Archive of ‘Library and information science’ category

Rec Room

https://store.steampowered.com/app/471710/Rec_Room/

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

Facebok hackers

Facebook Says It’s Your Fault That Hackers Got Half a Billion User Phone Numbers from r/technology

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88awzp/facebook-says-its-your-fault-that-hackers-got-half-a-billion-user-phone-numbers

Facebook has become accustomed to dealing with multiple massive privacy breaches in recent years, and data belonging to hundreds of millions of its users has been leaked or stolen by hackers.

Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak from r/worldnews

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2BU2ZY

The July 2019 FTC settlement requires Facebook to report details about unauthorized access to data on 500 or more users within 30 days of confirming an incident.

The Facebook spokesman declined to comment on the company’s conversations with regulators but said it was in contact to answer their questions.

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

Digital Storytelling and AR in museums

Storytelling and Content presentation with the Virtual Showcase in a museum context

https://www.academia.edu/29362004/Storytelling_and_Content_presentation_with_the_Virtual_Showcase_in_a_museum_context

This paper gives an overview of the Virtual Showcase as an augmented reality display system for museums. It explains about different hardware prototypes, interaction tools as well as several software techniques to utilize the features of the Virtual Showcase. It also presents two case studies, one from paleontology and one from archeology.

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EUROGRAPHICS 2003

Alternative Augmented Reality Approaches: Concepts,Techniques, and Applications

https://www.academia.edu/2742594/Alternative_Augmented_Reality_Approaches_Concepts_Techniques_and_Applications

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more on Digital Storytelling in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=digital+storytelling

on AR in education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Augmented+reality+education

Badging Blockchain

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/badging-blockchain-documenting-skills-learned

LinkedIn’s 2020 list of skills in most demand includes these soft skills at the very top:

  • Creativity
  • Persuasion
  • Collaboration
  • Adaptability

And these hard skills at the very top:

  • Blockchain
  • Cloud computing
  • Analytical reasoning
  • Artificial intelligence

Further steps have been taken independently by universities that are utilizing blockchain technology to disseminate transcripts containing rich detail and documentation not available in the traditional paper document.

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

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

VR in Assisted-Living Facilities

Virtual Reality Brings Joy to People in Assisted-Living Facilities

Studies show improved emotional health among residents who watch VR images

https://www.wsj.com/articles/virtual-reality-brings-joy-to-people-in-assisted-living-facilities-11616760002

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more on VR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=virtual+reality

virtual tools to remain

Will this semester forever alter college? No, but some virtual tools will stick around

Conceiving, planning, designing and developing a genuine online course or program can consume as much as a year of faculty training and collaboration with instructional designers, and often requires student orientation and support and a complex technological infrastructure.

If anything, what people are mistaking now for online education — long class meetings in videoconference rooms, professors in their bathrobes, do-it-yourself tools made of rubber bands and cardboard — appears to be making them less, not more, open to it.

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