Archive of ‘Digital literacy’ category
China social credit system
https://mondediplo.com/2019/01/05china-social-credit
gold stars and black marks have begun to shape public and private behaviours.
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more on China social credit system
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=social+credit
Facebook and January 6
“Facebook’s business model has evolved into social engineering via psychological warfare,” she declared. “The platform weaponizes user data to fuel algorithmic manipulation in order to maximize ad sales—not just for products, but for ideas like the disinformation that led to the conspiracy theories associated with the January 6 Capitol attack.”
“One thing is clear: Facebook and the other digital platforms that rely on an extractive business model will not change on their own,” the letter states. “Congress needs to step in.”
“The secretive collection, sale, and algorithmic manipulation of our personal data by platforms like Facebook must end,” he said. “It is a primary driver of the virality of the misinformation, hate speech, and online radicalization that people across the political spectrum are worried about.”
Privacy and Safety in Remote Learning Environments
categories: academic library, announcement, Digital literacy, e-learning, educational technology, pedagogy
BLEND-ONLINE : Call for Chapter Proposals– Privacy and Remote Learning
Digital Scholarship Initiatives at Middle Tennessee State University invites you to propose a chapter for our forthcoming book.
Working book title: Privacy and Safety in Remote Learning Environments
Proposal submission deadline: January 21, 2022
Interdisciplinary perspectives are highly encouraged
Topics may include but are not limited to:
- Privacy policies of 3rd party EdTech platforms (Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Schoology, etc)
- Parental “spying” and classroom privacy
- Family privacy and synchronous online schooling
- Online harassment among students (private chats, doxing, social media, etc)
- Cameras in student private spaces
- Surveillance of student online activities
- Exam proctoring software and privacy concerns
- Personally Identifiable Information in online learning systems and susceptibility to cybercriminals
- Privacy, storage, and deletion policies for recordings and data
- Handling data removal requests from students
- Appointing a privacy expert in schools, universities, or districts
- How and why to perform security/privacy audits
- Student attitudes about online privacy
- Instructor privacy/safety concerns
- Libraries: privacy policies of ebook platforms
- Libraries: online reference services and transcripts
- Identity authentication best practices
- Learning analytics and “big data” in higher education
More details, timelines, and submission instructions are available at dsi.mtsu.edu/cfpBook2022
deep learning
Graphene Nanoribbon
Graphene Nanoribbon Breakthrough Could Lead to High-Speed, Low-Power Nanoscale Data Storage
Reference: “Spin splitting of dopant edge state in magnetic zigzag graphene nanoribbons” by Raymond E. Blackwell, Fangzhou Zhao, Erin Brooks, Junmian Zhu, Ilya Piskun, Shenkai Wang, Aidan Delgado, Yea-Lee Lee, Steven G. Louie and Felix R. Fischer, 22 December 2021, Nature.
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04201-y
Socrates Gets Killed in the Metaverse
categories: Digital literacy, VR
https://learn.framevr.io/post/socrates-gets-killed-in-the-metaverse
my annotations here:
https://hyp.is/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.framevr.io%2Fpost%2Fsocrates-gets-killed-in-the-metaverse%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin&group=__world__
some of the implications of people spending significantly more time in immersive 3D environments that provide alternative “realities” to the physical world.
Tik Tok concerns
Instagram Carousel Posts
7 Tips For More Engaging, Top Performing Instagram Carousel Posts
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/instagram-carousel-tips/429880
Studies have shown that carousels are the most engaging type of post on the platform.
One of the most effective techniques: know your audience and talk directly to them as individuals.
you’re leading with the most compelling information or image for the reader, and think about “what’s in it for them” throughout the carousel.
add a visual signal in the images, like an arrow pointing to the right in all but the final image.
You want every slide to stand on its own.
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more on instagram in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=instagram
Duck Duck Go
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more on DDG in this iMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=duck+duck+go