included student and staff Social Security numbers and addresses).
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more on cybersecurity in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=cybersecurity
The Good Web
I had a blast giving this new talk – “The Good Web” – at @cmuhcii last week. My CMU friends have put up an excellent version of the video online if you didn’t get a chance to see it live: https://t.co/DYLbjXD655
— Ethan Zuckerman (@EthanZ) January 26, 2022
How not to write about HyFlex or online learning
Global School Play Day
Educators, are you ready for Global School Play Day on 2/2/22!? Because The World Needs PLAY Now More Than Ever! The grassroots effort created by educators in support of unstructured playtime for students around the world. Please Sign up for #GSPD2022 pic.twitter.com/QOZSoF0TBd
— Professors at Play (@PlayProfessors) January 25, 2022
badges logic and psychological factors
Building Better Digital Badges: Pairing Completion Logic With Psychological Factors
This article analyzes digital badges through mechanics and psychology. This approach involves understanding the underlying logics of badges as well as the experiential nature of badges-in-use. The proposed model provides additional insight about badges and recommends design strategies to complement existing scholarship. Procedure. This article examines an existing model of completion logic for digital badges. This model is expanded upon by pairing these formal mechanics with relevant psychological theory, summarizing key principles that pertain to how people interact with badges. It then considers three dimensions of badges in use—social, cognitive, and affective—reviewing examples and analyzing the relationship of badging to debriefing.
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More on micro credentialing in this blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=microcredential