Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
Real-time technology like Epic Games’ Unreal Engine has emerged as a successful tool and resource to implement this type of teaching and learning.
Storytelling is a major component of so many professions.
use digital portfolios and our critique process by viewing a StoryMap I made using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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more on Unreal Engine in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=unreal+engine
Identifying Badges that Add Value to Your Institution
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Our faculty will establish a shared terminology, discuss the benefits and challenges of various badges, and explain how each type can advance the goals of your institution and best serve students. You will share your purposes for pursuing a badging initiative, identify the types of badges that could add the most value to your institution, and set goals for the conference.
Designing Quality Alternative Credentials
2:30 – 3:15 p.m.
What goes into developing, designing, assessing, and maintaining quality microcredentials? In this session, you will learn about:
Funding and Monetizing Badges
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Many institutions are looking into badging as a potential revenue stream during lean times. During this hour, you will learn strategies for monetization. We will also look at various fee-based and tuition-based funding models to financially operationalize microcredentialing.
Marketing and Branding
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
How do you articulate the value proposition of badges to internal and external stakeholders? During this session you will learn how to brand and market your microcredentials. You will study badge images and stacking considerations that will help you create the best design for your circumstances.
Jeff currently serves as a program manager for digital credentials initiatives at IMS Global Learning Consortium. Jeff leads projects and programs related to digital badges, comprehensive learner records, and the interoperability of learning technologies. Jeff is also co-chair of the EDUCAUSE Microcredentials and Badges Constituent Group.
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More on microcredentials in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=microcredentials
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/703130946984273/
Anybody have a simple template for a Venn Diagram that’s editable?
Jamboard: https://edu.google.com/products/jamboard/ https://ditchthattextbook.com/jamboard-templates/
https://flippity.net/ – Manipulatives.
lucidcharts or diagram.net
Readwritethink.org interactives.
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more on students in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=students
As the insides of computers become more like iPhones, we can expect better battery life, thinner designs and even, maybe, a lower price tag.
Read this ASAP!
I just finished reading True or False by @CindyOtis_. It’s the one accessible book on #media and #infolit that I’ve been looking for years. Otis’s background is authoritative, her historic and contemporary examples well-chosen, and her writing clear. https://t.co/2GdHU7rdM4
— Sean Fullerton (@ideasandinfo) September 19, 2020
https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=true-or-false-a-cia-analysts-guide-to-spotting-fake-news
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more on fake news in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=fake+news
Four teachers share their favorite online tools to use during this unusual year, including sites for educational games and others for collaborative work. #EWOpinion https://t.co/yihTiS100e
— Education Week (@educationweek) November 14, 2020
Wordwall
Padlet
PearDeck
FlipGrid
Google Slides,
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more on online tools in this ISM blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+tools
Software developed by University College London & UC Berkeley can identify ‘fake news’ sites with 90% accuracy from r/Futurology
Al is not lost though, as academics from UCL and several other institutions have developed a tool that may help us separate the fact from fiction. They have designed a machine learning tool which can cite domains that were created to spread what has now commonly become known as ‘fake news’.
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more on fake news in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=fake+news
Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov VS Nietzsche’s Ubermensch | Existentialism from r/philosophy
TIL that the Soviet Union was issued a top-level internet domain just before its 1991 collapse. The domain was never deactivated and has since become a haven for cybercriminals due to its lack of regulation. from r/todayilearned
https://gizmodo.com/tons-of-hackers-are-hanging-out-in-old-soviet-cyberspac-510829003
Until recently, the .su domain has been the home of weird, but legitimate sites. But when the administrators for Russia’s .ru got a little more strict about what they would and wouldn’t allow, scammers and hackers alike began to migrate to the out-dated .su, which saw its population of sites double in 2011, and again in 2012.
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https://www.foxnews.com/tech/old-soviet-union-domain-name-attracts-cybercriminal-interest
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more on the Internet in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Internet