Category: media literacy
Gamification as Design Thinking
Hung, A. C. Y. (2018). Gamification as Design Thinking. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 30(3), 1812–9129.
By reflecting-in-action, the practitioner is able to gain metacognitive awareness and perceive his/her intuitions and biases, test hypotheses, and take on new perspectives. The approach of having students learn by designing their own games combines design thinking and game-based learning (Kafai, 1995, 2006; Li, Lemieuz, Vandermeiden, & Nathoo, 2013). Design thinking also supports new forms of literacies brought on by new media technologies as well as game-based learning.
It is likely that the effects of gamification cannot easily be measured satisfactorily through surveys of motivation, engagement, attendance, or grades because there are too many variables that could affect how students respond. Critics of gamification argue that it over
simplifies complex problems (Bogost, 2015; Robertson, 2010). However, both gamification and design thinking are approaches to problem-solving. With design thinking, gamification may be used in more meaningful ways because design thinking offers a different lens through which to conceptualize the problem.
bookwidgets
motivation theory
Predatory Journals
Manuscript Submission Invitations from ‘Predatory Journals’: What Should Authors Do?
Credible journals do not chase authors and send article sub-mission invitations, rather authors look for them.
Course contents of the undergraduate and postgraduatecurriculums need to include mechanisms of checking the authenticity of a journal, credibility of the metrics and whether the journal is indexed in reputable databases such as MEDLINE,PubMed or Web of Science.
podcasting for teaching
Extend the Learning About a Topic
Deepen Learning Through Prediction
Get People Moving
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more on podcasting in this iMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=podcasting
Effectively watch videos for learning
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more on flipped classroom in this iMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=flipped+classroom
X-Ray Technology Reveals Censored Secret Correspondence
categories: Digital literacy, media literacy
X-Ray Technology Reveals Marie Antoinette’s Censored Secret Correspondence
A combination of the chemical analysis and advanced data processing used could reveal many more lost writings or drawings
Apple Maps in 3D
Apple Maps introduces new ways to explore major cities in 3D
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/09/apple-maps-introduces-new-ways-to-explore-major-cities-in-3d/
With iOS 15, Apple Maps introduces step-by-step walking guidance in augmented reality. Users can simply raise their iPhone to scan buildings in the area, and Maps generates a highly accurate position to deliver detailed directions that can be viewed in the context of the real world.
3rd Era of Social
categories: Digital literacy, Facebook, information literacy, Instagram, media literacy, social media, Twitter
The 3rd Era of Social Is Coming. Are You Ready?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3rd-era-social-coming-you-ready-joe-lazauskas/
The News Feed made Facebook an actual social network. In turn, the News Feed became synonymous with social media.
Twitter’s feed was chronological, so you could tweet out a ton of links to content and get consistent clicks from your followers. Facebook’s algorithm was incredibly friendly to “link posts” that sent users to news or blog articles.
Stories let Snapchat users post a series of snaps that would last for 24 hours, and it was an immediate hit.
Stories were so absurd on LinkedIn that the company is shutting it down by the end of this month).
TikTok’s success has often been attributed to its algorithm, which is very good at predicting the type of video you’ll like. But TikTok is also so successful because it plays on the same part of our brain that makes gambling so addictive. random reinforcement
As our research showed earlier this year, people will continue to consume content in an array of different formats—from blog posts to YouTube to podcasts to good old-fashioned memes.