social media explained
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dorsey
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessapappas/
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Archive of ‘Library and information science’ category
publish or perish
Hundreds of gibberish papers still lurk in the scientific literature
The issue began in 2005, when three PhD students created paper-generating software called SCIgen for “maximum amusement”, and to show that some conferences would accept meaningless papers.
Springer also sponsored a PhD project to help spot SCIgen papers, which resulted in free software called SciDetect.
The publishers who posted the most SCIgen content were Trans Tech Publications, a Swiss publisher, which published 57 SCIgen papers, Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication (BEIESP), based in India, which had 54; and Atlantis Press, a French publisher that was acquired by Springer Nature this March, with 39.
SCIgen papers are extremely rare: Labbé and Cabanac estimate from their screen that they make up a mere 75 papers per million in the computer-science literature. They are a far smaller problem than are, for instance, suspected paper mills.
the existence of these papers is an indication of the harmful effects of a ‘publish or perish’ culture, and an example of how nonsensical work can still make it into conference proceedings or journals.
gerrymandering explained
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The iLRN SOXR 2021 Outlook Report
State of XR & Immersive Learning 2021 Outlook Report
p. 12 about VR and AR
p. 12 about VR and AR
p. 15 about social VR platforms
p. 39 CAVE like environment for Nursing students
p. 43 The FUTURE Time Traveller is a project developed and co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme and coordinated by Bulgaria’s Business Foundation for Education in partnership with seven national organizations.
p. 46 obstacles – disabilities
p. 48 California State University Northridge, which has developed an MA in Instructional Design with a focus on XR and immersive games and simulations
Amazon Health Care
https://newrepublic.com/article/162553/amazon-care-pharmacy-big-tech-universal-healthcare
Microsoft has a data initiative with Providence St. Joseph Health, which operates dozens of hospitals in the United States. In 2019, Google signed a deal with the Mayo Clinic to manage and parse health records for “insights,” explaining that cloud computing and data analytics would provide better performance. Google also reached an agreement this week with HCA Healthcare, a large hospital chain
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Digital Humanities
categories: Digital literacy
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/811451722818861/
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Apple in China
Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China
Apple built the world’s most valuable business on top of China. Now it has to answer to the Chinese government.
Two decades ago, as Apple’s operations chief, Mr. Cook spearheaded the company’s entrance into China, a move that helped make Apple the most valuable company in the world and made him the heir apparent to Steve Jobs. Apple now assembles nearly all of its products and earns a fifth of its revenue in the China region. But just as Mr. Cook figured out how to make China work for Apple, China is making Apple work for the Chinese government.
Mr. Cook often talks about Apple’s commitment to civil liberties and privacy. But to stay on the right side of Chinese regulators, his company has put the data of its Chinese customers at risk
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Engageli
Zoom-alternative Engageli raises $33M to grow its digital learning platform
Rather than create plug-ins for Zoom or similar services, however, Engageli’s founders created a standalone platform that combines video with active-learning features such as quizzes and small-group breakouts. Instructors can also track engagement.
Class, formerly named ClassEDU, last year began testing add-on software for Zoom that allows instructors to administer assignments and track student engagement.
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Dos & Don’ts Teaching With Technology
7 Dos & Don’ts for Post-Pandemic Teaching With Technology
Here’s what students hope you’ll keep doing in the fall — and what they hope you’ll drop.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/7-dos-donts-for-post-pandemic-teaching-with-technology
a February panel of students sharing their views on pandemic teaching….
- DON’T lecture with slides for an entire Zoom class.
- DO offer more active-learning and discussion exercises in class.
- DON’T require students to use a tech tool that you don’t understand.
- DO keep using anonymous polling.
- DO get students up and about.
- DO provide more asynchronous materials and activities.
- DO emphasize interaction with and between students.
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Amazon Ring and surveillance
since Amazon bought Ring in 2018, it has brokered more than 1,800 partnerships with local law enforcement agencies. These partnerships are growing at an alarming rate.
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